Just An Argument - Gay Marriage

I'm going to stop categorizing my posts as segments, because I have failed miserably in keeping with my own deadlines. So even though you may see a recurring post, don't expect to see it on a regular or steady basis. I live my life on a whim, so having a schedule seems absurd.

So here's just an argument.

I am growing to hate conservative arguers on the battleground of gay marriage. Seriously, they take a position of blatant discrimination and try to sound like perfectly rational people with arguments that reflect the "truth". Quite frankly, I don't care about gays or gay rights (boring arguments), but when it comes to a group of people completely disgracing the art of argument with discriminatory trash, fear-mongering, and a "holier than thou" attitude, I simply cannot ignore what has concretely established itself as my enemy. So, to my enemy, I salute you, though what you have done with my art cannot be forgiven, and I will now systematically destroy each of your ridiculous arguments in the holy name of debate.

First off, no one cares what it says about gays in the Bible except Christians. Marriage extends to all people (not just Christians) because it is not a Christian institution. Marriage is a human institution with nearly every single culture on this planet practicing it in one way or another, so what the Bible says about it is laughably irrelevant to government policy concerning it. So again, marriage is not some ancient Christian ritual that is being threatened by gays wanting to destroy it. It is an all-encompassing and ever-changing idea of bonding people together that exists in nearly all cultures, that people who are attracted to the same gender are tired of being excluded from.

Second, bringing up the high divorce rate in the U.S. as an argument against gay marriage is not only irrelevant, but completely stupid because gays haven't had the right to marry yet. This argument works against you and you fail to recognize this fact. How can it be gays that have failed the marital process when it is the heterosexual couples who are getting divorced?

Third, there is no way to "choose" who you are attracted to. I fail to understand how gayness would be a choice. Can any straight person look at any woman and say to his or herself, "I choose to be attracted to that person."? Of course not. Now I'm not saying that people are born with gayness either, but saying that that's the only other alternative is ludicrous. Environment and culture probably influence us exponentially more than genetic makeup, but going on with this would be getting off the topic of destroying stupid arguments, so I'll stop.

Fourth, polygamy has absolutely nothing to do with gay marriage. I've seen such ridiculous arguments that somehow tie gender of spouse with the number of spouses. If you want to argue against polygamy, that's fine, but don't argue against polygamy to someone who wants to marry the same gender. That, I think, would be a good definition of insanity (or stupidity).

Fifth, the argument that gay marriages should not be allowed based on the fact that they can't have kids is simply not right. Sterile heterosexuals have absolutely no trouble getting married despite their inability to have children. Also, the fear that married gays would not provide the proper family structure to children they adopt seems to be undermined by the fact that kids living in orphanages are already living without those social "structures" that are so necessary, not to mention the fact that single parents are socially acceptable despite them not having the stupid structure. So even if I were to concede to the argument that an ideal gay couple couldn't raise a child as well as an ideal straight couple (I'm not, by the way), saying that a kid without parents couldn't benefit from the care of a gay couple is so arrogant that it is liable to make one's head explode.

Now, even though I doubt that this post will stop you, my enemy, from continuing this blasphemous style of argument, know that not everyone in this country is buying your outrageous claim to rationality. You may think that you know better than everyone who doesn't think the same way as you, but you should probably say things that are less stupid if you want others to believe this too. You may or may not realize it, but these kinds of views and the people that back them are a dying breed, and someday very soon, you will experience what it feels like to be a minority, with only the ability to hope that the majority is more understanding and tolerant than you have been all of this time.

Your Enemy,
Chad