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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I don't see what the controversy is. Many people believe that God creates people and they choose to act, either according to their urges or in spite of them. I actually think this argument is pretty legitimate.
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For me, this is exactly what this "argument" breaks down to - I have no problem for you to feel or believe this way, just like I'm sure you don't particularly care that I think the overwhelming majority of people never have an opportunity, not to mention desire, to play an active role in their sexual orientation.
I also don't particularly care whether you feel gay marriage violates the sanctity of the institution - in fact, if you define marriage that way, then you're totally correct in feeling that way.
The only issue I have is with explicit legislation based on these feelings or beliefs, rather than a rationalization of why gay marriage is actually a net negative for society as a whole.
That might be too literalist for the thread, but we're improperly conflating "beliefs" with the actual point, in my mind.
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