I just tried to post a response I wrote to S on the OBA board, but I couldn't highlight it so I ended up forwarding the whole thing. Sorry all. I just thought it was a pertinent comment.
I'm having technical difficulties this morning! :-) Liz -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clogtowner Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:08 AM To: Memphis Freethought Alliance Subject: Re: This comes close to my Philosophy Hi y'all - bogus! I haven't stated that marriage is necessary to procreate. My point is that the term marriage has been traditionally accepted in the west to describe, for most (but not all) people, the lifetime relationship constructed for reproduction and nurture. It has worked for me and I like it. I totally support gay unions - call them lifetime partnerships or whatever. Give them legal rights - no problem. Nevertheless their formation cannot be the same as the traditional definition of a marriage, as reproduction is not involved. Therefore a name change, and nothing else, is required.If we are not going to change semantics, how do we introduce gays? "Hi I'm Mrs. Smith and this is Mrs. Smith." It is not really a big deal - just an accurate description. I don't think gay "marriage" is a threat to heterosexual unions. In fact, I welcome it. I'm still searching for enough evidence to convince me that gay adoptions are as successful as heterosexual. If that proves to be the case (and I'm sure there are many cases that don't require evidence) then I think, like Michael, that it should be positively encouraged to reduce the number of orphans. Jason has provided a paper in the past but I think a comprehensive study is several years away. On Oct 12, 11:40 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bogus argument. > > 1) Marriage isn't necessary to procreate, which throws out the biology > argument, and > 2) Gay marriage isn't a threat to heterosexual unions, since only a > very small percentage of the population will be interested in same sex > unions. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
