Gay Marriage/Rights

1. Rights) My opponent says: "Often or not, once a right is given, the right leads to another right. In a sense, when accepting SSM, we are accepting homosexuals into our society. Most argue they do not care of, and will allow homosexuals if they don't get in their 'eyes'. That argument will most certainly be ablest when homosexuals start demanding the right to be public, the right to express their love for each other, and so on. Nobody, not even homosexuals wants to be segregated, and no one wants to be chained." Well, whether you like it or not, homosexuals are in our society. But allowing SSM does not force you to accept homosexuals. Even without allowing SSM you still cannot discriminate against someone because they are a homosexual. All allowing SSM does is give homosexuals the right they deserve. And homosexuals already have the right to be publicly homosexual, and express their love for each other. They've never been deprived of those rights. My opponent says: "But if homosexuals do indeed get their freedom, many heterosexuals may find it repulsive, and that is not for the greater good. Because we're sacrificing the many for the few. Even though we are taught to uphold even the minority, this just isn't the 'valid' way to speak our generosity." We had the same issue with the Civil Rights Movement. Many whites were disgusted that blacks were allowed the same freedoms as them. But now almost 50 years later, the vast majority of people are completely fine with races other than their own. Yes, many heterosexuals will be outraged with SSM in place. But give it time and it will just transform into the blacks and whites relationship of today. Yes, there will always be those who strongly dislike homosexuals but that's with every ethnic, religious, political... group. 2. Genetics does not solely contribute to homosexuality) My opponent says: 'Homosexuality is actually the result of a very complex process of social system around the person leading to the state of being 'homosexual'. In that sense, it is a social disease, that can possibly be cured through psychological procedures. And, it gets rid of the argument of 'born that way, and because of it, it is okay'." I personally believe that there will never be a way to absolutely prove or absolutely disprove that homosexuality is genetic. However, not only are there literally hundreds of studies displaying strong evidence for the argument that homosexuality is genetic, all homosexuals (except for perhaps a handful) say that they didn't choose to be homosexual. There is also evidence in the homosexual suicide rate, which is much, much higher than the heterosexual suicide rate. What about all those homosexual children whose deaths have been floating around the news? In most of their suicide notes they admitted to having been bullied and abused at school for being homosexual and that was their main reason for suicide. If you could just switch your sexuality with the snap of your fingers, why didn't those children do that? Why couldn't they just be heterosexual? Because it isn't a choice. You can't decide your sexual orientation, no more than you can decide if your male or female. 3. Dilemma) My opponent says: "If, and if by any chance the cause of homosexuality was actually genetic, and a genetic procedure was developed that would 'turn' the homosexuals 'normal'. A love for same-sex will not be the same love once someone starts being heterosexual. In a sense, the once homosexual couple might find it repulsive to think they ever were like that. Likewise, even if the cause of homosexuality wasn't genetic, but if a hormonal/psychological procedure was developed to rid of homosexuality, one would end up in a dilemma of whether to or not to proceed. In a sense, utilitarian point of view comes in. Still, the vast majority are not homosexual. Most when they say are okay, have no idea what they're talking about." I apologize, but I'm not sure what point your trying to make with this argument. Please forgive me, but I have no response. 4. Religion) My opponent says: "In Confucianism, it deals with beliefs of 'well-ordered world'. In order to have order, they sought to have proper and well-coded social relationships with people. Their belief was that that order was natural, and the relationships have meaning. And in one of their 'five virtues', there was the relationship between man and woman, that man and woman had a natural duty to mate. It takes from the philosophy of social piety, which revolves around 'well order'. It also closely relates to utilitarian, which strongly disagree with SSM." What you say I'm sure is true. It's actually true with the majority of religions. I'm not sure where you live, but in America we live in a democracy not a theocracy. They do sound alike but they're not the same thing. Unless you live in a theocracy, the government should not be ruled by religion. The reason for this is because everyone believes something different. Not everyone is a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu... In America, you have the freedom of religion, which is the right to practice any religion you want. You do not, however, have the right to impose your religious beliefs on someone else. So while you do have the right to be, for example, a Jew. You do not have the right to force someone else to be a Jew.