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ChinUp #fundie vbforums.gametrailers.com

[If atheism is a religion, not collecting stamps is a hobby and bald is a hair colour.]

Clearly you have no perception of religion apart from what the theist preachers tell you. You have been indoctrinated into the belief that theism is the one true religion. If you were not a subject of theist religious authority you would not think all there is to religion is theism. To you religion = cult + doctrine. You have no perception whatsoever of personal religion. As if bibles were dropped out of the sky or something.

Think about where theism comes from, & you just might come to the realization that religion comes from people. To tell yourself your not religious is as absurd as telling yourself God doesn't exist. Your entire mindset is second hand prejudice about religion & God without any first hand reasoning about these things @ all to work with.

weedar #wingnut #homophobia #sexist vbforums.gametrailers.com

There are many reasons why I am opposed to recognizing homosexual unions as marriages. But this one is by far the most important:

Married couples have the right to adopt children. If you recognize homosexual unions as married couples, they will have the right to adopt children. This means robbing the adopted child of a basic right: The right to both a mother and a father. Everyone who has both a mother and a father knows that the two are not the same. An extra mother cannot replace a father, and an extra father cannot replace a mother. If society looks for a new couple to take care of a child that for some reason cannot stay with it's biological parents, it should give the child they very best it can have. The child cannot choose for itself. Since society must choose for it, it must give the child the best possible environment. At no point does it have the right to say that "two moms" or "two dads" is good enough.

This is not to say that homosexual dads are not as good dads as heterosexuals, or that homosexual moms are not as good moms as heterosexuals. But a mom cannot be a dad and a dad cannot be a mom. It is best for children to have both. It is their natural right, as they are the result of a union between man and woman.

So here we have a conflict of interest. On the one hand the rights of adults to have their union recognized as a marriage and the rights of children to have both a mom and a dad. In such a case society must protect the rights of those who are the weakest, the children. This is why France said no to gay marriage.

EDIT: I am not a conservative BTW. I am a libertarian, but with regards to this issue, I would side with the conservatives.