Resolved: Gay marriage ought be legalized.

Response Point 1: MSM account for nearly half of the approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States (49%, or an estimated 580,000 total persons). MSM account for more than half of all new HIV infections in the United States each year (61%, or an estimated 29,300 infections). While CDC estimates that only 4 percent of men in the United States are MSM, the rate of new HIV diagnoses among MSM in the United States is more than 44 times that of other men (range: 522 – 989 per 100,000 MSM vs. 12 per 100,000 other men). http://www.cdc.gov.... So gays account for almost half of all HIV cases. And thousands of new cases are in gays. They seem to not know the risk of HIV. The intolerance of gays has no root in intolerance, but is there own mind. As you stated "Internalized homophobia may impact men's ability to make healthy choices, including decisions around sex and substance abuse". I think that being gay is probably a gene, or the "gay gene". And that gene influences their bad choices as stated in that quote. Intolerance for gays has no effect. Response Point 2: The products that gays use would still be bought the same if marriage of gays was legalized or not. They still have sex. The products are still being used. Response Point 3: The marriage of interracial couples is not like the marriage of gays at all. The marriage of interracial people was still within the bounds of marriage, and still had one man and one woman on the altar. The marriage of gays involves two of the same sex. Response Point 4: Gays are not deservant of equality. Response Point 5: Yes, a Civil Union does not provide the same benefits as Marriage, but that is great for Gays. It is an excellent way for Gays to be "married". Attack Point 1: People who advocate for the equality of gays constantly state the "Love is love" argument. Something they fail to realize from that statement is "Love is love" goes too far. One could make the statement that an adult should be able to marry a child. Or one could make the statement that a person should be able to marry a dog (the latter statement would be to gain the benefits of marriage). Or one could make the statement that polygamy is justified. Do you agree with any of these three statements? Attack Point 2: One of the few goals or reasons for marriage is to produce children. This is where the gay equality debate falls apart. Because of course, they can't produce children. Gay equality people then state that you could use artifical methods. But these methods are not as effective or safe. Then they state the Gays can adopt. Well this point is again countered by your previous statement: "Internalized homophobia may impact men's ability to make healthy choices, including decisions around sex and substance use." This proves that either being able to artifically create a child or to adopt should be banned because gays are not good parents due to the last statement. The fact that gays would not make good parents ultimately crushes the gay side of the child debate. And the fact that they can't have or adopt children essentially gives no point for a gay marriage except to receive benefits. This means that they shouldn't be equalized by society because they can not contribue to society. Having children contribues to society by producing the next generation of workers and laborers. And gays can not to this. Therefore, they do not contribue to society. Attack Point 3: Marriage is an institution, not a right. The Government is not required or obligation to recognize a gay marriage. And for the same reasons that society should not equalize gays, the government should not recongize gays either. Attack Point 4: A major argument of pro-Gay Marriage people is that gays help the economy by buying marriage licenses. This is automatically shot down by the fact that there are many Government benefits of marriage. These receiving benefits soon outweigh the cost of a marital license. Attack Point 5: To state your earlier comment one more time: "Internalized homophobia may impact men's ability to make healthy choices, including decisions around sex and substance use." misses one effect. That the percentage of gays murdered by their partner is a lot higher than the percentage of straights murdered by their spouse. Statement:"Forensic pathologists often state that homosexual homicides are more violent than those with heterosexual victims. Overkill or wounding far beyond that required to cause death is a frequently used descriptor of these deaths. We quantified the number and extent of injuries between homosexual and heterosexual homicide victims to determine whether one group suffered more violence than the other...Homosexual homicides are more violent than heterosexual homicides when one compares the mean number of injuries (fatal sharp, blunt, and total)/case and the extent of injuries on the body" . And also that murders between gay partners have a lot more overkill than those in heterosexual couples. Statement: "Violence between homosexual partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples.". Source: Broward County, Florida, Medical Examiner's office. Proof of first statement: http://www.acpeds.org... Proof of second statement: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.... Now, you, might be asking, "Why does this matter? People are going to be gay anyways. Perhaps if we legalize gay marriage, this will stop". However, the opposite is in fact true. Lets use this logic and replace it for a murder metaphor: "Why does this matter? People are going to murder anyways. Perhaps if we legalize murder, it will stop. "If we were to legalize gay marriage, then we would be, in essence, promoting these activities of increased violence. We, as the people of the United States and as the federal government would be saying that it is O.K. to promote domestic violence and murders within the gay community and society at large. Gay relationships won't stop. However, not recognizing them will make the government not affiliated with increased violence. Defense Point 1: I am not intolerant of gays. I do not hate them. I just don't think that gay marriage should be legalized.