Gay Marriage

Small RebuttalsDirect quotation(R4):With all due respect, you seem to be looking at a lot of biased few websites that support your opinionAnd Pro is using some extremely unbiased websites like "pinknews" and in his second citation in round 4 he literally linked a persuasive essay. Direct Quotation(R4):Therefore, marriage, all happy marriage, is a human rightPro hastily changes his argument, adding the word happy. Take what you want from this. Direct Quotation(R4):If America can't fulfill something originating from the Declaration of Independence, that is, all types of marriages (to whomever is happy because of it), then America isn't constitutional and giving the citizens basic human rights. The word "marriage" does not appear once in the declaration of independence(4)Direct Quotation(R4):They are fighting discrimination because they don't get equal treatment. They are "fighting" for marriage and other discriminatory factors, so, yes, they are fighting for marriage. We are debating over whether or not gay people should be able to marry, not whether of not they should be discriminated against. Allowing gay marriage is not the same as fighting against the discrimination of homosexual peoples. The "Gay Gene"A. Pro seems to think that gayness is because of a gene citing some links. He seems to intentionally bypass some quotes from the links. In fact in his third citation an entire half of the article supports the other side of the argument. B. "He stressed that a variety of factors – including genetics, upbringing and environment play a part in developing sexual orientation, which is complex and emerges over time. "(1)C. "For females, sexual preference does seem to change over time. A 5-year study of lesbians found that over a quarter of these women relinquished their lesbian/bisexual identities during this period: half reclaimed heterosexual identities and half gave up all identity labels. "(2)D. If you are born gay then you can't change but this quote shows that you can, so being born gay doesn't make sense. E. Of course homosexuality can't be changed in an instant, but you are not born gay. Gayness comes from a variety of outside influences. Also scientists have yet to identify a single gene responsible for "gayness"(1)(2). We cannot say that you are born gay before we identify this gene. (Xq28 an 8q12 are gene regions not genes)Suicide, Gayness, and FamilyDirect Quotation(R4): I truly believe that we should allow people to commit suicide if they want to. It is there choice alone, and we can't make the choice for them. We should not care what other people want to do unless it truly affects us in a way that makes that has a negative effect. A. Suicide is a very permanent solution to a temporary problem. Anyone can understand that suicide doesn't effect only one person. Suicide effects the family, and I don't even need to cite this to say that suicide puts the family of the person into a state of near hell(3). B. You may be thinking "but gayness isn't like suicide", yeah but coming out being gay does effect your family. If I had a kid I wouldn't want him/her to be gay, because I don't want him/her to experience the constant antagonisation of society. antagonization, imagine if a person came out as gay in an extremely religious family. It would turn the family inside out. Everything has an effect on something/someone else. ConclusionPlease note that Pro has yet to successfully rebut 2 of my 3 points. Homosexual couples make poor parents, and the religious implications of gay marriage. There is nothing wrong with being gay, but allowing gay marriage would not benefit society. If you have thoroughly read our argument it will be clearly obvious that pro clearly lacks superior points. For these reasons I urge you to vote Con. Please have an RFD that explains every weighted point that is rewarded. Thank youCitations1. . http://www.pinknews.co.uk...2.http://www.godandscience.org... 3. . http://www.healthyplace.com... 4. . http://www.ushistory.org...