••• DEBUNKING ••• 77 SPECIOUS "Reasons* that were
Idiotically put forth by a Bigot for Opposing Same-sex Marriage
Post #1 -- "Reasons" #1-22 & Their REFUTATIONS
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This link recently was provided by a bigot who totally shot himself
in the foot, butt, head, and everywhere else in between by doing so:
That's because *NO* FACTS even EXIST that can be
used as a sensible argument against 100%-HARMLESS
same -sex marriage; Marriage Equality.
And in this series of posts, I will DEBUNK every single
one of those SPECIOUS 77 "reasons" to be a hateful and
ignorant bigot.
"77 Non-Religious Reasons to Support Man/Woman Marriage"
CATEGORY 1
"The Essential Public Purpose of Marriage"
1 -- "The essential public purpose of marriage is to attach
mothers and fathers to their children and to one
another."
FACT: Tens of millions of COHABITATING couples in the
USA alone who have children are every bit as
attached to their children and to each other as
any married couples are. A mere ceremony and
piece of paper is basically meaningless w/respect
to that reality. (And people are figuring that out
at an *accelerating* rate, which probably will
causes marriage to become virtually EXTINCT in
another 30-40 years. Making ALL of this a truly
moot question.)
2. -- "Man/woman marriage allows children to know and
be known by their biological parents. Same-sex
marriage separates children from at least one
parent."
FACT: I wonder how ADOPTEE Dave Thomas (founder of
"Wendy's" and outspoken advocacy of adoption)
would have responded to that "reason?" ALL
children who have been ADOPTED by people who
are not biologically related to them have parents
who are *every bit* as supposedly "separated"
from their parents as ANY child having one or both
parents who are gay have EVER been. ("Separ-
ated?!?" What HOGWASH!)
3. -- "Man/woman marriage sets the foundation for chil-
dren to have the same biological, legal, and care-
giving parents. Same-sex marriage separates
these functions among different people."
FACT: What a *ludicrous* comment! Legally-married =
identical *legality* of BOTH opposite-sex and same-
sex couples. Which is possible now in a fast-grow-
ing number of nations and U.S. states. And same-
sex parent are NO less "care-giving than opposite-
sex ones. And the "biological" whine is as *spec-
ious* as it was in the previous "reason."
4. -- "Man/woman marriage provides children with access
to their genetic, cultural, and social heritage."
FACT: Children of same-sex couples who have been ob-
tained via surrogate mothers and IVF are far
MORE likely to have such access as most of the
vast majority of the children who have been
ADOPTED by opposite-sex couples do.
5. -- "Even though it is not always possible, children have
the best life chances when they are raised by their
biological married parents."
FACT: Tens of MILLIONS of adults who grew up having
ADOPTIVE parents would laugh long and loudly
at that *ludicrous* "reason!"
SO MUCH for CATEGORY 1 having a SHRED of credibility!
CATEGORY 2
"Some People Say that Research Shows that
Children of Same-Sex Couples Do Just as
Well as do the Children of Opposite-Sex
Couples."
Actually, it tends to be pretty much all of the people who are
sensible and intelligent enough to be fair-minded *egalitarians*
who say that.
6. -- "The research in this area is preliminary. We don't
have studies that last long enough to show the
long-term impact of being raised in a same-sex
household."
FACT: Millions of children have been raised in same-sex
household for decades wherein their parents
either were single parents or cohabitating same-
sex parents. For there to be NO clear evidence
over all that time, with so MANY people, that
there is anything detrimental about being raised
in those households, vis-a-vis by opposite-sex
couples, is strong evidence that there is NO such
problem.
7. -- "Much of the research in this area does not use
a representative sample of same-sex couples.
People volunteer to be in the study. Volunteers
are often more affluent, more educated, and
more likely to be better parents regardless of
sexual orientation."
FACT: In other words, you have NO point. Your 7th
"reason" has to do ONLY with the *economic*
status of ANY households.
8. -- "Each member of the same-sex couple may be a
fine parent. But two good mothers do not add
up to a father."
FACT: TWO good mothers may well be even *better*
than ONE father. Your "reason" is POINTLESS.
SO MUCH for CATEGORY 2 having a SHRED of credibility!
CATEGORY 3
"But Not All Married Couples Have Children.
How Can You Say that Marriage is About the
Benefits to Children?"
9. -- "This looks at marriage from the adult point of
view. It reveals just how deeply same-sex
marriage inverts the purpose of marriage."
FACT: Not *nearly* as much as your "reason" inverts
LOGIC. The "purpose" of marriage is that
which it means to every given couple, case-
by-case. So there can by MYRIADS of "pur-
poses."
10. -- "Look at marriage from the child's point of view.
Not every marriage produces children, but every
child has parents."
FACT: PER your category under which this "reason"
was listed, these "reasons" all should be deal-
in with same-sex couples who do NOT have
children. So your comment is pointless.
11. -- "Every child is entitled to a relationship with
both parents."
FACT: Then take that up with the MILLIONS of HETERO-
sexual single-parent-houshold parents. Your
"reason" is *equally* applicable to THEM. And...
see the FACT stated in response to "Reason
#10, above.
12. -- "Every child is entitled to know and be known by
both parents."
FACT: You EXCLUDED children from the discussion in
this Category of "reasons," PER the wording
that you applied in the Category. (And... see
my **refutation** to your "Reason #2. And
again, your "reason" has LESS to do with same-
sex marriage as it does to heterosexual SINGLE
parents. Your specious reasoning is *crumbling*
at an ACCELERATING pace!)
13. -- "No child can possibly protect these entitlements
on his or her own."
FACT: With the exception of TEENS who can provide
sufficiently-COGENT reasons to a court to be
*emancipated* from his/her parents, NO child-
ren have "entitlements" that are accorded
only to adults age 18 and over. (An in some
cases, age 21.) So this has NOTHING to do
with gender composition of married parents.
(And AGAIN, you are OFF-topic in *this* Cate-
gory.)
14. -- "Adult society must protect the child's right to
affiliation with both parents."
FACT: Children have EVERY BIT as much "affiliation"
with legally-married same-sex parents as they
do to legally-married opposite-sex couples.
(And by your own proclamation, per THIS
Category, only the potential impact of the
marriage of same-sex couples who have NO
children upon children should be being address-
ed by any of the "reasons" in this category.
There is NO WAY that same-sex married couples
who have NO children can have ANY effect on
children, adverse or otherwise.)
15. -- "Adult society must protect these rights through
prevention of harm, not through restitution
after the fact."
FACT: WHAT "rights?" WHAT "harm?" You are getting
more *arcane* by the minute! The children of
same-sex parents who are legally married have
the SAME rights as the children of legally-married
opposite-sex parents! (And again, per THIS
Category, only the potential impact of the
marriage of same-sex couples who have NO
children upon children should be being adress-
ed by any of the "reasons" in this category.
There is NO WAY that same-sex married couples
who have NO children can have ANY effect on
children, adverse or otherwise.)
16. -- "Man/woman marriage is the institution adult
society uses to pro-actively protect the rights
of all children to affiliation with both parents."
FACT: SAME as the one given to the LAST "reason."
17. -- "Same-sex marriage changes marriage from a
child-centered institution to an adult-centered
institution."
FACT: "NOT for the same-sex couples, either married
OR cohabitating, who have kids!! (And, by the
way, there are *exponentially* MORE married
OPPOSITE-sex couples who have kids than there
are married SAME-sex couples who have kids.
And for THOTH types of households, the equa-
tion is *identical* -- Caring and loving married
parents who have kids. (And again, this sup-
posed "reason" is OFF-topic in THIS Category.)"
18. -- "Without man/woman marriage, there will be no
institution specifically protecting the rights of
children to be in relationship with both parents."
FACT: That's totally inane.The refutation is the SAME
as that which was provided to "reason" #15.
19. -- "Adopted and foster children tell us that they
long for relationship with their biological parents."
FACT: Many of them DO. But in the case of the kids
of SAME-sex couples, they have an ADVANTAGE
in that respect. Since in MOST cases, one of
their parents IS a biological parent. Whereas
most of the adopted kids of opposite-sex couples
NEVER succeed in learning who their biological
parents were. (And again, this supposed
"reason" is OFF-topic in THIS Category.)"
20. -- "The law in most states helps children find their
birth parents."
FACT: That's a lie, because in most states, the path
to that is LADEN with roadblocks, and far more
often than not, that is IMPOSSIBLE to deter-
mine. But the GOOD news for the kids having
SAME-sex parents is that they usually HAVE
a biological parent who is RAISING them!
21. -- "Deliberately conceiving a child with the life plan
that he or she will never have a relationship
with his or her father is unjust and cruel to the
child."
FACT: Take that up with the tens of millions of people
who have ever had kids that they adopted-OUT.
Who in almost all cases are HETERO-sexuals.
And then ask all the people who have been --
and are being -- raised by one or two gay par-
ents if they preferred that they had NEVER
been born. See how they would respond to
THAT question.
SO MUCH for CATEGORY 3 having a SHRED of credibility!
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The REFUTATIONS of *specious* "reasons" 22-77 will
be furnished in subsequent posts.
The BOTTOM LINE to all of these refutations is that these
debunkings comprise further substantiation that NO FACTS even
EXIST that argue against same-sex marriage -- and that same-
sex marriage is beneficial to the SAME degree that opposite-
sex marriage is. And is 100% HARMLESS.
It takes a very IGNORANT bigot to oppose Marriage Equality.
Intelligence and bigotry are mutually-exclusive. They don't
go together.
And once Marriage Equality is universally legal in ALL 50
U.S. States, the result will be the same as it was back in 1967
when that happened for interracial marriage. The sky never fell,
American society was *enhanced* by its increased FAIRNESS,
and afterward, almost NO one was complaining about it anymore.
its legalization became NO big deal to the former whiners, almost
instantly! And society found itself wondering what all the FUSS
had been about.
That history now is *repeating* -- beneficially!
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