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Why a Good Person Can Vote Against Same-Sex Marriage

Big O7 Wrote: Oct 30, 2012 11:34 AM

Then I offer this ¨Say there was extensive research done on adult child sex and in the course of that research, it was concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that sex offered a compelling benefit to society.¨ Would you support it then? Please. Let us grown ups have a little time to enter into a real discussion without this illogical pablum.

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HeraldOfGalactus Wrote: Oct 30, 2012 11:53 AM

Appeal to ridicule and dodging the question does not make the initial question any less pertinent.

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Why a Good Person Can Vote Against Same-Sex Marriage

Next week voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington will vote on whether to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.

Given that there are good people on both sides of this issue, how are we to explain their opposing views?

The primary explanation is this: Proponents and opponents ask two different questions.

Proponents of same-sex marriage ask: Is keeping the definition of marriage as man-woman fair to gays? Opponents of same-sex marriage ask: Is same-sex marriage good for society?

Few on either side honestly address the question of the other side. Opponents of same-sex marriage rarely acknowledge...