Homosexual Marriage should be legalized by the United States Government.

Now onto my opponents case "Definitions: Homosexual Marriage: the lawful union between 2 men or 2 women.", He defined a homosexual relationship as this, so his arguement about procreation, should be dropped because obviously if a guy has a baby, one he has no evidence, and two it is a man and a woman now. "contention 1: Discrimination we must look to the fact that heterosexual couples can get married, but not homosexual couples. this is unfair due to the fact that the United States "tolerance" in our schools. moreover, the US also values liberty as a major point. thus, homosexual couples should have the right to marriage.", No evidence, and liberty is achieved by doing what you want as long as you are not intruding on the rights of other so, is actually is against it. "Contention 2: Religion This anti-gay marraige outlook by the United States is very hypocritical due to the fact that the the Bible says "But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law" (Galatians 5:22-23). thus, there must be love in our lives, or else there is total anarchy. also, i should point out the fact that the United States says Under God in the pledge of alliegence, means that everyone is Under the Christian religion, no matter if they believe in it or not. thus , the United States values Religion as a major point.", This contention, because he says, one statement out of scripture proves it, but obviously he is biased because he is only showing is the christian side, and he is not even taking into account every religion, because there are obviously more muslims than christians. Now onto my opponents attacks. "1)the seperation of church and state is not constitutionally mandated, it is just a theory posed by Madison in the Federalist Papers. therefore, the US must mandate it.", What!!!!!!, The U.S. doesn't mandate it, where is your evidence for this anyways, besides, if you talk to Mikendra McCoy about that you will realize, there is not separation. "2)males can reproduce it has been proven that males can reproduce."Oral doses of female hormones were administered to Mr. Lee to make him receptive to the pregnancy"(RYT Hospital). this is why the US must grant the right to homosexuals to have marriage, according to you since you say that reproduction is a major foundation of marriage", Where is your evidence, two, I already went over this it goes against your definition. "3)in my definitions, i clearly state that "Homosexual Marriage: the lawful union between 2 men or 2 women." therefore, polygamy has no ground in this debate. thus, it should be dropped from this round. However, i will debate the fact of love. if anyone denies the right of homosexuals to get married, then they are being discriminant. What makes it more just for a heterosexual couple to get married than it does a homosexual couple? If the United States Cannot grant gay marriage, then they will only be promoting sexism and thus they will be considered hypocrite by the rest of the world. ", What first you are calling me discriminant, two, I'm not, I am saying it is bad, for it to be called marriage. "4) once again, polygamy doesn't apply to this debate seeing how my definition holds and you drop it completely so therefore you agree with it.", It does apply, by legalizing same sex marriage it encourages polygamy. "5) if economics were a factor in homosexual marriages, then the United States wouldn't allow any marriage at all. moreover, if they cannot have the equal right to have all of their "spouse's' stuff collected, then this only weakens the inherent right to equality granted by our declaration of independence and our pledge of allegiance that we have taken everyday since kindergarten. Also, it doesn't matter if they can create a will or a co-signer on a house, they cannot be co-signers on a marriage certificate. that is all that matters in this debate.", First off equality can never be achieved and second, equality in the declaration of independence is not a right it is a privilege. Also we take in Kindergarden, to make us believe it, but wake up people. Whatever it does effect the economy. Not everyone is married, if we add more people it will harm our economy, what do you want, a depression, that will make the homosexuals look good. Sometimes, you have to take it like a man. "6)You drop the discrimination argument, therefore you concede the fact that by not allowing gay couples to marry, you will then allow discrimination to occur. this discrimination will weaken our credibility in the world because then peole don't know if we are promoting sexism or not...", I did not drop it, I already told you in my last speech, that I will touch in this speech. Their will always be discrimination, so this arguement will fall, because whether it is leagl or not, it will be discrimnated against. "7) all you say is that polygamy is bad and this has no room in this debate. gay or straight love is all the same and therefore, they should have the right to get married like any straight couple...", Polygamy is only illegal, but you must look at that polygamy and same sex marriage share some things in common in that, they are radical forms of a union. Legalizing same sex marriage goes against religion, because of polygamy. If you really want me to argue that, then I must, because your arguements fall. Discrimination falls and religion fall, I really don't want to post anything on that, because, I win on that.