Ban Divorce & Interracial Marriage

I hope we can both enjoy ourselves. My opponent has asked that whomever CON may be, that he or she opposes the position fully. I believe you could not find a better CON than me. I am bi-racial, black and white through marriage. My Parents were married twenty-one years and had me and three other children before getting a divorce. I give my opponent permission to argue based on my story if he wishes. I will not get offended if my opponent chooses. =========================================================================== DEFINITIONS: Marriage: The social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. (1) Interracial marriage: Interracial marriage occurs when two people of differing racial groups marry. (2) Divorce: A judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, esp. one that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations. (3) ARGUMENT: Allow me to jump right into this. If things were going your way, if interracial marriage were illegal, I would not be here to accept this challenge. As a matter of fact, lots of people would not be here. If you go back far enough, you will probably find some mixed blood in your genes (though not through marriage, if you know what I mean. ) If things were the way you wanted, Obama, Norah Jones, Greg Louganis, Chuck Norris (yes I said Chuck Norris,) Tiger Woods, and many more would not exist today. (4) Love is not bound by color as we can see from all the interracial marriages in the United States. And although I sound cheesy, love follows no rules. First we must look at the cons of banning interracial marriage. Then I will cover the divorce subject. 1A. People who are already married. There are millions of interracial marriages in the United States alone. If interracial marriage were banned, a countless number of people would have to get divorced. This is very amusing, since you are the one against divorce. Families would be torn apart, all because of this law. Children would have to choose which parent they have to live with, even though they love both. Your argument fails here, simply because you contradict yourself. 2A. Biracial would be looked down upon. Biracial children are everywhere. If the way those children were conceived were illegal, they would obviously be looked down upon. They would be assumed to be lower than everyone else. Their self confidence would hit rock bottom. 3A. Biracial children would have to marry biracial children. The title says it all. I am Biracial, black and white. If interracial marriage were illegal I would have to limit myself to marrying a girl who is black and white. Not black and Asian, not White and Hispanic, simply white and black. This of course, would limit me extremely. And if I might add, that would suck. What if you fell in love with this woman, but then the government found out she had some Cherokee blood in her and banned your marriage? Again this would not work, which brings me to my third point. 4A. Dating couples. There are plenty of people who are dating others of a different race. Many of these people are engaged to be married. These people would have to give up on their hopes of marriage and abandon their love. This of course is unethical and simply cruel. 5A. Government. The government already has enough power. Giving the government the power to tell a black man he can't marry a white woman is too much. These rights should belong to the people. Many of our laws today depend on the peoples votes, such as proposition 19 for marijuana. The day you show me proof that the majority of people want same race marriage is the day you win this debate. Otherwise, you have nothing. 6A. Human Rights. The opening of the United States Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, states as follows: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. " Here is where your whole argument falls apart. All people are equal, therefore you cannot label and limit them by their race. No one can help the way they were born. Now on the subject of divorce. 1B. Abuse to the spouse. Millions of people who are married are being abused by their spouses. (5) It is not fair to tell a woman that she must stay married to her husband who hits her, calls her ugly, spits in her face, ect… 2B. Abuse to the children. Lots of children are being abused by their parents. This leads to many divorces. It would not be right to tell a mother that she must stay married to the man who raped their son. 3B. Money/drugs/alcohol. Self explanatory. Who wants to stay married to a spouse that spends all their money on drugs and alcohol. My parents were in love, my father is white and my mother black. After years of marriage, my father started to blow all his money instead of buying food or paying rent. He began to take less and less care of us. After trying to work it out for years, my mother finally had enough. We were being kicked out of our home, so we left and started a life of our own. Would you rather us have stayed with my father and live on the streets? Later on, we had to visit my father. He punched me in the face, threw me to the ground, then called the police and said I attacked him. All in front of my frightened little brother. Would you rather have had our family stay together? You say that outlawing interracial marriages would lower the divorce rate. For your "source" you give me a blogger's website that has twelve year old material. A lot has changed in the past twelve years, and I would appreciate some recent material. Anyway, the blogger even admits that the difference is not really that big. For every same race marriage, 3 of 10 people get divorced. For every interracial marriage 4 out of 10 people get divorced. That one extra person is not enough to start a crazy government take over on marriages. I also ask that you provide me with up-to-date proof that interracial marriage leads to marrying your pets. There is much more to say, though I will wait for the next round. Thank you. Sources: (1). . http://dictionary.reference.com... (2). . http://en.wikipedia.org... (3). . http://dictionary.reference.com... (4). . http://www.knowledgerush.com... (5). . http://www.professorshouse.com...