RE: Marriage discrimination struck down in Arkansas.
May 10, 2014 at 4:43 am
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2014 at 4:53 am by Heywood.)
(May 10, 2014 at 3:44 am)Esquilax Wrote:(May 10, 2014 at 2:45 am)Heywood Wrote: You need to learn how to comprehend the written language. I never said I had a problem with the wording of the ruling. I never even said I had a problem with the result of the ruling. I said I have a problem with judges making rulings under false pretenses. The judge claimed their was no rational reason to exclude the minority....which I showed in my first post in this thread to be false.
Maybe I am being anal here, but I like people...especially judges to make good arguments. Your willingness to ignore bad arguments is probably why your so bad at critical thinking and argumentation.
And here we are again: you say we're willing to ignore bad arguments, when what you've presented as "rational" argumentation against gay marriage relies on special pleading with regards to the purpose of marriage, and frankly misses the point of marriage in this day and age.
You just can't step out of your own head for one goddamn second, even if it's just to consider the possibility that some of us don't find your arguments compelling.
Your argument is essentially this:
Homosexual marriages are equal to heterosexual marriage because in this day and age procreation is not a purpose of marriage.
You are the one making the special pleading. You are citing this day and age as an exemption without justifying it.
Our population...our society...depends on heterosexual unions. This day and age is not an exemption. Our population....our society...does not depend on homosexual unions. It never has and I don't see how it ever will. Homosexual unions are not equivalent to heterosexual unions(unless there is a God who determines such) and that is a rational reason for the people of Arkansas to vote not to give it the same status. The judge's argument was wrong.
