Round #3Italics are his comments...
>Why do you even respond? Everything you said below is merely proving my
>point right here. Because you studied physics you know what real research
>is? No, I'm sorry, but your arguments are proving otherwise.So, it's "neener neener" time, is it? :-)
>I probably should have written my other email to you earlier, but here's
>what I see the problem as being:
>
>You called me the 'prosecutor', but I (nor groups that agree with me) did
>not bring this issue about marriage up; the liberals, like yourself, and
>homosexual groups are the ones taking this to court, and claiming that the
>rest of us are wrong. There are a number of factors that ought to make you
>cringe with your understanding of things. Instead, you act out the
>"emotional arguments, anecdotal evidence, and moral judgments" that you say
>you won't accept!It does not matter who "brought it up". One side claims that behaviour X is harmless. Another claims that X is harmful, and should be (or remain) outlawed). The burden is on the group claiming X is harmful to prove why.
>Everything you've brought into this has been emotional and personal, and
>based on your friends. All I'm trying to do is explain why I feel as I do. I am not the one claiming that gay marriage should be illegal or that homosexuality is harmful.
>Also, your use of "left-handedness, albinoism, red
>hair, etc" as an example of minorities fails because these are actually
>physical traits that are proven by science. Homosexuality, on the other
>hand, is purely psychological and cannot be proven as an actual trait by any
>medical standard. If it could be, why hasn't that been shown in all these
>years of liberation?I never claimed that homosexuality was a physical trait; my point was simply that just because something is rare, it is not necessarily bad.
Based on your argument, we should declare conservatism as a mental defect, and confine all conservatives to mental hospitals.
Lobotomies for republicans!
Wait, you disagree? Bad idea? Well, *prove* to me that conservatives are not dangerous!
Yes, it's silly...