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Old 05-11-09, 02:00 AM   #5
Onkel Neal
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Originally Posted by mookiemookie View Post
Hurts the institution of marriage? Two consenting adults who love each other wanting to marry hurts the institution of marriage? I hardly think so.

I always thought the list of reasons why gay marriage would ruin society was great:
Great list, Mookie.

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Originally Posted by Aramike View Post
Expanding marriage to include same-sex couples will do nothing to fix a broken concept. In fact, it would more likely pervert it further, as there will be more people engaging in it - including some for purely political purposes.
Mike, no one is suggesting expanding marriage to same sex couples will fix anything.

If Bob and Bill or Sue and Jan move in together and say they are married, it won't throw the world into crisis. And married gays will not cause straight people to take marriage any less seriously, they already have made a mockery of it. I could see some weight to this arguement if straight people married and kept their vows... but 50% or more do not.

Seriously, straight people use marriage for political and economic motives too.
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