azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Hold on.1) Your arguments are fundamentally the same as the anti-miscegenation tripe of the past.2) This isn't an argument about the merits of homosexuality and it's disingenuous of you to try to turn the discussion to that end. I'm not going to be sucked into your selfish and vile agenda.3) You would deny a group of people their rights and privileges as granted by the United States Constitution because you have a problem with their behavior (as if they're doing things that the vast majority of the human population isn't already doing) and who they are. And in that regard you are no better than a common racist. Your bigotry cannot be concealed and I'll have no part of it.So, let me stop before I get dragged down to your level.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

You would deny a group of people their rights and privileges as granted by the United States Constitution because you have a problem with their behavior And what exactly are these "rights and privileges as granted by the United States Constitution" that are being denied? And if caring whether our not someone destroys their life is a selfish and vile agenda that makes me a common racist and bigot. Then I'm guilty as charged and will wear that badge with honor because I care enough about my fellow man to warn him when he is in peril.This isn't an argument about the merits of homosexualityIdeas stand or fall based on their merits, at least they should. So if you think gay marriage is a good thing, please make your case and show me the merits of it. Because as it stands now when I weigh the issue the negatives far exceed the positives. So here is my challenge to you; If you support gay marriage convince me that it is a good thing and should be embraced by all people. Final thought; Insult is not an argument, it's the failure to provide one.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

What jstantall is saying is that gay people are allowed to marry people of the opposite sex and that they are thus not being discriminated against. Just because they chose not to marry people of the opposite sex is of no consequence because it is their choice not to exercise their right to marry someone of the opposite sex. They are not being discriminated against. :)
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Guess what? Marriage is a "civil union". In order to get married, you need a license from a government office. You can't get it from a religious organization. That makes marriage a civil matter.The meaning of "civil" in this situation is "of or pertaining to civil law". Civil law is "the body of laws of a state or nation regulating ordinary private matters, as distinct from laws regulating criminal, political, or military matters."One definition of "union" is "the act of uniting or an instance of being united in marriage". As I said, marriage is a civil union. So people who want gays to be able to form civil unions are in effect supporting gay marriage.However same-sex couples in marriages, civil unions, or domestic partnerships in the U.S. do not have 1,138 rights, benefits and privileges that a married couple has under federal law. When African Americans turned to the courts to help protect their constitutional rights, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of any kind deprived African Americans of equal protection. Gay Americans also want the same rights, benefits and protections provided to all other Americans.Denying gay partners the full benfits otherwise granted to same sex partners is saying that gay individuals and same-sex couples are “second-class citizens” who may, under the law, be treated differently from, and less favorably than, heterosexual individuals or opposite-sex couples.On this basis, several state courts have decided it was illegal to deny same sex couples the right to marry. So, the question is not "should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?" but should we continue to allow the government to continue to act in an illegal way toward same sex couples. Obviously, the answer is "No".
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I think that gay marriage should be legal in america because one its not really hurting anybody, two its just two people that love each other, and three it doesnt need your opinion in anybodies love life.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

People need emotional backup and it doesnt matter if it's with a boy o a girl. And really who's it affecting.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Why shouldnt it be? The only thing different to traditional marriage is the fact that it's two people of the same sex getting married. I don't believe in all this guff about people calling it a civil union or whatever
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: Traditional marriage

Traditional marriage is one man banging his secretary while his wife stays home and watches soap operas. Eventually, he leaves his wife and kids and marries his secretary. Why do the gays want to destroy that?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I have been in a same sex relationship for 12 yrs and have been legally recognized in New Jersy only by a civil union which has limited benefits in comparison to heterosexual marrige. My partner and I have 2 babies that we love very much. I believe that we should have the same rights as an heterosexual couple. Same sex couples are allowed to adopt and we are singled out by the US as gay parents and our children are also being discriminated against by NOT giving us the full benefits of marrige. I believe that our children should be recognized as being part of a family. A family is love and who in the hell has the right to say who and what anyone can love. You are taking our right to love away. The children of same sex families need to feel equal and same sex couples need equality so that we can feel secured as an American Family shoud. We are not asking for anything more than what anyone else has. We are not asking for special privledges. We just want to be treated equally. Our children have the right to have a sence of belonging without any predjudices. We pay taxes, we are your Doctors, teachers , police officers, servicemen, freinds, neighbors, brothers, sisters, Mothers, Fathers, Bankers, and some of us are even in the military protecting this country!!! We are everywhere and we are not going away. We are only coming out stronger and in more numbers. Hiding in the closet is not an option any longer!We as Americans desearve equality!!!!I have one question: If we are not able to recieve full equal benefits of marrige(ie.. survivor benefits), would it be correct to say that we should be exempt from paying taxes since this does not benefit the gay communtiy. I mean come on, why should we pay into social security if we are not able to cash in on our full benefits? Mabey we should get a tax break?? i guess our gay money is good enough to take but we, as gay americans are not worthy to have it work for us when we need it!!! The worst thing about this is that the federal government is judging us and if I remeber correctly, GOD is the only one to judge me! Rememeber , GOD made us equal and in his vision.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

We just want to be treated equally. But your not the same kind of a relationship, isn't that why you refer to yourself as a "same sex relationship" and not a heterosexual marriage? Aren't you the one and not the other?Our children have the right to have a sense of belonging without any prejudicesYou are the one who denied them that by your choice, not us. Are you not comfortable with choice you made? Our choices have consequences. If you made the choice I would assume you thought through the ramifications and were willing to accept the consequences. Otherwise you would have chosen differently. Why then must we accept the consequences for you? It's your choice not ours.GOD made us equal and in his vision.Not quite, in one sense He did and in one sense He didn't. We know that due to the fact we are all different, some people are just smarter than others. He did however create us all in His Image, But that image has been shattered and distorted by sin. The fact that homosexuality doesn't show up till after the fall ought to tell us something. And don't tell me there was no fall because I see the effects of it every day and I battle against my own inner corruption daily. Ephesians 2By Grace Through Faith And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I found this to be amusing,..Early man was called Homo Erectus....not hetro erectus!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I believe that gay marriage should be legal. Marriage is a beautiful thing and i don't see why two people of the same sex should not be allowed to get married.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

of course who am i to judge people. its their choice and isnt effecting anyone else. i mean lets say when a girl was young a man did something bad to her and after that she was afraid to be with another guy. so what...shes never supposed to be happy again with someone because we think its not "normal" or whatever. i mean we are so used to what is natural we forget that the normal way of living isnt the only way of living.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Yes of course it shouldNo majority ever has the right to decide the life of a minority, which does no harm to anyoneIt was that logic, which cause the slave trade and while you still decide how others should live then they are slaves"Why don't you try and use the art of persuasion to convince my that a lifestyle that causes early death (@45yrs of age) high rates of infectious diseases, depression and suicide is really a good thing. And that it is some how the more loving thing to do to let someone destroy their life."- Find one single gay person over 45 should be impossible then?- straight people can catch those same diseases, they just have better access to healthcare without being discriminated against- depression and suicide again cause by discrimination and the struggle to accept yourself as different in a world with so many biggots and small minded people- The above quote was wrote by a clearly retarded person who would have owned a slave, voted against womens and black peoples rights and can't see that being gay is not a disease, it is natural and present in over 500 speciesGay marriage would not and cannot harm straight marriageIt is proven that gay marriages are more stable and that the most suitable family environment is actualy with two lesbian mothersIf anything harms marriage it is straight people like britney spears and people who pass their prejudice onto their kids
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

if you were gay you might want to get hitched and besides what gives anyone the right to tell anyone else what to do when it comes to something as personal as thatP.S. not homosexual, but supportive
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I believe Gay's should be able to marry I'm not gay... However I have a guy that I've been with for over 2 yrs that I would do or give anything for. I see that as an example... if someone were to tell me that this man I spend my time with everyday and plan to raise a family with in the future was illegal... I would riot honestly if any GOOD human being knows what its like to absolutely love someone, then you also know what its like to imagine them being torn away from your arms and how much it hurts.If honestly you can't let two people love one another then what gives YOU the right to even love someone?!I don't want to hear the "Well it says in the bible!..." No... shut up just stop right there because I've read the bible and I've read the commandments NOT one single time did it mention that two people of the same sex could not love one another! If you think its the work of the devil then SHAME SHAME SHAME... on you. Because I do know that in the bible it DOES state as a commandment even... THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE! If that's all you can do with your life is tell someone they don't have the right to love then it is you that will judged by god himself and if you don't believe in god. Then I'm sorry you have nothing to believe in but picking on others to make your life complete only makes you lower then the dirt on the ground.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

In this country we claim to be the land of a free people, does it say land of the free for only all straight people? No it doesn't if we are a land of free people shouldn't people have a choice to love and marry to whom they wish to? how do we have have the right to tell people who they can marry? does being gay make you less of a American? Last time i checked no. If two males want to marry, or if two females wish to marry in this land of the ''free'' then whom are we to tell then no. and in all reality is it any of our business what two adults do with there love life?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I agree with this statement! It's true... we are adults and some of you may not want to see two men hold hands but honestly I think it gross to watch a man and a women suck face in public. I don't like watching public affection both gay and straight. So if any of you are just saying that gays have no right to be married only cause you're afraid to see them kiss... do what I do when I see a man and a women make out! Ignore it and go about business were grown adults and the only thing majority of adults have to say is "Oh My God two people kissing!" Grow up act your age and move on!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I totally agree . It's just descrimination! Everyone has his or her own right to do whatever he/she wants to do. I think people are just followers these days if you here one person say " No , being gay is wrong... blah blah" than you automatically agree with them. People just need to grow up and understand you cant get rid of life! You cant get ride of someones right ! you cant get rid of gays ! There humans just like everyone else and if they want be with someone of the same sex than so be it.. It has nothing to do with you. Right? ( Let them do them , and you do you)
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Yes, gay marriage should be legal. Civil unions are not the same as marriage and despite what everyone tries to make you think, those unions don't give you the same rights and privelages. The only thing keeping them from marrying are some long dead morals from hundreds of years ago. You know, the same morals that kept women and blacks from having any power in this country as well.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Ancient Egypt: A tomb of a same sex gay married couple Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep was discovered in 1964 in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb dates to the Fifth Dynasty (circa 2,500 BCE), and shows that homosexual marriages date back over 4 millennia! Roman Catholic Church: A recent book by Yale Historian John Boswell demonstrates that Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches both sanctioned and sanctified unions between partners of the same sex, until modern times. The churches used ceremonies which were very similar to conventional heterosexual ceremonies. 6 Other countries: Same-sex, long-term relationships have been publicly acknowledged in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as Australia, Europe, India, Native America in more modern times. 7 However, they have not necessarily been called marriages."------ religioustolerance.org...P.S I myself am not "religious"
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

If you believe in God and use him in your argument then you believe clearly that you are inbred - and that can only strengthen your biggoted argumentWe will have gay marriage, with each new generation it gets closer as the old prejudices die off a little with the old biggots who pass them to their childrenWe will win, its just a matter of time until you die and your kids make us legally equal
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Trouble is that you can't reproduce. You're a dying breed. Good luck on changing human nature, it has remained unchanged after thousands of years. But let say you do "win" what then? Your civilization goes into negative population growth and dies out, just like every society before it. And the cycle begins again. People respond to tragedy by becoming conservative, gain peace, get comfortable, get lazy, get liberal and die off. Then repeat. That's human history in a nut shell and there is nothing new under the sun, Same old problem with new faces looking at it. If you think this question is a new one, think again. We are locked in a struggle of utter futility. Have fun in your march towards suicide, I've found the door.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

We can reproduce and we doThe fact of population is that there are currently too many people for the Earth's resources to handleGay people represent higher adoption rates to clean up the mess of straight people, to lower the population of people having children they cant care forGay people have been around since the times of the Romans and will continue to exist in the futureAs it is now countries like the UK, Portugal, Spain and even Pakistan have or are overtaking America on Gay rightsThe Americans didn't act on Womens rights until others challenged them toThey didn't act on slavery until challengedAnd they won't act on Gay rights now even though there are many gay women and black people challenging themGay people pay taxes, they are entitled to the same rights
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: Yes

Yes, it should be legal. - Homosexuality is a natural phenomenon; it's just that you're attracted more to the people of the same sex.- Everyone has the right to be happy, so they deserve the things in which they find their happiness.- On one hand we talk of equality, and on the other depriving homosexuals from it. Isn't it kind of ironical? I mean, so what if they're of the same sex? Aren't they entitled to love each other?- No religious books (as far as I know) have ridiculed the whole notion of homosexuality. On the other hand, all of them have a common theme, that is, accepting people as they are, loving them as they are, and that everyone deserves to be happy.- It has already been legalized in many countries. There are records of successful gay marriages; it isn't that only heterosexual marriages are successful.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Myself i think it is disgusting, but i do not have a problem with it being legal. People can do what they want.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

y not!?!?!!?! marriage makes a link between two people. let it be a man and a woman. a man and a man etc etc. if two males are happy to be together then y not make them happy. y should we be a hurdle. this is a natural phenomenon and if such a thing happens we as humans shoulf support them. its none of our business!!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Yeah, Oil and toxic waste spills occur in nature to and if such a thing happens we as humans should support it. yeah, let it be a man and a woman. a man and a man, a man and 10 women, a women and 10 men, A man and a boy, a man and the neighbors little girl. A man and 10 little girls. A man like Warren Jeffs. A man and what ever he wants, 10 men and what ever they want, 10 women and what ever they want. Heck let's all just do what we want and we'll all be happy, Yeah! Oh wait! that's anarchy and in anarchy nobody gets what they want and nobody is happy, except the guy with the biggest gun. Darn I guess we do have to give up lesser freedoms to gain greater ones. Darn, to have real liberty I need to give up certain freedoms for the greater good in order that I might live in peace. A wise man once said: before you take down a fence you ought to find out why it was put up in the first place. Or as Edmund Burke (1729-1797) said, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."I hope you don't think this is the first time in human history that a society has wrestled with this question. They have indeed and they put up fences for some really good reasons. You would do well to find them out
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

its their choice not the states. so what im bisexual myself
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I personally dont agree with the gay marriage situation but i do believe that this is a free country and they have as much of a right to get married as any straight couple. They can love each other just as much as a straight couple. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and beliefs. We as a country should not have the right to tell someone if they can get married or not just because of the way someone lives.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Yes, but it should be spelled correctly. Committed relationships make a society stronger and there is no reason to treat them differently just because they are between two people of teh same sex, or two people who are relatives, or more than two people. Legalize all forms of marriage between consenting adults.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Yes, absolutely. Just like incestuous marriage and polygamous marriage.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

In my opinion, marriage is between a man and a woman. If we are talking about marriage in the sense of a union recognized by the church, then absolutely not. A marriage in the church is for a man and a woman ONLY. HOWEVER! I do think that if two men, or two women want to be recognized legally as a couple, then they ought to have the right to a civil union. They would be legally recognized as married, but not recognized by the church. If they wanted to have a "ceremony" of sorts, that's fine, it just won't be recognized by the church. Legal marriage: yes. Holy marriage: no.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Who are we to prevent people from doing what they want to do when it has no serious affect on us?