Posted by tecwrg on 4/8/2013 1:50:00 PM (view original):
OK. So if two homosexual people, in love, want to spend the rest of their lives together, why can't they make the same "lifelong commitment" to each other? What is the difference?
They can. Civil union. I've already said this.
What, specifically, is it about a "man and woman" that makes it marriage?
History. Tradition. Culture.
The part where I lose you, and anyone who makes the argument you're making is:
Tec: Civil union is the same is marriage. You spend the rest of your lives together, happily ever after.
Gay: You think they're the same? OK. I choose marriage then.
Tec: No.
Gay: Why? You just said they're the same.
There are a lot of things in history that were universally accepted, and wrong. A lot of traditions that make little sense to us now that were once the norm. A lot of cultures, even today, that treat many people very poorly. These are poor reasons. Am I wrong?