... wrote on Jun 13
th, 2012 at 12:10pm:
And so we continue onto the ol "it happened somewhere else, therefore it should/will happen here" argument.
Just what do you think is the slightest bit compelling about that?
It sounds much the same as the ol' "if such and such were to jump off a cliff would you do it too" I used to get from my mother. I understood her point then...why does it elude you even now that you are presumably a grown man?
Look as much as I appreciated the debating tactic:
You raised the issue claiming that marriage has always been about sanctifying the relationship between a man and a woman.
And then when people came back with arguments against that point you then say "well we shouldn't do what other people do or have done"
It's an basic debating technique and you don't use it very well.
To counter the actual argument, I don't really care what the rest of the world has done / is doing. I don't even care what marriage has "always been" in your blinkered view
What I care about is the fact that there is NO logical reason to preclude same sex couples from the act of being married, none, I've asked and I've yet to see a single argument which is actually based on logic.
I don't think governments should have laws which discriminate against anyone, unless there are damned good reasons for it and I'm not seeing any ...