Gay Marriage should be 100% legal

I would like to start my final round by showing my appreciation. Thank you Alex for your kindness during this debate, it has truly made it more enjoyable. The gene for skin color is irrelevant, people(s) with different skin color are allowed to get married. _________________________________________________________________________________________ "Mmk..I am a heterosexual, I cannot marry a man either, but i can marry a woman, just like gay guys can, that is the same right. We both have it." Yes, i quoted myself, with the sole purpose of pointing out that my opponent did not argue that, but if you look at his response to said quote, he merely asked me to look at it from a homosexual standpoint, which i have done but my opinion was/is not altered. _________________________________________________________________________________________ In his following paragraph, he states that if i don't like gay marriage then don't have one, and to not associate with gay people if i don't like them. The thing is, is that i don't dislike them, they can be as good of people as any. But with that being said, this is a debate so i am arguing my side. I'm not simply going to accept a debate and then go "Oh well, since i don't like gay marriage i just won't have one" I am showing why they should not be legal. _________________________________________________________________________________________ "So, what it sounds like you are implying is that marriage was created by religious people so the values should stay the same. So what that leads me to believe is that, since I'm atheist, perhaps I should get a civil union to a woman?" No, what i am saying is that it should not be changed to the contradiction of those who created it. And you being an atheist have the choice of a marriage or civil union, haha isn't that great? _________________________________________________________________________________________ "But you need marriage to be happy in a heterosexual relationship? Or at least, it's allowed?" No you do not need it, i am happy in my relationship right now. But yes of course it's allowed, we made marriage for us heterosexuals just like homosexuals made civil unions for themselves =) _________________________________________________________________________________________ "We both live in suburbs of Portland. There, they have the first openly gay mayor of a major city (Unfortunately, Harvey Milk was murdered before he became mayor). He did some bad things (although I argue that they wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't lied in his confession). He displayed just about every bad gay stereotype. They aren't all like him. Some of them would be content marrying one of their peers that happens to be the same gender. Like Ellen Degeneres. Perhaps, if Mayor Adams was allowed to marry, he wouldn't have had relationships with that 18-year-old, because he would have been happy." There can be infinite "what ifs" but that is not enough to justify it, because there can also be "what ifs" if we did allow it. _________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you think gay marriage will lead to chaos, well, look at how horrible things are up in Canada..." I said if gay marriage, pedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia ect were allowed it would result in chaos. _________________________________________________________________________________________ In conclusion my fellow Alex has not successfully defeated my arguments of the following: -A majority of the population is against gay marriage, therefore due to our democracy it should not be made legal. -Why the government should not be able to alter the terms of marriage allowing gay marriage. -Prohibiting gay marriage does not interfere with the pursuit of happiness -Heterosexuals and homosexuals have the same rights -How his arguments differ from allowing pedophilia, zoophilia, polygamy etc... _________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you as well for this debate, it has been an enjoyable one. Thank you again for your kindness.