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Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Marriage must always be between consenting adults, because children are unable to give consent under the law; that is a seperate issue. This was understood in the previous argument when it was said that man + woman = marriage.The point I was trying to make however is that all these stupid little formulas are meaningless, and the best definition of marriage would be one between two people regardless of gender. Age is a completely different argument, and not one that is relevent ot this particular debate.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Your "consenting adults" requirement doesn't hold water because that can be legally changed as well. In the old days the age of consent was much lower.The point that I'm trying to make however is that the best definition of marriage is exactly what it currently is because it is very specific. The whole purpose of language is to add clarity, not to obfuscate the issue. If you want a word to mean the union of two human beings, then come up with one. Don't obfuscate the language.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

If your argument held water then english teachers would be the largest opponents of gay marriage.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

That would only be true if teachers were really conserned with education. Given the poor education my children are getting, I seriously doubt that they are conserned about education.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: technically no

English teachers where always the worst in grade school. And they where usually liberal too. ..just throwing that out there
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

"As a mathematical formula it would look like this: 1+1 is 2 we would be wrong to say that 1+2 is also 2 Our saying that the two equations are the same doesn't make them the same." More like 1+2=3, it's more hereto than 1+1. (;
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: I could care less

The mathematical definition of marriage as represented in your bible is:  1+1=1 Adam and Eve are one. Did you forget?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: technically no

I wasn't really being serious about that but whatev. ................................................................
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Then maybe you should go have that nice cup of "shut the fuck up" tea that you tried to serve me. I really feel sorry for kids like you, so brainwashed and so uninformed!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

As you say, "Marriage is something in particular." Its a legal union requiring a license from a government office, not from a religious organization. That's why gay people are fighting for "equal rights", not "equal rites." For the government to remain neutral on this issue, they need to stop denying gay people the same rights as others to marry. As it is, the federal government is anything but neutral. They deny over one thousand federal benefits to people legally married in several states who happen to be of the same sex.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Here is a thought for you. Imagine a large island with just gay people and they are allowed to marry. How long would that population last? Consider Webster's definition of dysfunctional in regards sociology; a consequence of a social practice or behavior pattern that undermines the stability of a social system.So someone please tell me why it would be a good idea to legalize dysfunction. Is that not the antithesis of government?And just for the record. Homosexuality is not a person, it is a behavior. My comments against homosexuality are directed at the behavior, not the people practicing it. I love those caught in the gay lifestyle and want to see them set free.And for those in the gay lifestyle. You are not a homosexual, you are a human being.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Here is a thought for you. Imagine a large island with just gay people and they are not allowed to marry. How long would that population last?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Call it something else. I have no problem with same sex people becoming legal couples, but don't call it marriage.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

"don't call it marriage."Well, marriage is actually a civil union. It is licensed by a civil authority and it is the union of two people. So lets stop calling anything "marriage", at least legally, and let consenting adults form a civil union with the person they love. And if they want, some of them might want to do that in their church or temple!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

why not? why not call it marriage? who is it hurting? who here is somehow negatively affected by homosexuals allowing to call themselves married?and p.s- i know PLENTY of heterosexual couples that shouldn't be married, and no one says anything about them
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

I believe in the survival of the human race and if every couple in the known world for say went homosexual humans would thereby go extinct so if we are trying to keep the people in mind here we need to first make sure there are people to look after so same sex marrige should be illegal every where and we cant put limits on it either because that would just be hypocritical
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

"if every couple in the known world for say went homosexual humans would thereby go extinct"Right, and if every couple in the known world went to the movies, humans would thereby go extinct. Because, you know you can't have sex at the movies. Especially when it would be so crowded in the theater.But I think you are on to something here. If people have same-sex relationships BUT don't make it a legal union, THEN the human race will be saved. But once we let one same-sex couple get married, then everyone will go gay!For example, in the state of MA -- can't find any heterosexuals in that state now. Even the state Senator posed nude, which is, of course, gay gay gay. Damn that MA. The human race is now doomed.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

omg what are you saying that if gay people start getting married there wont be anymore procreation...are you like 5 years old,the laws of attraction wont differ if gay men are getting married or no,that will only make a difference for gay people straight people will not be affected. either way gay people wont make other people gay,so procreation is still gonna happen. your point of view is so silly and has no sens. and by your logic it means that homosexuality is a plague wish is so wrong,how can you explain the existence of a gay person then? a woman and a men no???? if your friend is gay doesn't mean UL be infected or everyone around him will be gay that is so absurd. go read some more psychology people before you get influenced by your instinctive reason that was forged by ignorant individuals.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: Yes

so letting gay people marry is making more people gay? theyre already gay they just want equal marriage rights! its not like letting gay marriage be legal is causing more people to be gay. People are born either straight, bu, or gay theyre not going to change because theyre allowed to get married.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

To be or not to be...That is not the question.I would say...THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG!! Gay marriage can never be allowed! A man should marry a woman, and technically vice-versa. Why would a man marry another man?! that action is so abnormal...i say that gay (homosexual) people have a psychological problem. What makes them tick? why would men or women act as their opposite gender? THAT is the question. As a matter of fact, there should be no homosexuals at all because it is not right to start doing things that a gender should not do.summary: No gay people, not even relationships or marriages.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

"Gay marriage can never be allowed!"Need a list of all the countries in the world where gay marriage is now allowed? Boy, oh boy, you have your work cut out for you, trying to get them all to change their laws."No gay people." Too late. If god didn't want people to be gay, She wouldn't have created them.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Holy crap how narrow minded and rude omg wtf is your problem. Ask yourself this if you were gay would you want people saying that to you. Think about thing before spraying your B.S all over this site.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

you have got to be kidding me. "...to start doing things that a gender should not do". why shouldn't they get married? how is it hurting you? just let people feel the way they want to and stop being so closed minded. what do you care if a guy likes a guy or a girl likes a girl? so what? and how DARE you call gays crazy! my aunts are gay and they are the most loving people i have ever met. they are smart, driven, talented, and have contributed greatly to our world and there is no reason why they should be discriminated against. besides, people do other unnatural things as well.. like medicine, technically it is unnatural because our bodies are supposed to have the immune system adequate enough to fight off all diseases. so would you consider those who have to take meds to survive unnatural?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

If you make homosexual marriage legal, then what is marriage? If we don't have a clear, stable, and defined meaning than it means nothing. If a man can marry another man, then when we get used to that what will come next? A human marrying an animal? Then what? A human marrying computers, buildings, and rocks?My most true motive for this view is what the Bible has to say about it, but I try not to debate based on Holy Books because I'm sure many of you don't trust a word it says!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: Yes

"If a man can marry another man, then when we get used to that what will come next? A human marrying an animal? Then what? A human marrying computers, buildings, and rocks?"Yes.... because an animal, a computer, buildings, and rocks, can TOTALLY sign a contract, can TOTALLY feel love, (well, I suppose an animal might be able to) and 100% COMPLETELY have legal standing in the government.Your argument is invalid."My most true motive for this view is what the Bible has to say about it, but I try not to debate based on Holy Books because I'm sure many of you don't trust a word it says!"The government we have is secular, and it's in the constitution that congress won't make any laws just because of religion. Therefore, no matter how true the Bible is (or you think it is), it is not a valid reason to ban gay marriage. Your argument is invalid AND unconstitutional! Congrats!
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Marriage, by definition, is a legal contract between a man and a woman. Refusing to change this definition arbitrarily is not discrimination. Lawmakers should not allow gay marriage on the grounds that the two counterparts are of the same sex, which does not fit the marriage definition.This fact does not mean the legal system is discriminating against the gay orientation or of gay relationships. A solution to the problem would be a whole other kind of legal union for gay couples to enter into. As of now, marriage is a legal covenant designed to take into interest the future plans of a man and women and progeny.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Refusing to change this definition arbitrarily is not discrimination.Yes, it is. There is no reason not to change the definition except to prevent gays from attaining equal civil rights. A solution to the problem would be a whole other kind of legal union for gay couples to enter into. Or we could just let gays get married. Why not? As of now, marriage is a legal covenant designed to take into interest the future plans of a man and women and progeny.These plans won't be in any danger if gays are also allowed to get married. There are also plenty of men and women who never bring progeny into the equation so that's clearly not a prerequisite for marriage.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

The same argument can be used against interracial marriage, against people of great age gaps, the disabled and the abled, etc... An arbitrary definition is the problem, the other legal union would be the same as marriage; it would just have another name. A non arbitrary definition would be that Marriage is a contract granting certain rights and privileges. That among these rights are the ability to see your spouse in the hospital, to live on a military base with them if they are in the military, etc.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.Since homosexuality leads to high rates of suicide, infectious diseases, depression and a reduction of life expectancy by 20yrs it is clear that this lifestyle denies US citizens of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.Making gay marriage legal in the U.S. would therefore seem least likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.If it is legalized it then would be the duty of all Americans to change the law since That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.Please read the following article from The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 10 Number 3 Fall 2005 if you doubt that the gay lifestyle robs people of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

So let me get this straight. Their lifestyle denies US citizens of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. So your argument to combat that is to...deny homosexuals (also US citizens) the chance of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.Hmm, seems a bit contradictory.I guess we should put a stop to divorce as well. Also higher rates of depression and suicide, effects children, decreased well-being, etc. Are you going to argue that should be abolished as well?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

No contradiction. let me rephrase what you said so as to clear up the confusion; Their lifestyle robs them of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. If they want to do that fine. No one is saying homosexuals can't, they're free to form relationships, set up housekeeping and whatever their relationship demands.What we are saying is if that's what you want to do fine, but don't ask us the American people to support you in that decision. Our Government was established to support Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Anything that works against those goals, like homosexuality, is well, against it and not in support of it. It's their choice that denies them these things, not the lack of our support of that choice. Or to put it another way, We are against it, homosexuality, because we want them to have these things, not because we want to deny it to them. Hence no contradictionIn regards the abolition of the things you mentioned. One of the purposes of government is to promote the common good. If those things aren't good for society then government shouldn't promote them and should in fact work to discourage them. Will people still do those things? you bet they will. But most people will respond to incentives and discouragements. If you make it easy more people will do it and if you make it hard less people will do it, it's really that simple. But some people are so thick headed that they love to do what they know is wrong. That's why we build prisons. Is it a perfect system? by no means. Is it the best in all of human history? I'm convinced it is
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Um, guess what. Rejection of homosexuals "leads to high rates of suicide, infectious diseases, depression and a reduction of life expectancy by 20yrs"..that is, if any of what you say is at all true.And guess what else? Your denigration of peoples sexuality by calling it a "lifestyle" denies US citizens of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It's not a lifestyle fella. Its a life.And sure. Overthrow the government because people decide to stop denying other people equal rights? Sounds like a plan to me. Not a good plan. Just a plan.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

marrige is a institution ceated be GOD it self... is marrige (family) the base of societity... is a relation between a man and a woman not between two person of the same sex... by doing the contrry is going agains God... because you saying with your action GOD make a mistake, and that so wrong... accept your self and try to be what you are a man or woman
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

If there is such a thing as god, owong, and god made man and woman, and man is sexually attracted to other men and this is against that god's will, then yes, god made a mistake.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

I am sure you will be dealt with when your time comes. GOD made a mistake, What are you insane?? GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES!!! He made you didnt he???
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

okay, first off "i am sure you will be dealt with when your time comes"? seriously? im sure god doesn't damn people to hell for posting their opinions on creatdebate. and secondly, why would it be a mistake that god makes gays? what's wrong with them?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

first of all, your enlglish is horrible my friend, i can hardly understand what you are saying. and secondly, some people are born gay and can't help the way they feel. god created people so technically he also created gays. besides, where in the bible does it specifically state that gays shouldn't marry? show me the passages to back up your ridiculous argument
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Truth is, why do men and women WANT gay marriage? I mean, there is no point in doing a marriage if its going to be real gay. I mean, who wants to see to men walking together jolding hands and kissing? That's just constipated. :/
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

your brain seems constipated with nonsence and discrimination.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Lol exactly. Dihorrea actually
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

God made man for woman and woman for man thats all I got to say.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

God didn't make man or woman you inbredAdam and Eve have kids, then what?Their kids have kids with each other, then their kids, and theirs, and so onReligion is a joke for uneducated people who couldn't explain the sky, the sun, or why we don't fall off the other side of the world
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

all you got to say ha,i couldn't find more from you even if i wanted. before saying god said that and that and that,why dint you prove the existence of god at the beginning,then prove his capacity to say something then prove our capacity to understand him...and if god can talk to humans and we can interact with him that would mean he is no longer god because he loses hes main essence.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

actually, most people who are gay are born gay and cant help it.. God created people so I guess one could say he also created gays. besides, whats so wrong about being gay? how does it hurt or affect you? why do you care about other people's love lives?
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

gay marriage is not the right option becuase it affects the future generation.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: technically no

this change comes in child age so children dont know what it right and what is wrong for them.. so they violate the law of god to marry the same sex.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

God does not issue marriage licenses, the government does. Let me know when that changes...or whenever we elect god to be president.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

I know. Life ain't fair. Maybe we can call a Waaahmbulance ;)
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

I don't Waaanaaaa! :)------------------------------------Disclaimer: the minimum length for an argument is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

Well think about it. The gay community has received tremendous opposition in the last few months and have had some pretty heavy set backs. And they still want to pursue the same old tactics. I don't bang my head against the wall. If something doesn't work, I try something else. That something else is to make peace with the religious right and focus on getting the government to stop using the word marriage on marriage licenses.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

No, it should not.Same-sex marriage is an oxymoron. Marriage is, by definition, a union between a man and a woman.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

Then we should change the definition.-----------------------------------------------
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: No

No fagets! God made woman for man and man should apreciate it. 285 people who voted on this must be fags... not my problem.
Debate: Should Gay marrige be legal in the United State of America?
Side: yes

1. You really spelled faggots wrong.2. Saying "fags" is rude and demeaning.3. By saying that everyone who voted "yes" is a homosexual, you are being ignorant to the world around you. I myself am not gay, but I do have friends and family who are. There is no difference between heterosexuals and homosexuals besides the gender of the person that they love. And if God did create all, then why did he create homosexuals? I'm sorry that you are to arrogant to realize this.