Resolved: Homosexuals should be permitted to marry

Once again, we are disappointed with the inconsistency and fallibility of my opponent's arguments. I hope that one day someone from the anti-happiness brigade can provide some more intellectually stimulating discussion. However, out of generosity, I will apply Hanlon's razor to you. In light of the thematic mosaic of this debate, my method of summary execution will, of course, be lapidation.RebuttalsMy opponent asks what evidence I have provided, other than Evelyn Hooker. While my opponent clearly has sufficient digits to type, he seems unable to scroll in the upward direction. Here is a cursory summation of some of the non-Hooker sources I have already used:- [http://postcog.ucd.ie...]- [http://www.iflscience.com...]- [http://www.pbs.org...]Here are a couple of additional references for your ease of checking the science: (not that I think you'll actually bother checking any of them. Peer review is controlled by the Illuminati, right?)- [http://www.sciencedirect.com...]- [http://www.cambridge.org...]- [http://www.biomedcentral.com...] - [] - [http://www.theguardian.com...]My opponent then attempted to swindle semantic points because he can't win the debate on argumentation. Nevertheless, he still failed.1. In my country, homosexuals cannot get married.2. Even in places, like the US, where they can, the topic of whether or not they should be able to is not a question of whether they can at the present. Case in point, do you think women should be allowed to drive? They are currently allowed to, but that wasn't the question. My opponent then claims with no evidence once again that homosexuality is a choice, despite my insurmountable evidence to the contrary. I further assert that if it were a choice, this should still have no impact on marriage law.My opponent then ignores my numerous explanations that the number of homosexuals getting married is completely irrelevant to the rights they ought to be granted. In the same way that you have a right to travel interstate or overseas, not everyone chooses to do it, but for those that want to, they should have the option.You then bastardise the definition of paraphilia. Firstly, the removal of the social stigma of homosexuality is making it more socially acceptable and less prohibited, negating the first half of your definition. Secondly, homosexuality is not inherently biologically undesirable. Females using vibrators is an example of a non-human object used for sexual arousal and is perfectly safe under normal conditions. Anal sex, which is engaged in by heterosexuals and gay men alike (although I'm not sure if this the main choice of pleasure for homosexual females...are they allowed to get married now?), is also safe provided sufficient lubrication is employed. It is not consistent with homosexual behaviour, just like it's not consistent with oral sex between a man and a woman, or anal sex between a man and a woman, or masturbation or t*t-fu**ing or 69 or anything else that doesn't cause severe physical detriment to one or both partners. You're correct that homosexuals cannot produce offspring naturally, but neither can infertile heterosexuals. Should they be banned from marriage? What about people who masturbate? No offspring there.You've brought up your semantics again, boring. Once again, they don't have the right to marry where I live and they don't in many other countries, either. Further to that, whether or not they are currently able to is irrelevant to whether or not they should be permitted to. Do you understand the distinction? Currently, in some states of the US, it is permissible to purchase marijuana for medical purposes. That is, they currently can do that. What I'm asking is whether or not you think they should be able to do that, or if you think it should be repealed. It's really not that difficult, I thought you had a masters in business administration?You then claim an auto victory despite having put absolutely no effort into your debate and touting vile and grotesque perversions of your strange anal fixation, presumably to appease your conscience as you battle with the internal conflict of having been born a homosexual Christian. Just so you know, there is absolutely nothing wrong with who you are and how you were born, it's perfectly natural and you haven't done anything wrong.You then go on a tirade about disgusting lifestyle habits which frankly just lost you the debate, I didn't even need to do anything. You want to educate people and yet you give no arguments and no evidence. You have been brainwashed by the clergy and I fear that you are far too old for salvation now, your mind will forever refuse to loosen the shackles of servitude. You still believe your god will save you...from what he's going to do to you if you don't worship him. And in the meantime you poison the earth with bigoted hate speech and contribute to the problem instead of helping with the solution.I once again extend an invitation to leave the land of the shadows, of lies and malignant maleficence, and join us in reality. The world is far more beautiful when you are mortal. The gods envy us._________________________________As stipulated in my introduction, all I am asking for is the extension of human rights to those who are not currently receiving them, or in your case, the continuation of the rights of homosexuals to get married and be afforded the social protection that everyone else is. You claim that you want homosexuals to have equal rights but not additional rights. This is exactly what I want, too. It's time to wake up, and realise that once again you are standing on the wrong side of history. Regardless of the orifice into which you insert or receive genitalia, you have a right to marry the person you love. You have hijacked this topic and made it all about anal sex which is such a tiny and insignificant area in this issue. The key issue is whether or not two people who love one another and want to spend their lives making each other happy and bettering one another as people should be allowed to live in a home together and make travel plans and have arguments and fight about who left the fridge door open and why you didn't fill up the car.If the only reason that you engage in relationships is to have sex (probably anal), sir, then I'm afraid it is you who has the sexual perversion and paraphilia. Two people ought to be in a relationship and get married out of love, mutual respect and companionship. Open your mind and open your heart, refuse to let the darkness and hatred consume you. Other people's happiness is not to your detriment. Lighting another candle does not make yours any dimmer. And blowing out another's candle does not make yours any brighter. See clearly, brother. We are all family in this place.