Gay Marriage should be 100% legal

Responding to one of his comments, despite my age I think we can still have a very good debate. I also find it very interesting that we have the same name and live about 10-15 minutes apart out of pure coincidence. Now, on to my rebuttals which will be followed by my own arguments. Indeed, all men are created equal and are granted our life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And those are granted to all of us. Our country was founded on the declaration of independence that is correct that actually is not news to me or our viewers I am sure. But one man's pursuit of happiness cannot disregard or overpower the happiness of the majority of the population (that is against it). My opponent states "If all men are created equal, doesn't that mean that we shouldn't judge based on things such as sexual orientation? " People are free to think or "judge" however they want about sexual orientation, that comes with the freedom of speech that you so blatantly pointed out. Regardless of why individual people are against gay marriage, it is their right like you said. "Liberty is obviously a blanket category for many things, but you should have the liberty to marry who you want. " You can in fact marry whoever you want, as long as it follows the definition of marriage which states "the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of a man and woman to live as husband and wife, including the accompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage. " -. http://dictionary.reference.com... And of course the restrictions preventing pedophilia, polygamy, incest, and homosexual marriage. Because marriage between a man and another man is simply not marriage, because marriage was created for a man and a woman. "Obviously if it makes you happy to inject a shot of heroin three times a day and then go out and rape a few people, that is kind of a no-no. But the difference of one chromosome really doesn't seem like such a big deal. " Who are you to tell the entire population that one chromosome doesn't seem like such a big deal? What does not seem like a big deal to you may in fact be a big deal to other people. Should we be able to marry Chimpanzees because of our chromosomal similarities? Because that is also wrong. The thing is, is there are countless laws that prevent our pursuit of happiness, if we allow gay marriage, we might as well abolish the rest of those said laws, from what your argument suggest anyhow. Which would result in chaos might i add. "People will start wanting to marry more than one person. Or animals. Or inanimate objects. Or little children. Well, technically yes, and technically I could care less about the first three. The people may be wackos, but this is America. We have Michael Jackson. Wackos are allowed. The fourth, marry a small child, that is different, because of the age of consent (again, I am fairly against that as well, but that is a different debate). " First off, you may care less about those wants but many people would disagree. This is indeed America, but "wackos" are not allowed, if they were the United states would be in chaos. Our court system attempts to prosecute those "wackos" in a fair manner, which will not always result in punishment due to our innocent until proven guilty law. Allowing these wackos free reign over our under aged, animals, deceased, inanimate objects, is simply balderdash, and wrong, and would result in exponential growth of abuse. We cannot allow such atrocities because of "Michael Jackson" But your idea of pursuit of happiness, as well as the rest of your arguments support the idea of legalizing pedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia, polygamy and such wrong perversions. Please tell me why we should legalize same sex marriages, with an argument that would not suggest these said perversions. But, from your previous arguments you suggest they should all be legalized. Which would not only diminish the meaning of marriage but would also result in a sexual perversion driven society. "2) The Bible (aka the law book of America. .. Wait. .. that's not right) says it's a big no-no. As I said, the Bible is a religious thing. America enjoys a separation of Church and state. " Yes, we do. We enjoy a government which is not controlled by the church, which is what separation of church and state is. But the thing is, is that marriage is a religious ceremony. The church is not in control over whether or not gay marriage is legal, the government is. Our government is a democracy, which i will point out the obvious means that the people decide. So why should it be legal when a majority of our population is against said gay marriages? "3) Well yes, the bible is a religious thing, but marriage is a religious ceremony. Usually, but not always. I am atheist. Does that mean I can't get married? I'm technically also Jewish. Does that mean I could have a gay marriage if I wanted one (not that I do). " You can get married. No that does not mean you could have a gay marriage since you are Jewish. sorry. "4) Marriage is only for children. Well, this is the only one that makes any sense to me; however, does that mean that infertile people should not be able to marry? And birth control and condoms can go away. First of all, teen pregnancies would go through the roof. Back to the topic, you can't single out one group, and when you include everyone applicable, it doesn't always seem like such a good idea. Sorry. " Since when is marriage only for children might i ask? Last time i checked under aged children cannot get married unless accompanied by the consent of the guardians of both proposed. Nobody is singling out a single group, are you forgetting all of the restrictions we have both explained? Gays are not alone, I could be in love with my dog, my sister, my dead grandma, 6 different legal woman, a 13 year old girl (assuming i was over 18) and i would not be able to marry any of them accept for one of those legal females, but how could i pick? There are 6 of them! That's not fair right? No it is fair, since we all have the same rights. "I myself am not gay, but I would like to see gays have rights, liberties, and the same opportunity as we heterosexuals do to pursue happiness. " Gays do in fact have the same rights, liberties and opportunity at happiness as us heterosexuals have. Your turn.