Gay Marriage Should Be Legalized.

~Counterarguments~ 1. Marriage started by religion. -This is committing the genetic fallacy. [1] The current meaning of many things change over time, usually for the better. 2. Origination of marriage. -As I have said before, the original meaning of marriage has no merit on its value now. 3. Marriage. -I think it's fair to say to extend my point about the origin of marriage here. Whatever the intended meaning of marriage may be does not matter; only the merit of its value now. My point about different forms of marriage is that they formed in different times with different reasoning, usually being religious in nature. Thus it proves to be a point for you to solve; should you condone such marriages under a legal context because they are religious in origin? If you said no, which is most likely true to be, then it proves my point that gay marriage shouldn't be banned because it isn't supported by religion. 4. Science and marriage. - Untrue assertion on my opponent's part. He stated that because marriage is an invention of man (an institution), we should abandon it since it does not appear in nature amongst other animals. It doesn't matter who created, or why they created it, but what it means to us now and how we define it (in the context of this debate about the legality of gay marriage). - I also pointed out how many other institutions such as government aren't "natural". Should we abandon them on the premise they are unnatural? It doesn't matter or not if the roots of government can be traced back to religion; just what it is now. 5. Gay marriage already legalized. - My apology on the spelling error. However, my point still stands that there are YET states that haven't legalized it; and should legalize it as is the title of this topic. I fail to see your reasoning behind this point. 6. Future States - Those who still don't legalize same-sex marriage should; I fail to see your point. 7. Majority against same-sex marriage. - I fail to see your point in this. So are you saying we SHOULD debate about it? After all, we have an opinion and so do others, and the one that comes out to be true affects people's lives. 8. Bad side of gay marriage. - Your source seems to work AGAINST you, the one you stated at least. It states: "But, did you know most civil, domestic and registered partnership laws around the world provide fewer benefits than full marriage?" So a careful reading shows that marriage has some BENEFITS than other ways of partnership. So in fact, marriage wouldn't be a detriment to gay couples, but more of a benefit in a legal sense. - Yet most people do not view marriage in such a light; not seeing as a legal opportunity to get some benefits; but for as you said psychological satisfaction. - This is not a point threatening my side, since what you brought up would be an issue for gay couples wanting to get married. This isn't an argument against the legality of gay marriage. ~Conclusion~ My opponent's points have all been refuted, which several of them committing the genetic fallacy. Gay marriage should be a right, since there hasn't surfaced yet a valid secular reasoning behind banning it. ---References---- 1. http://en.wikipedia.org...