RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 23, 2018 at 9:59 am
(July 23, 2018 at 9:32 am)polymath257 Wrote:(July 23, 2018 at 9:21 am)SteveII Wrote: 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.
Hmmm...you cross a line today and gay marriage is legal. Seems quite similar to me.
And yes, indeed it *was* the view of *many* people at one time. They even supported their views with quotes from the Bible.
Again, the *relevant definition* of marriage is 'a bond between people that is societally recognized to form a family unit'. There is NOTHING in that definition that requires opposite genders. And this is a *universal* definition that has worked in *all* cultures.
You are confusing formulating a logical argument to support your belief that is it wrong with the question: is interracial marriage logically possible. Of course it is--in every sense of the word.
Do you realize you just keep repeating your new definition of marriage? For 10,000+ years it was COMPLETELY defined as heterosexual. You would be hard-pressed to even find some ancient, remote, limited timeframe, exception, anywhere. You can't win this. The only thing you can do is express your opinion that the definition should be changed.
