Same-Sex Marriage

This is what I mean by "define:"Define: to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.)That is what anyone means when they say "define," right Pro?1) Let's see, the children are NOT victims. It seems you don't think it is good for children to get adopted just because their parents are of the same sex. A man and a woman having a family is far more harmful, just look at the divorce rates. It would be much more likely for a straight couple to get divorced, which obviously hurts the child.No, it seems that I don't think it is good for children to get adopted because each sex has a specific role when bringing up a child. They long for their biological mother and father. Also, studies have shown that children need both a father and a mother while being brought up (1). Did you read the article I linked?Secondly, the divorce rate is because of poor decisions when it comes to marriage. Also, there is only a slight disparity when it comes to the divorce rate. "The percentage of those same sex couples who end their legal relationship ranges from 0% to 1.8% annually, or 1.1% on average, whereas 2% of married different-sex couples divorce annually (2)." So then, out of every 1000 marriages, 20 heterosexual couples may divorce and up to 18 homosexual couples may divorce. This really isn't that big of a disparity. To point out as well, there are a lot more heterosexual marriages than homosexual, so I'd assume more heterosexual divorces would occur. 2) There are far for cases in divorce, rape, abuse, etc in regular marriages. The only way it affects the couple is with happiness. And for a good reason too: there are more heterosexual marriages than homosexual marriages. This is like comparing the amount of murders between the US and Sweden. Of course there are more murders in the country with more people. Fix your statistics and cite some sources, please."...We have been left with large, scientifically strong studies showing children do best with their married mother and father--but which do not make comparisons with homosexual parents or couples; and studies which purportedly show that children of homosexuals do just as well as other children--but which are methodologically weak and thus scientifically inconclusive (3)."3) If God is the all powerful being, he doesn't make mistakes. So gay people were all apart of God's plan. If he didn't want them to exist, he wouldn't have created them! Simple as that. Therefore, being gay is not a sin and was merely constructed over the years by biased writers.I will change one of your terms and insert it into your argument to show its folly:If God is the all powerful being, he doesn't make mistakes. So murderers were all a part of God's plan. If he didn't want murders to murder other people, he wouldn't have created them! Simple as that. Therefore, being a murderer is not a sin and was merely constructed over the years by biased writers. I would assume your argument applies to all other sins outlined by the Bible, right? Or just the ones your don't want to consider sins? By the way, nature was made imperfect by God as a result of man's sin. Genesis 3: 17-18: "To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ Cursed is the ground because of you;through painful toil you will eat food from itall the days of your life.It will produce thorns and thistles for you,and you will eat the plants of the field." 4) 3) "But we"re growing exponentially!" This article is clearly influenced by the authors personal beliefs. We have already gained 36 million people this year, so obviously the population is increases dramatically. That means we get roughly 72 million new people each year. In 10 years, that is 720 million people, which is almost 1/7 of the worlds population.Did you read the response? The population is increasing by a minuscule amount: 0.77 percent every year, and this occurs in mostly in African countries (4). However, the population is declining in areas such as Europe. "Europe’s decline, however, is something to worry about. A UN report titled “World Population to 2300” paints a picture of Europe’s future if European fertility rates don’t rise above current levels: “The European Union, which has recently expanded to encompass 452-455 million people (according to 2000-2005 figures) would fall by 2300 to only 59 million. About half the countries of Europe would lose 95 per cent or more of their population, and such countries as the Russian Federation and Italy would have only 1 per cent of their population left.” In other words, the French, German, Italians and British will virtually cease to exist (4)." Although, of course, she must be biased for the side she is writing the article on. Because, as all of us know, having someone write an article against their beliefs is real evidence. 5) If gay intercourse is unnatural because of STD'S then so is straight intercourse. A lot of STD'S were caused by straight couples, which lead them to spread. If you want to blame someone for aids, blame the hunters who killed the monkeys in Africa and contracted aids."The data indicate that rates of HIV infection among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are more than 44 times higher than rates among heterosexual men and more than 40 times higher than women. Rates of syphilis, an STD that can facilitate HIV infection and, if left untreated, may lead to sight loss and severe damage to the nervous system, are reported to be more than 46 times higher among gay men and other MSM than among heterosexual men and more than 71 times higher than among women (5)." The data really does speak for itself, Pro.5) The con has backed up his information with ideas,that too, have many flaws and are based of off an authors biasm, not facts.Actually, let's look at what I did. I1) Disproved your argument that "Gays don't hurt me, so it's not that bad, right?"2) Showed the fallacy in your "God created it, so it's not bad, right?" 3) Showed how homosexual marriage is unnatural.4) Disproved the myth of overpopulation.5) Showed how homosexual marriage results in complication with health (various sexually transmitted diseases).You didn't prove anything, and I don't have the burden of proof. That lies solely on you, Pro.I look forward to Pro's refutation.Sources:(1) http://www.frc.org...(2) http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu...(3) http://www.frc.org...(4) https://www.pop.org...(5) http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com...