RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 23, 2018 at 9:21 am
(July 23, 2018 at 8:49 am)polymath257 Wrote:(July 23, 2018 at 8:33 am)SteveII Wrote: It is not even *remotely* the same.
The main point of contention is the definition of marriage. In your attempt at a parallel, you didn't change any definitions. No one would ever say that two people of different races can't logically get married. If you have a problem with the concept of an interracial marriage, you would be bigoted because the objection is based on race not on the definition of marriage.
Using the ten millennium old definition of marriage, it is illogical for same sex to get married.
I don't care [at all] if you think the definition should be changed. That is your opinion. What does NOT FOLLOW is that wishing to preserve the definition makes you a bigot.
On the contrary, people *did* argue that it was *logically* impossible for two races to marry, just as it would be *logically* impossible for humans to marry chimps (that was the argument).
The *definition* of marriage is 'a societally recognized bond used to form a family unit'. There is *no* reason that can't be applied to gay marriage. And, to deny it, is a form of bigotry.
Interracial marriage 'illogical'? That's ridiculous. Here's the obvious proof: you don't have laws against things that are illogical!! You go to another jurisdiction and as soon as you cross the line and it's legal for interracial marriage it magically becomes logical??? That was/is absolutely no one's position.
There is a reason that people legitimately think that marriage should not be applied to a gay union--it is not the definition of marriage. Again, I don't care what your opinion is, I am correcting the shitty logic that objections to the changing of the definition entails bigotry. It is indefensible. Stop trying.
