Posted by Geegee on November 9, 2008, at 18:22:05
In reply to Re: Marriage definition » seldomseen, posted by rayww on November 9, 2008, at 9:40:49
Women were not allowed to inherit property in the past, and not all that long ago. Just ask Cokie Roberts about how her mother, Lindy Boggs, could not inherit her husband's estate even though she could take his seat in Congress. That legal concept has adapted as we've realized that women are in fact equal human beings (in general...I won't get started on true equality). Similarly, we've adapted laws to eliminate different rights based on race. Those are good things, right? We shouldn't leave the law as it was written just because that's what some could interpret was the intent, should we?
Gender and race are differences that can actually be measured to some extent. Sexual preference is a difference in behavior and feelings and cannot be measured tangibly within the human, as in by DNA or physical differences in organs. So why are folks of different gender and race allowed the privilege to marry, but not folks who only express a difference in behavior and thoughts? Can nose-pickers marry? How about parting your hair or not, on the right or not?
I believe God created us all equal. Any discrimination that occurs is a human concept, not a divine one, imo.
Oh, and by the way, most research on the subject demonstrates that children brought up by two parents of the same gender are no more likely to be gay than those brought up by a parent of each gender. In addition, they are no more likely to develop social or emotional problems than those brought up by a man and a woman as parents. They are no more likely to be abused. I'm not sure what children with same sex parents need to be specially protected from. Finally, same sex parents can and do have children through sperm and/or egg donations and adoption. There's no evidence to support that the population would disappear if folks of the same sex were allowed to marry.
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