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Quote by: PDJane Frankly, homosexuality has remained a constant percentage of the population since the beginning of man. There is a saint in the orthodox tradition who had a male partner, and the union was blessed by the church. In fact, such unions weren't seen as "wrong" until the sixteenth century.
You can decry it, you can call it warped, you can name it whatever you please. It will not change the facts, and the fact is that you cannot stamp out homosexuality any more than you can stamp out left-handedness.
Allowing same sex unions merely allows two committed people to provide for one another. No, that cannot be done entirely through legal documents, as the courts can overturn the same as long as there is no marriage. For example, the family may succeed in overturning the wishes of the partners in court, especially when it concerns powers of attorney.
I do not believe that the government should simply bow out of any and all things to do with marriage, taxes, and succession rights. In that way lies anarchy. Taxes .....and the governments they support...are the price one pays for living in a civilized society.
I also have a problem with religious dogma (any religion, yours, mine or theirs) becoming the law of the land. There is a good and fine reason that church and state should be separate. |
Before I respond, let my just list some of the assumptions I'm making concerning your thoughts. Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. You are not God. (and, therefore, you don't know everything. I have no proof that you are not God, but, of course, if you are I apologize.)
2. You are not thousands of years old (and, therefore, you do not have first hand knowledge of what you are speaking about.)
3. You do not have a time machine (and, therefore, no way of collecting data that might bolster your case.)
Having said that, so what? For that matter, who cares if there has been a homosexual on the earth every moment of its existence?
No one reasonable expects to stamp out sin. Any more than any sensible person expects to eliminate war, or poverty, or murder, or foul language, or cannibalism, or pollution, or racism, or government corruption, or pedophilia, or theft, or any of the other human evils that exist. The fact remains that wrong is not right. And whatever excuse persons commiting those acts may offer changes nothing at all.