Gay marriage is natural, necessary and inevitable.

"If we are to look at the social trends in the past few centuries, then gay marriage seems to be the next logical development." Ok, and I believe that light speed is cannot be reached, and that the world is round while we are stating oppinions that have no bearing on the topic stated. Allow me to remind you what your thesis stated... "Gay marriage is natural, necessary and inevitable." All you seem to be saying is that "lots of people are accepting gays as natural; we should too." As soon as you present me with evidence to refute, then let the debate begin. "Gay marraige is natural..." well, if you mean that people are born that way, then I guess we agree. In your profile you say nothing about being Christian, so I will not bring religion into the debate at this point, however if you do claim to be Christian I have several scriptural references that should change your mind on how "natural" homosexuality is. At this point we will leave it as it is, though, given the fact that we agree that some people are born homosexual. "...necessary..." I fail to see how homosexuality/gay marraige is necessary. Give me one example of a cvilization that collapsed due to a lack of gay people and I will deal further with the claim. You say... "In fact, the socio-psychological impact of gay marriage and its consequences to the social perception of gay people as a whole, is the most important and crucial element toward acceptance of this minority." Ok, so, gay marraige is necessary for helping gay people? Isn't that circular reasoning? homosexual marraige has no necessary role in society, nor does heterosexual marraige. "...if we are to believe that we can achieve an even higher state of equality and freedom, then gay marriage is certainly the next natural, necessary and inevitable step forward." For me, equality is not an issue. I see homosexuals as equal people to myself, and that, I believe, is that way it should be. It seems, then, that freedom is the only issue in question. So you believe that homosexual marriage is necessary step towards greater freedom. Well, that sounds great, but there is one problem with this argument, and that is the fact that THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON BIBLICAL STANDARDS. Homosexual marriage is NOT a freedom in the Bible, nor is it in any way acceptable. If this country was founded on Biblical morals, then it follows that gay marriage should be unacceptable. If you don't like it, talk to God. "...and inevitable." Really? Last I looked there are many acounts of people changing their sexual orrientation. I'm not saying tha homosexual marraige is going to come to a screeching hault, but it is by no means inevitable. If people don't wanna to be gay, thay can, with help, change their sexual orrientation. "The Director of the New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training, no doubt aware such changes occur, remarked on the "misinformation spread by certain circles that homosexuality is untreatable," saying it did "incalculable harm to thousands."4 Dr. Irving Bieber concluded (after treating more than a hundred homosexuals) that "a heterosexual shift is a possibility for all homosexuals who are strongly motivated to change."5" (http://www.family.org...) If two gays want to get married, first they will have to find some place where it is legal, and then they can decide wether or not they really want to get married. There is nothing forcing them to be married, and therefore gay marraige is not inevitable. I applaud you speaking ability, and can honestly say I am impressed. You fail, however, to say anything in relation to your own topic that can act as suitable evidence for your side. All you talk about is what marraige was, is, and will probably become. I need facts to refute, not theories. Let me go over your thesis one more time... "Gay marrige is natural..." Born gay, yes. Either we take this one to the Bible, or throw it out. "...necessary..." As I showed you, it would only be necessary for greater freedoms. These freedoms, however, would contradict the laws that this country was founded on; that is, Biblical laws. "...and inevitable." Like I said, nobody is forcing any gay person into marraige, so it is therefore NOT inevitable. On a side note, sexual orrientation is in fact reversable. Now to my arguments. Leaving out the first point, which I will assume we agree on, I will move on down to its necessity. My argument against this is simple: It is not necessary because it does not meet the definition of "necessary". Allow me to define the word. "Necessary: absolutely essential" Food is necessary. Shelter is necessary. Water is necessary. Allowing gay people to marry...I don't think so. Moving on down to "inevitable"... Why is gay marraige not inevitable? I have already stated this, but I will reitirate. It is not inevitable because, just as heterosexuals can cancel a marriage, so can homosexuals. "Inevitable: incapable of being avoided or prevented; an unavoidable event." An ecplips is inevitable. Death is inevitable. Gravity is inevitable. Gay people getting married? I don't think so. This should be enough to conclude my first argument. Thanks, Rnzzy