azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

"Marriage has been swallowed by religion."Fine but it's still a religiouse thing. You're merely describing how it got that way. So my point still stands."Essentially, we chose to have marriage defined like that in a time when gays were oppressed. If we created it, why can't we change it?"Because we (the majority) don't want to.Also, I never said we couldn't. My point has always been that we don't have to.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

The majority of the US population actually does approve of gay marriage.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/how-opinion-on-same-sex-marriage-is-changing-and-what-it-means/?_r=0 http://www.gallup.com/poll/147662/First-Time-Majority-Americans-Favor-Legal-Gay-Marriage.aspx
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

I don't think we should deny them the benefits that married people get, man and woman, because it is basically the same thing. You can call it what you want, but they should be treated equally.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

There is no non-religious (and undefendable) reason to not allow it when biologically, psychologically, culturally, historically it is accepted.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

I think it's useless talking about the dictionary definition of marriage. Marriage is based on love, this is important. Honestly I think that there is no difference in love if people are of different sex or no, the feelings and the affection are important. Futhermore we cannot judge other people's love. If they want to get married it's their own right!
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

There is no such thing as gay marriage just like there is no such thing as gay rights, everyone has the same rights no one has different rights than others. Marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, with one of the main purposes being to procreate and have children, once you take that ability away there is no way it can be a marriage. This does not include those who just can't have babies because of sperm count or medical reasons.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

there is no such thing as gay rightsThere most certainly is.everyone has the same rights no one has different rights than others.So why on Earth are you arguing against gay marriage (you're on the wrong side, by the way).Marriage is defined as between a man and a woman,This was pointed out to me by Liber. You are right in saying that marriage is between a man and a woman, but only because the word structure necessitates it. And I think we'd live in a boring world if we didn't stretch definitions and rules every now and again.with one of the main purposes being to procreate and have children,Find me a single dictionary that says this.once you take that ability away there is no way it can be a marriage. So the infertile can't marry?This does not include those who just can't have babies because of sperm count or medical reasonsOn your definition, it does.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

This has nothing to do about their actions. Listen, they will be confronted and dealt with in the end, not my problem. I do not want to control them from being together, I honestly don't care. However, they DO NOT get to claim the title of marriage and receive the benefits of marriage when there is no such a thing! http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage  read it and weep!It is not recognized by our constitution as a right. The end. And it won't get added. If a state wants to legalize it they can try.Personally, I say don't legalize it nor make it illegal, that way it will not be legally recognized however a person can either deny or accept "ceremonially" performing a wedding for them.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

This is the dictionary definition of marriage: a. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. Antonyms: separation. b. a similar institution involving partners of the same gender: gay marriage. Antonyms: separation. 2. the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock: a happy marriage. Synonyms: matrimony. Antonyms: single life, bachelorhood, spinsterhood, singleness; separation. 3. the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of two people to live as a married couple, including the accompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage. Synonyms: nuptials, marriage ceremony, wedding. Antonyms: divorce, annulment. 4. a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction: trial marriage. 5. any close or intimate association or union: the marriage of words and music in a hit song. Synonyms: blend, merger, unity, oneness; alliance, confederation. Antonyms: separation, division, disunion, schism. There is no mention of the reason for marriage being to Pro-create, the only reason people should get married should be because they love each other and if two Gay people love each other they should be allowed to marry. You can Pro-create without getting married and I know many straight married people who dont have Children they married because they loved each other not to have children and Gay people should be allowed this right as well
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

No silly, silly person.Having children isn't the reason people get married.LOVE is the reason people get married.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

However, they DO NOT get to claim the title of marriage and receive the benefits of marriage when there is no such a thing! http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage  read it and weep!Please read my first argument, where you will see me clearly accept that a gay marriage is technically impossible. However, we can bend the rules a little bit, and Merriam Webster agrees with me. I quotethe state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage .So, as you can see, gay marriage is possible in a non-technical way.It is not recognized by our constitution as a right. The end. And it won't get added. If a state wants to legalize it they can try.Firstly, that's your constitution, not mine. Now, I'll be honest. I don't know a great deal about the constitution. But I know that it's not the be all and end all of everything. Public support for gay marriage is at an all time high. The President publicly came out to support it. If that's not convincing enough, I don't know what is.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

You probably cant help who you love but you certainly can help who you marry.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

I don't really know what you mean with this comment, are you against or not?It is the most normal thing to want to marry the one you love, and I don't think anyone should stop ANYONE!! not matter sex or skincolor. The only thing I want to stop when talking 'marriage', is kids marriage. You know, old men marrying little girs like they do in Iran and other islamic contries.I think you should put your strenght on stopping those psycho marriages, instead of stopping innocent love between two men or two women.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

God made man for woman and woman for man. Gay marriage is a psycho marriage.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

I believe so too Tim.But I also believe, that every man and woman has their own right to chose what they want to believe. When you come with an argument based on the bible, you force them to believe the same you believe, in a way.If christians have so much against gay marriage, then don't get married to the same sex as you, but why make others do it too? How a man wants to live, isn't it his choice? or hers? Or is it yours Tim?
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

its their choice. and that is cause god gave us free will.. but i do see where your coming from
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Im coming from?Im a christian who respects that others can believe something else than me.And I believe in that humans have rights, and one of those rights are to decide wich religion they wanna believe, or if they don't wanna believe in anything at all.When you accept someone elses religion, you also have to accept that the law can't be made by your religions laws.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Then your only a Christian in your mind. you supporting gay marriage is just like saying you don't believe in the bible but yet are a Christian.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

No it is not.The bible also says you should stone children who don't obey their parents to death. Are you supporting that thing too? bc according to you, if you don't support everything that the bible says, your apparently not a real christian.Im a christian, no one has the right to tell me Im not.I don't support gay marriage, I don't think its right. But I still think everyone has the right to think for themselves, and not let me or you make decissions for them.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

OK i see where you say you don't support gay marriage so its all good now.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Gays do have extra rights ! I don't care if they get married as long as they don't try to change religions I'm catholic I don't belive in it but I don't care what other people do as long as they don't bother me
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Someone took my point and they do have extra rights my friend beat up a Homo and got extra time for beating up a Homo they are protected under law u just can't beat them if u do u get alote more extra time and its not in the bill of rights becuase the homos were chiken shits and didn't want to come out and say they were Homo at that time
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

This makes no sense, how could your friend have been given extra time for beating up a Homo if the Homo was too Chicken Shit to admit it, if the person they beat up admitted it and your friend got extra time it was probably because it was classed as a hate crime which I assume is dealt with in a sterner manner than any other violent crime and would be dealt with the same if they beat up someone because they were a different Religion or Race. Did your friend beat the other person up because the other person was Gay or was there another motive?
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

The guy picked a fight with him and he called him a Homo right before they got in a fight he didn't know he was actually gay so they gave him extra time on top of fighting so yea it was considered a hate crime
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

No they don't have extra rights! Show me in the constitution where they do? Wait what? They don't? That's right! No they don't have extra rights and you are no practicing catholic because you are going against church doctrine. Course, the majority of Catholics in America are Hippocrates anyways!
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Definitely. I'm quite confident there is no valid justification for banning same sex couples from a legally recognized marriage. Stop being so involved in people's romantic and sex lives. It's honestly a bit creepy.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

This has nothing to do about their actions. Listen, they will be confronted and dealt with in the end, not my problem. I do not want to control them from being together, I honestly don't care. However, they DO NOT get to claim the title of marriage and receive the benefits of marriage when there is no such a thing! http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage  read it and weep! It is not recognized by our constitution as a right. The end. And it won't get added. If a state wants to legalize it they can try.Personally, I say don't legalize it nor make it illegal, that way it will not be legally recognized however a person can either deny or accept "ceremonially" performing a wedding for them.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

you sure like to repeat posts.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage the mutual relation of married persons an intimate or close union the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

The government has no legitimate interest in denying it, the constitution does not, and it even states this, list all rights of a people, there are others than what it states, and the current denial of it is nothing more than a defacto violation of the separation of church and state.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Yes it should. The principal argument of who doesn't want to the law allow that say that it's against the Bible. So, following that type of thinking, let's see what you probably doesn't follow AND is on it... 1 Corinthians 11:3  3 "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God."1 Corinthians 11:7 - 9 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.  9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.Esther 1:22  22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.THE BIBLE IS SEXIST! GO SEARCH IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. NOW, ANSWER ME, DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? DOES THE LAW AGREE WITH THIS? DOES THE SOCIETY IN THE GENERAL AGREE? SO WHY A MAN CAN'T MARRIAGE ANOTHER MAN AND A WOMAN CAN'T MARRIAGE ANOTHER WOMAN? ANSWER ME THAT.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Support for same sex marriage is growing rapidly and it IS only a matter of time before it is legal in ALL the states. I believe it is mostly due to the younger generations such as myself. Older generations were mind-fucked into believing many things were "OK" such as slavery and even after that was abolished racism was practiced in many households. as I'm sure after Gay marriage is legal there will be many homophobic households. Its like someones Dad being a racist and 20 years down the line they find themselves spurting a racist comment and catch themselves not even believing their own words. It was forced into their young minds. Younger generations have been increasingly allowed to explore their OWN beliefs the result of which is increased support for things that older generations were protecting out of tradition. Just because something is tradition doesn't mean its right.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Since a ritual that binds two people together as life-mates has absolutely no harmful effect upon society, and since romantic love is regarded as a good thing, I'd like to know why disallowing gay marriage is a good thing.If it's not harmful, why outlaw it? Because you're squeamish? So, you'd let your squeamishness prevent two people from performing a ritual that harms no one and only strengthens their relationship? What kind of immoral douche are you to allow mere squeamishness to let you do something so selfish?Except, of course, people against gay marriage would say I'm wrong. Though I'm not. They are all just squeamish, and they use pointless excuses to try and reason away that they're just squeamish. But really, they're all just pointless excuses for you to justify your selfish behavior of wanting to stop people from loving each other to their fullest potential.Shame on you.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

I take issue with the word "allowed." Government should have no jurisdiction over marriage. The concept of marriage "license" is not only an anachronism, but it is invalid in its original purpose.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

I will use the argument which I have used countless times: Why not? Honestly, it'll make them happy, it'll drain the congested orphanages, and it'll bring us one step closer to true equality.However, one must keep in mind the heightened risk of STDs in same-sex intercourse
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Yes, gay marriage should be allowed. Many people in my family are so against it because it goes against their religious and political principles, but I am not, and I just don't understand, why so many people have to have such a grudge against them being married. It's not like gay people are harming anyone by getting married, so what is the big deal? The government should allow gay marriage in every state, it seems to violate the freedom of choice, for gay people.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Why is it such a big deal about gay marriage?It's not like it's going to hurt our planet!I mean,the law isn't always right!It's just wrong to keep people from marrying others who they love.That's why our society's messed up,because of people being judge mental (there are also other reasons why are society is messed up)!You don't like being kept from the person you love,so why should they be kept from theirs'?Just be happy for them!Respect them and their' love!
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

then humans will die out because men only bones other men. so no babies :(
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Did I misread? Was the topic "Ban heterosexual relationships"?
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Actually at this rate earth will be overpopulated anyway. So the more gay men and women the merrier (no pun intended) and as for "no more babies." just because you allow some gay men and women to marry doesn't mean every man and women on the planet will want to fuck the same sex. I'm completely FOR gay marriage but I don't feel the urge to go marry another dude. your argument sounds like that of an 8 year old.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

There are many practical reasons for not allowing same sex marriage. I forgot a few but one I can recall goes like this: studies show that children need a mother and a father for parental role models. It keeps the child’s emotional health in check. Also the bible calls gay marriage unnatural and basically, wrong. If you are a Christian, you are a hypocrite if you support gay marriage.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

So you're in favor of banning single parents? And how can you bring the bible into a logical debate?
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Bhagwad no one is trying to ban single parents, but the facts are most children thrive when there is a mother and farther around ,yes people spit and become single parents but they do not choose to do this, people in gay marriges choose to put any child they bring into there household in to an alien situation to be brought up by to people of the same genderfor there own whimsth this is child abuse and we only allow it to appease the namby pamby equal rights brigade, well what about the rights of the child to be brought up by a mother and farther.,,,,,,,,,,,,WE ARE GLASS
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Can you reference these studies? I have a suspicion that they don't exist.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

The studies only show that it is generally preferable for a child to be raised by a couple, or more, due to there being more income, emotional support, and so on. The gender of the couple, has, to my knowledge, not been shown to matter.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

thats not true. it does matter to have a couple of a male and a female.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Care to provide a peer reviewed scientific study which doesn't just list the rest of societies bigotry as a problem to support your claim? Or to ya know, actually make an argument.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

Yeah, there have actually been studies on this.It shows that children raised in gay families are completely fine. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/what-happens-to-kids-raised-by-gay-parents-488758/
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Let me just say, gay patnerships should be allowed but not gay marrige,my farther was gay but he hid the fact and walked out on us to pursue his gay lifestyle when i was 4.A marrige is to all intents to allow to people of the oppiste sex to procreate gays can simply not do this, nor should they be allowed to have children as my experienceof life showed me how much i missed in not having a farther so why deny that right to a child to fullfill your own selfish wantspeople can bleat all they want if you are gay fine ilve together but do not force churches to marry you.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,we are so fragile
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

First, you are making a hasty generalization. second, your making an anecdotal argument. 3rd; If gays could marry and were accepted, your father wouldn't of used your mother to hide and try to deny who he was, further more there may of been less social stigma and he might of stuck around. 4th. Marriage, in this sense, is strictly a governmental institution; NO one, or at least very few, is even hinted that churches should be forced to marry anyone. There are legitimate legal rights and privileges granted to married couples by government, and there is no secular reason to deny them these rights based on their sexuality. Marriage is not only a religious or cultural thing, but a governmental one.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

A marrige is to all intents to allow to people of the oppiste sex to procreate Well, if that's a reason to ban homosexuals from marriage, then along the same line of thought, then any couple that is infertile or chooses not to have children should not be permitted to get married. And I didn't have a father either, and it wasn't bad, so buck up. Some people have great parents, some don't. The number and the genders don't matter if they're great parents, and don't improve bad parents. Plus, I imagine all the kids trapped in the foster system would love to have any family, even a gay one. Who says they are going to force the churches to marry them? I'm just concerned about the governmental benefits.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

Marraige is a christian tradition, and homosexuality is against Christianity. If you want to be gay then don't bother getting married, just sleep/live together, Churches shouldn't be forced to hold gay marraiges.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Same-sex

You seem to be mistaking "tradition" for "monopoly". (I assume) You don't mind Muslims marrying and they certainly aren't Christian.And if you can be bothered to check the bible, there is nothing in there against homosexuality which doesn't have something silly nearby. Since you ignore the sillies, you should also ignore the homophobia.But I would agree that Churches shouldn't be forced to hold them.
Debate: Should gay marriage be allowed
Side: Opposite-sex

"You seem to be mistaking "tradition" for "monopoly". (I assume) You don't mind Muslims marrying and they certainly aren't Christian."Of course Christians have a monopoly on marraige it's their institution, wy is it that homosexuals need to be married in the first place? A civili partnership is good enough for them.Anyway, the same applies for other religions and their forms of marraige."And if you can be bothered to check the bible, there is nothing in there against homosexuality which doesn't have something silly nearby. Since you ignore the sillies, you should also ignore the homophobia."The Biblie is clearly against homosexuality, that is common knowledge.