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Salami · 02-11-2012, 03:47 PM

I think there are a few important points here that should be raised.

Firstly, there's the question of something being RIGHT the same as something popular. It may not be a popular decision to make gay marriage legal, but this bypasses the question of the nature of marriage: should it be exclusively between man and woman? Or does the right of two people who love each other to share that love come first? Does it matter who they are?
So - if people don't want gay marriage (the evidence for this is itself questionable), then it really ought to be asked if the objection to it is a reasonable one, even if popular.
Should other people have a right to impose their restrictions and reservations upon other people's private lives, impeding the happiness of people who do love each other?

02-11-2012, 03:47 PM	#69 (permalink)
Salami Get in ma belly Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,385	I think there are a few important points here that should be raised. Firstly, there's the question of something being RIGHT the same as something popular. It may not be a popular decision to make gay marriage legal, but this bypasses the question of the nature of marriage: should it be exclusively between man and woman? Or does the right of two people who love each other to share that love come first? Does it matter who they are? So - if people don't want gay marriage (the evidence for this is itself questionable), then it really ought to be asked if the objection to it is a reasonable one, even if popular. Should other people have a right to impose their restrictions and reservations upon other people's private lives, impeding the happiness of people who do love each other? Last edited by Salami; 02-18-2012 at 07:49 AM.