Gay Rights

"I don't see why GM(Gay Marriage) would mess up the institution of marriage more then normal" According to a Dutch study, same-sex "partnerships" for young men are temporal at best, and men in "steady partnerships" have an average of eight partners per year aside from their "main" partner. So therefore when caught cheating they will break up, and if married divorce. A recent study on homosexual relationships finds they last 1-1/2 years on average [1] So since their relationships are shorter, they would divorce more. Raising the divorce rate, and therefor hurting the institution of marriage. "Gay Marriage has nothing to do with AIDS. Dont have sex with anyone with AIDS. Gays know this." lol, straight people know this, yet they still get aids. Also In my recent health class a gay male was in a civil union yet obtained HIV, then it turned into aids. So other than drugs people get it from a marriage: The most common ways that people become infected with HIV are: * having s*xual intercourse with an infected partner. * injecting drugs using a needle or syringe that has been used by someone who is infected. * as a baby of an infected mother, during pregnancy, labour or delivery, or through breastfeeding. [2] So people still get aids through s*x. Even smart people can get aids, and you never know if your perhaps aids unless you and him/her get checked. So, they can still get aids and spread it around when married. "Prove please." I did prove that they have high percentages of aids above. And since they can spread it to their spouse then it applies. I will prove it again. I used a government source last time, but I will use another non-governmental source proving my point. Around 48% of all people diagnosed with AIDS in America in 2007 were probably exposed to HIV through male-to-male sexual contact. [3] There are also other parts of the world where men who have sex with men, many of whom do not identify themselves as gay, are affected by HIV. For example, the primary HIV transmission route in Latin America is sex between men. In Brazil, men who have sex with men accounted for 40% of all AIDS diagnoses among males between 2000 and 2005. [3] Also I will also use the next evidence about your "they will be careful argument" Despite the continuing impact of HIV & AIDS there are signs that awareness is waning among young people. For example, research with British teenagers has shown decreasing awareness of HIV & AIDS. [3] So awareness is decreasing. So being careful is becoming less likely. "I never mentioned my religion. I also never said any of this." I know but first round you said: "If gay people want to marry, so be it. It would be illegal to ban gay people marrying. Christian stuff Gay people could be an atheist. Would it be good ethics to apply Christian rules one atheist? " end quote So you used the christian argument, and I tried to refute it. So yes, I destroyed your argument. "Gay people have the same chance has everyone esle." Why? You argue they should, so show me and the voters a good reason why. Also I will show you that they do not have same rights. (they do in new york, hawaii, a few other states, and sates that have civil unions). S about 1/2 of the states grant = rights to them, but once again, prove why they should have them. Go to my 4 source that proves that gays don't have the same rights...yet...and well, the laws are on my side. "So anything thats not from nature is bad? How about lab made drugs? Are they bad?" a few things, yes lab made drugs are bad. lol. Why ask that, those are unnatural btw. But now the naturalist argument: Marrying a horse is unnatural, so since marring a man naturally is bad too. Also we should reject unnatural things a it has harm, aka aids in this case. Some unnatural things are good, aka glasses and such, but much of the time unnatural things are detrimental, like lab made drugs. Now I will add a few more arguments. lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender = (LGBT) teens. Gays are more likely to do drugs A study by Dr. Michael P. Marshal of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center revealed that LGBT teens are 190 percent more likely to use drugs and alcohol than are heterosexual teens, and that the usage rate is even higher among certain subgroups. [5] For example, Marshal's study, which was published in the April 2008 edition of the journal Addiction, documented that the prevalence of drug or alcohol use among bisexual youth is 340 percent greater than the rate among straight teens. Among lesbian youth, the number rises to 400 percent. [5] This is a great reason because If they do drugs, they may make, talk into, or tell their parter to try them. Not all gays do drugs, but they are at higher risk. So if you keep gay marriage illegal they won't spread it to their partners as much because marriage includes trust, and boyfreind and girlfreind have less of that. So, if they are married their wife/husband would problem listen to them more often. Also gays are more likely to sustain abuse from their partners. sing a cross-sectional survey sample of 817 men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Chicago area, this study tested the effect of psychological and demographic factors generally associated with intimate partner abuse and examined their relationship to various health problems. Overall, 32.4% (n = 265) of participants reported any form of relationship abuse in a past or current relationship; 20.6% (n = 168) reported a history of verbal abuse ("threatened physically or sexually, publicly humiliated, or controlled"), 19.2% (n = 157) reported physical violence ("hit, kicked, shoved, burned, cut, or otherwise physically hurt"), and 18.5% (n = 151) reported unwanted sexual activity. [6] ew...well yes do you want more or less partners abused? Less, so don't allow gay marriage. Also even though the bible argument is a bad one, I used it because he tried to use the christian one, so if you want answers for you Christians go here: http://www.catholic.com... So far I have been having fun. :) good luck, and I hope my footnotes are correct because sometimes I mix them up when I have so many sources. I await your response :) VOTE CON Sources: http://www.washingtontimes.com... [1] http://www.avert.org... [2] http://www.avert.org... [3] http://www.enderminh.com... [4] http://www.teen-drug-abuse.org... [5] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... [6]