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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Yep, when there is nothing else to say, you can cry about how I'm personally attacking someone or closed minded to points of view other than my own...you know, I really try to play nice and I realize that no matter how many times I confront your faulty logic, you won't accept it. You'll go on arguing forever and, to quote Willow, "bored now". What I should come right out and say is the simple truth about the mindset of folks who want to deny others equality based on some perceived "difference"...but I'll just stop before my remarks become..."not nice"! End of my input on this thread!
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I can say the exact same thing. When someone is losing an argument, that's when they want to come out and attack the other side. They want to call them racists or biggots or whatever. That's an easy way out of an argument: You can think you know that you're point of view is right and anyone who disagrees with you must be a racist or biggot or whatever. I think around 60-70% of Americans are against gay marriage. If you want to believe that all those people are some type of biggots, you can belive that. You are totally wrong, but if that's what you want to believe, that is fine.
I respect your view about gay marriage and I respct the fact that you are passionate about it. What I don't respect is the fact that you want to villainize everyone who disagrees with you.
I think an important question is where do you draw the line with marriage. If you're going to change the defintion of marraige, how far do you go? Let's say that I'm a 50 year old guy that is abstinent that lives at home with my mother. I have no interest in dating. My mother is my best friend. Should I be able to marry my mother? Why not? I'm not hurting anyone. Shouldn't I be entitled to the same tax benefits as others? If me and my mother live together, we are two people living together. I shouldn't be punished financially just because I am not your typical guy.
Anyway, my opinion on the previous example is that they guy should not be able to marry his mother. I have nothing against the guy. His lifestyle choice is totally up to him. But that does not mean that I am in favor of changing the definition of marriage to accomdate every possible life style. I think the vast majority of people out there feel the same way as I do. They don't think the definition of marriage should be changed. I don't think it has to do with homophobia or biggotry. Sure there are some homophobes and biggots out there, but I think they only make up a small minority of the people that are against gay marriage.