Homosexual Marriage and Lifestyle: Detrimental and Not Necessarily About Equality.

Despite what you might believe, gay marriage is about equality. You said there's a cottage industry dedicated to gay marriage. I hardly see the harm in that, boosting the economy and all. Now allow me to refute your arguments. 1) gay marriage is less monogamous, If the lack of monogamy is a problem, then banning marriage would hardly help. That'd be like banning medicine because sick people use it. Andrew Sullivan's main point was that the lack of societal support for their monogamy may be the reason why [1]. Also, allowing gay marriage won't be an instant change because the culture would need time to adjust as well. Second off, monogamy isn't objectively better as you assert. On average, sexual frequency tapers off in a long-term relationship [2]. Also, couples won't use condoms, which will lead to an increased chance of STD's in the all-too-common case of infidelity [2]. The Mosuo people of Luga Lake don't practice monogamy. They find it constraining and question why people who stop loving each other would be forced to stay together. They recognize love isn't permanent. Thirdly, it's veritableness is questionable. Andrew Sullivan's opinions do not represent all gay people. There are plenty of men who cheat with their wives and vice versa, and in a deceitful manner. Should marriage be banned for everyone because of the infidelity of others? 2) liberal sexual morality will cause society to lose its drive I really don't think the United States of America is comparable to primitive tribes and civilizations. We're concerned about developing infrastructure and advanced technologies. They were worried about finding food and growing their numbers. "The whole of human history does not contain a single instance of a group becoming civilized unless it has been absolutely monogamous, nor is there any example of a group retaining its culture after it has adopted less rigorous customs." The Mosuo people would disagree. 3) gay people are more likely to contract diseases AIDS is rampant in the homosexual community. Again, I don't see how banning gay marriage would help fix that. 4) gay people are child molesters If one third of cases recorded involved a homosexual man, then who was involved in the other two thirds? Also, how many of those cases involved catholic priests? As far as I can tell, the whole not-getting-married route does not really help to abate this action. Also, this is a really misunderstood issue because child molesters' sexual preference really can't be compared to a normal one. It's not as if people attracted to adults of the same sex are a risk to suddenly molest a child. 5) children are better off being raised by a mother and father. First off, it drives me nuts that you didn't cite your sources. Merely stating "surveys say" does not allow me the chance to review their highly questionable conclusions without speculating their method. Also, this is gay adoption, not gay marriage, so it's off topic. While I do disagree with your point, I'd like to stay focused on the issue of our debate. 6) gay marriage causes more illegitimate child births, and crime in turn. Again, what surveys are you looking at? Off the bat, this seems to be a case of correlation, not causation. Also, the idea that people won't want to get married anymore because gay people are allowed to is unfounded, not proven, and absurd. 7) gay sex isn't normal What gives you the right to decide that? [1]http://www.slate.com... [2]http://www.psychologytoday.com...