RE: Marriage discrimination struck down in Arkansas.
May 10, 2014 at 2:17 am
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2014 at 2:20 am by Ryantology.)
(May 10, 2014 at 1:39 am)Heywood Wrote: You've got a signature that says, "If Jesus comes back, we'll kill him again" and you call me horrible? You're advocating murder.
Jesus is fictional, and it's just a joke anyway. You advocate policies that actually harm and kill real people.
Quote:1. Who cares? The people of Arkansas.The people of Arkansas don't have the right to relegate minority citizens of Arkansas to second-class status. They voted for an unconstitutional law.
Quote:2. Claiming marriage has no value is a poor argument. Most find marriage a valuable component in society.
No, honey, ad populum is a poor argument. And, you misrepresent my statement. I said marriage does not need to have a value to society, except insofar as it benefits the people engaged in that union.
Quote:3. You are applying specific incidents and claiming it applies as a general rule.
Says the guy who insists that certain marriages should be disallowed to entire groups of people because certain examples don't contribute to society to an extent that he prefers.
Quote:4. This is actually a good point. Where you err is in thinking it makes the rational reason to ban gay marriage go away.
Where you err is this delusion that you presented a rational argument against gay marriage at some point in human history.