i guess this debate can be stripped down to whether homosexuality is normal...
looking at the definition of normal, it seems that it can be broken down into two main parts... natural and conforming to the average intelligence or development...
now, the nature of homosexuality can be argued... is attraction a human structure or a work of nature? or both?
is homosexuality conforming to the average development of a human? no. and this is where some of you may argue the definition of normal seeing that it's not society's decision to make what is average and what is not...
so is homosexuality normal? is a serial killer normal? is retardation normal?
thats why i totally disagree that natural = normal
but it's also the reason why i don't hate homos or fags... it's not their fault...
You say you don't "hate fags". Do you not see how ridiculous this is? It's akin to saying:
"I'm not racist. I don't hate n!ggers". (outside point - stupid word filter!)
And, serial killers and mentally retarded people are not denied the right to get married, or denied any right for that matter.
The point that you are missing is that what you consider normal, is exactly what the problem is. You are speaking from the viewpoint of the Christian, Western world. It is the Christians in the West that are intolerant, and frankly, wrong in the decision they've made because they have presumed that they speak for society on this matter and that the majority of society agree with what they think, and that isn't the case.
There's a hell of a lot more people that don't come from that perspective and therefore do not necessarily share your opinion of what is normal.
There is nothing abnormal with being homosexual, it is simply another sect of society and there is no valid reason why they should be denied rights.
The reason why you believe they are abnormal is because YOU believe that the "purpose" or "point" of life is to to reproduce, therefore men should be with women to allow for this to happen.
But I disagree, as do many others. Reproduction is a
choice. We don't owe it to anyone to reproduce. In fact, in a large majority of cases, it could be said that people owe it to society to NOT reproduce.
Gay people are not denied the choice to reproduce either. There are plenty of gay people that have chosen the route of IVF et al because they have made that choice to reproduce. And there's nothing wrong with that either. So, if you also hold the belief (as many Christians in the West do) that a happy marriage is conducive to the welfare of a growing child, why deny that environment to a gay couple? It's not as if growing up in that environment will have any effect on the sexuality of that child. If you believe in the "sanctity of marriage" at all (which as Duke said, is all religious babble anyway), then how can that child grow up with any sense of that at all, if it can see that it's parents have been denied that right?