Comments on: Love and Gay Marriage http://www.flamesoffreedom.com/2009/04/27/love-and-gay-marriage/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:47:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.flamesoffreedom.com/2009/04/27/love-and-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Patrick Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:01:45 +0000 http://www.flamesoffreedom.com/?p=138#comment-193 I think a large problem of the general gay marriage debate is that while those who support it are generally of one ideal (i.e. equal rights for homosexuals), those who oppose it can fall into one or more of several different categories: 1. Those who believe it isn't the government's business to be involved in marriage at all. 2. Those who believe change should come in a different way (e.g. opposing federal laws over leaving it to the states, or opposing judicial activism over legislation) 3. Those who believe that homosexual union should be treated as a separate matter from heterosexual marriage, under a different name 4. Those who believe the underlying homosexual relationship itself is inherently wrong and should be as discouraged as possible. I'm probably not covering everything, but it's sufficient for my point, which is: It muddies the water considerably when pro-gay-marriage advocates claim anyone opposed is secretly (or not-so-secretly) a member of the 4th group, while anti-gay-marriage advocates claim that there is no such thing as the 4th group. I think a large problem of the general gay marriage debate is that while those who support it are generally of one ideal (i.e. equal rights for homosexuals), those who oppose it can fall into one or more of several different categories:

1. Those who believe it isn’t the government’s business to be involved in marriage at all.

2. Those who believe change should come in a different way (e.g. opposing federal laws over leaving it to the states, or opposing judicial activism over legislation)

3. Those who believe that homosexual union should be treated as a separate matter from heterosexual marriage, under a different name

4. Those who believe the underlying homosexual relationship itself is inherently wrong and should be as discouraged as possible.

I’m probably not covering everything, but it’s sufficient for my point, which is: It muddies the water considerably when pro-gay-marriage advocates claim anyone opposed is secretly (or not-so-secretly) a member of the 4th group, while anti-gay-marriage advocates claim that there is no such thing as the 4th group.

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