Quote from jem:
Well so far I have learned that 2-3% of society is gay-not 10% the media talks about. The only gayness in animals linked on this site seems to be the gayness exhibited in prison culture, which must be how the males assert their dominace in ape culture. That does not really seem to be the kind of gayness that argues for gay marriages. We have seen nothing that proves people are born gay.
Lets see some of the pro gay facts supporting the concept that people are born gay or that it is not a learned behavior. That animals have a signicant gay poplulation.
Quote from dbphoenix:
Most people do not obtain their beliefs through study. And a belief can't be changed with a message board post.
Quote from dbphoenix:
I'm hardly a spokesman for the gay culture, but you make some interesting assumptions that I'm not sure have anything to do with the issue of gay marriage.
One has to do with the frequency of gays in society. This implies that one's group must cross some threshhold of frequency in order to marry. If, for example, the percentage of Latvians in America is less than some percentage, should they be refused permission to marry?
You also seem to equate love with sex, then apply your beliefs to animal populations. Is there evidence that animals love each other?
Quote from alfonso:
No, a post on a message board is qualitatively different from written material anywhere else, right db? Yeah. Riiight.
Quote from alfonso:
Well, db, I don't know about you, but I've spent my fair share of time discussing and studying gay issues, so it's not a knee jerk reaction you're getting from me. I'd love to hear you prove to me how "wrong" my views are, but I suspect that if you had any such compelling arguments you'd have offered them by now.
Quote from alfonso:
To Cubano,
You're right, I can't provide you any links, in the moment, to prove, or substantiate my views on the benefits of raring children in male-female, two parent households. I have done reading on it, and I'm not just arguing out of my ass, or cos I don't like gays (I don't, but that has no bearing on whether raising kids with gay parents is a "good" idea or not). I'm not going to ask you take my word for it. If you're really interested though, why don't you do some of your own reading. I'm pretty sure even liberals these days acknowledge the benefits of wholesome family environments.
Quote from jem:
The only gayness in animals linked on this site seems to be the gayness exhibited in prison culture, which must be how the males assert their dominace in ape culture.
Quote from alfonso:
Numbers don't have to be the be all end all, but only an idiot would pretend that they don't matter.
Quote from alfonso:
And, no, I don't see any reason why homosexuality can't be treated on its own merits without having to draw parallels to other groups in which numbers might be applied.
Unless someone wants to pretend that gay marriages, over time, wouldn't have a significant influence on the kind of society we live in, then it's quite obvious to me we need to treat gay marriage as a separate issue, and not draw too many inferences from parallels (which are really not much more than invitation to liberals to dodge the ball with fancy footwork and ignore the real issues.)
Quote from alfonso:
The sex/love spinoff is just dodgeball. Nobody's trying to prevent gays fucking each other. I'm neither married, nor in love, but it seems to me only a fool would ignore the added significance that love and sex take on when procreation is involved.
Quote from dbphoenix:
Of course it is, unless by "written material" you're referring to flyers handed out on street corners.
I didn't say you were wrong. I said that a belief can't be changed by something as mundane as a message board post.
As for studying gay issues, what studies have you done that have led you to adopt the beliefs that you have?
Confused here. You can't provide any information to substantiate your views, but you expect this sort of substantiation from those who disagree with you.
As for male-female, two-parent households, I can't see that they're doing such a great job of raising children.