Gay Marriage should be legal.

Hello. This has been an interesting debate and now I will refute my opponent's refutations. Here we go: So my opponent stated that some people not know about/believe Christianity. This is true, though 33% of people are. [http://www.adherents.com...]. Such a large proportion surely has an effect on the decision if gay marriage should be legal. This is why I brought it up. It seems an important factor, and my opponent has not actually refuted the attack, just the significance of it. Seeing as that part still stands, it should flow to me. Next to the 'sex for reproduction' point. While it's true that couples will sometimes use contraceptives, about 44% of married couples will have children. [http://factfinder.census.gov...] When a gay couple marries, this takes away the possibility of reproduction for two couples. This means that for every 1 gay couple there are two straight ones that can't have kids. This means that this IS a big point that my opponent has not refuted and it still flows to me. Back again to the 'decrease of male population available'. Sure, in small numbers gay relationships won't hurt, but a drastic increase will occur if gay marriage is legal, and this means a drastic increase in gay people. There might be 10 ft. between you and your neighbor, but if y'all are both gay then their won't be any babies made. In a world full of gay people, humans will die out. This is simple fact, and this is why this point flows to me. 'gay hurts everyone'---Wow. Keep it in your pants now. We both know that's not the kind of hurt I meant. Point flows to me, once again. 'divorce rate increase' ---So my opponent showed why divorce IS an increasing thing. Thank you for strengthening my argument. Secondly, divorce is bad socially as it creates gaps and tensions in the social community. Not to mention the fact that it creates a tendency for divorce which may spread to heterosexual couples. This is obviously a problem, my opponent agrees, and this point should flow neg. 'marriage losing value'----Yes, marriage is symbolic. For eternal love and loyalty to the other person. My points showed that gay marriage decreases the significance of the symbolic nature of marriage. Soon, marriage won't even be a symbol, just a process with no meaning. And please, don't call the Bible mine. I am an atheist. And about the atheist getting married comment, heterosexual atheists can have a baby. Gay couples of all religions can't. Also, statistics say nothing of atheist couples, except that they have a lower divorce rate, and statistics DO show that gay couples have a much HIGHER divorce rate. See previous harms to see the problem with this. My opponent has unsuccessfully refuted my argument and it, therefore, flows Neg, to me. 'increases other homosexuals' --- actually no. See my next point as this ties in. 'children susceptible' --- The last point is perfectly shown by this one, that children will assimilate what they see around them. If alls they see around them is homosexuals then they will be homosexuals. Notice that my opponent didn't actually refute this argument, and that's why it and the previous argument flow to me. 'especially homosexuality' --- this one too my opponent has not refuted. My opponent is acting as if homosexuality is the natural state of things, as I've shown it is not. 'homosexual is contagious' --- So my opponent states that these things are secrets? A marriage in a church between two gay people is not a secret. Mr. Smith talks far more about his 'thing' than my opponent gives him credit for. Every child has heard of homosexuality and that it's bad, but if they begin to hear it's good and LEGAL, then little Bobby and little Timmy might just start experimenting starting a trend even worse than Christianity itself. 'causes more discrimination'---- My opponent doesn't understand my point apparently. Situation in the past: John: Blacks shall be free. Bob: Free blacks? What the hell, lets go dress up in sheets and burn some blacks John: (uh oh) This is the same thing that will happen with homosexuality. If it become more legal without being more accepted, problems will begin to occur. Big ones resulting in mass murder, that is. 'homosexuality not accepted' -- Similar to previous point. My opponent says we should teach our children to accept something we don't? No one will point to gay guys in a good way if they hate them! This marriage thing will INCREASE the hate, and DECREASE the acceptance of gay relationships. Just like before, this flows to me. And calling my logic ancient is pretty pitiful. Insults will only win you a negative vote on the conduct. :) 'violence' ---- sortof. And also like this http://en.wikipedia.org... And lets not forget this http://www.bilerico.com... Notice the men are getting hung because they are gay. The fact that you post a bunch of links about gay hate just strengthens my point. Thank you for that. Because of mine AND my opponent's arguments this flows to me. You are right, people should not kill. (By the way, pick your religion, stop going against religion then with it.) But if we start gay marriage there will be much more killing. Much more. Killing is bad, and this is why Gay Marriage should not exist. Evidence to my facts? [http://www.loveandpride.com...] - gay divorce rate [http://www.now.org...] - gay violence statistics This is all the evidence I used or needed. Homosexuality is a plague to the Earth right now, not because of what it is, but because of how people react to it. People slander hurt and murder homosexuals because they believe it is wrong. Gay marriage will increase gay prevelance, and therefore the violence and death. I am not saying gayness is wrong. I am saying the reactions TO IT are wrong, and increasing. This marriage will not help. I do not appreciate when one calls my logic ancient of foolish. The fact that your mind is too infantile and partial that you can't understand my points is the reason for your stress. I suggest you read what I say carefully, drop the smart-a** attitude, and grow up a bit with your attacks. I hope for the sake of this debate the next round shows a more mature side of you that understands my attacks. To the voters: I have refuted all attacks, and shown clearly why homosexual MARRIAGE is a bad thing. Vote Neg, and thank you.