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your on shaky ground with your thymology i fear.

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Angurse:
same-sex-only

where did that come from? is that justified?

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Angurse replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 3:15 PM

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your on shaky ground with your thymology i fear.

You may be right, I'm just going by my BIO 1010 class.

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Angurse replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 3:16 PM

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where did that come from? is that justified?

Wouldn't anything else be bisexuality?

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in the venn diagram of sexuality. bisexuals are necessarily homosexual and heterosexual. if you want to exclude bisexuals from your analysis of homosexuals, then obviously you are leaving out a quantity of homosexuals. i'm not sure it matters anyway; if there are things like social/cultural pleasures to mate, this could perform the function that natural attraction fulfils when it comes to mating homosexuals with others compatible for conception.

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Angurse replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 3:58 PM

nirgrahamUK:
in the venn diagram of sexuality. bisexuals are necessarily homosexual and heterosexual. if you want to exclude bisexuals from your analysis of homosexuals, then obviously you are leaving out a quantity of homosexuals.

Yes. I'm not counting bisexuals. I disagree with your Venn diagram; there are homosexuals, heterosexuals, bisexuals, and asexuals. But I though it was pretty clear in my first post as to what I meant by homosexual.

Angurse:
If all humans were homosexual then they wouldn't exist. The reason reproduction occurs between animals (at least mammals) is because of the fun of sex. Take that away (everyone is homosexual) and there isn't any instinctive reason to do it.

Bisexuals do find opposite-sex fun, so they obviously aren't included.

With such clarifications would you still disagree with what I've said?

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i'm not sure it matters anyway; if there are things like social/cultural pleasures to mate, this could perform the function that natural attraction fulfils when it comes to mating homosexuals with others compatible for conception.

Sure, but thats only if, certainly it could be that, but that hasn't been the case throughout human history. I'm going to stick with what I've said; if sex wasn't pleasurable people wouldn't engage in it, (see asexuals) and thus breeding wouldn't occur. Rectifying it with social/cultural rewards would certainly boost the number, but I doubt it would work nearly as well as physical stimuli does.

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im not going to rebut your rebuttals of mine, i will leave that to others if they please.

I would like to introduce a new point. 

Consider, all that it would take for homosexuality to be a prevalent characteristic of a proportion of a population (With genetic causes) would be if the offspring of the mother and father who occasionally produce homosexuals, could hold its own in competition against the offspring of mothers and fathers who never have homosexual children. This is merely an alternative stratergy for perpetuating the parents genes. rather than a) 'going for numbers' and having children who , if they live till maturity, are all theoretically capable of going on to have children of their own; they b) have a significant number of hetero children, and other children (homosexual) that will not be distracted by their own offspring, but could divert resources to maintenance of the offspring of the hetero-s in the tribe. making the average child of the tribe (hetero or homo) that much more likely of getting to maturity, and if they are hetero of passing on genes. or other such stories....

it remains to be demonstrated why homosexuality is a 'genetic dead end' , if it does indeed confer such benefits on the genes which perpetuate themselves by reliance on it. The empirical evidence from animal studies shows it is not a mere 'invention' of modern man, but a prevalent phenomenon throughout the animal kingdom.

who is to say what are the 'genetic dead ends' before the arrival of evidence that the trait has indeed *died out*?

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Sieben replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 5:12 PM

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The empirical evidence from animal studies shows it is not a mere 'invention' of modern man, but a prevalent phenomenon throughout the animal kingdom.
There's a species of monkeys that engages in homosexual orgy when the group is fighting to alleviate the conflict.

Before the emergence of commercial gay culture, many gay men would marry women for whatever reasons. To have a family, to appear normal, whatever.

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Angurse:
And doesn't remove the very obvious link between the fun of sex and reproduction. Even currently, most children aren't planned, Now go back before they knew how children were created, make them homosexuals, and you'll find humans quickly disappear.

Complete conjecture.  Now, just admit you hate homosexuals.

At most, I think only 5% of the adult population would need to stop cooperating to have real change.

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Sieben replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 8:21 PM

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Complete conjecture.  Now, just admit you hate homosexuals.
Listen to us, we sound like republicans and democrats :P

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Tukaram replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 8:25 PM

 Republicans and Democrats are omnisexual.  They screw everybody!

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Angurse replied on Sat, Nov 7 2009 8:38 PM

Spideynw:
Complete conjecture.  Now, just admit you hate homosexuals.

Curses! Your razor-sharp wit, knowledge of biology, and flawless use of logic have exposed me.

Angurse:

Tukaram:

There seem to be enough of us screwing around and making babies (I'm doing my part!).  I don't think giving homosexuals the same tax, inheritence, and all the other 1,000 benifits will end the world, or make us extinct.  It would just piss of the close minded people of the world.

I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I was just correcting an error.

Do you even try to understand what other posters are saying?

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Let's put this into perspective.  Use polygamy.  That kills this biological non-reproductiveness nonsense (homosexuals do in fact have children either through surrogates, invitro fertilization or adoption - so what if two homosexuals can't produce a child; people find a way).

The position is rather simple to me.  Government should be out of marriage, period.  Government should be out of everything, period.  Now if homosexuals, bisexuals, polygamists, etc. want to fight for their own government priviledges, more power to ya.  Just don't count on the rest of us jumping on that band wagon, because we'd rather push the government out of the way.  I'd rather deal with the issues involving the construction of meaningful civil contracts than the issues of government intervention.  The government is so unfair!  Go cry me a river.

Insurance companies don't honor marriage contracts between homosexuals; don't do business with them.  If there's a market, then someone will step up.  Yes, it's a pain in the rear end, but so is a lot of the crazy stuff the government has its meat hooks into.  My suggestion is to fight this using free market, libertarian solutions rather than using a gun.

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Tukaram replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 10:35 AM

Angurse:

Spideynw:
Complete conjecture.  Now, just admit you hate homosexuals.

Curses! Your razor-sharp wit, knowledge of biology, and flawless use of logic have exposed me.

Angurse:

Tukaram:

There seem to be enough of us screwing around and making babies (I'm doing my part!).  I don't think giving homosexuals the same tax, inheritence, and all the other 1,000 benifits will end the world, or make us extinct.  It would just piss of the close minded people of the world.

I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I was just correcting an error.

Do you even try to understand what other posters are saying?

Sure. You keep talking about the human race (and giraffes) dying out because of homosexuals.  We've always had them around and it hasn't hurt the population growth.  Exactly how would allowing them to marry increase their numbers to point of human extinction?  Everyone on my block could be gay married couples and I would still be straight, and reproducing, so would a majority of people.

I still say the government should be out of the marriage business but since we have allowed them into it then all couples should have access to the same benefits.   We can't change the whole system at once, so we make some corrections with what we have while trying to get a better system. Big bureaucracies move in small increments.

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Tukaram:
We can't change the whole system at once, so we make some corrections with what we have while trying to get a better system.

Why can't we change the whole system at once?  A constitutional ammendment that neither the federal government nor the state shall interfere with the personal relationships of individuals.  Sounds pretty easy to me.  I'd like to see some proof.

Manipulations of a system based on government intervention isn't a "better" system.  And are the benefits your speaking of based on individual merit and production or are they government redistribution?  That matters because while you grant government benefits to one group, the government has to steal from other individuals.

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Tukaram replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:16 AM

I don't think we can change the system in one step.  It would require a lot more libertarians, or other like minded people, to all vote the same.  I doubt there is anywhere near the support needed for such an Amendment.  It would be nice just not very likely. I believe it is more feasible to see it coming in stages.  We could change it all with a revolution but again that takes vast amounts of support and the world governments are set up to protect themselves very well.

I just think it is more realistic to see changes coming over time.  But then again working for the taxpayer as long as I have maybe I have a skewed view from the inside.  We can't even get people involved enough to change our horribly corrupt school district here in town.  And it cost everyone huge amounts in taxes!

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see it all get corrected in one glorious day but I just can't see it as probable.  We have a huge job just trying to get the apathetic masses to think for themselves and honestly see what would be best.  Most people I know have the attitude that you can't fight City Hall.

Look at the Civil Rights Act of 1875.  The congress passed, and President Grant signed into law, a set of laws very similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  But then the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.  The people would not have accepted it all at once.  So a little at a time got changed  until they could pass it in 1964.  Whether you agree with the Act or not I think it is a good example of the slow changes our bloated bureaucracy makes.

I'm not sure if I am pessimistic or realistic?

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Angurse replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:28 AM

Tukaram:

Sure. You keep talking about the human race (and giraffes) dying out because of homosexuals.  We've always had them around and it hasn't hurt the population growth.  Exactly how would allowing them to marry increase their numbers to point of human extinction?  Everyone on my block could be gay married couples and I would still be straight, and reproducing, so would a majority of people.

No, no, no. You are simply ignoring what I've said.

"Sure. You keep talking about the human race (and giraffes) dying out because of homosexuals.  We've always had them around and it hasn't hurt the population growth."

That isn't what I've said at all. I said if the human race was composed entirely of homosexuals then it would die off. As someone suggested otherwise. Look at my first post:

Angurse:

If all humans were homosexual then they wouldn't exist. The reason reproduction occurs between animals (at least mammals) is because of the fun of sex. Take that away (everyone is homosexual) and there isn't any instinctive reason to do it.

"Exactly how would allowing them to marry increase their numbers to point of human extinction?  Everyone on my block could be gay married couples and I would still be straight, and reproducing, so would a majority of people."

It wouldn't. I never said it would. In fact I've already made this clear.

Angurse:
I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I was just correcting an error.

Tukaram:
I still say the government should be out of the marriage business but since we have allowed them into it then all couples should have access to the same benefits.   We can't change the whole system at once, so we make some corrections with what we have while trying to get a better system. Big bureaucracies move in small increments.

And I agree, and wouldn't stop at couples. Historically, polygamy is far more common than the alternative, participants should be given all of the same benefits as any other marriage ( at least remove its criminal status!).

So to clarify: I'm not arguing against gay marriage, I'm not arguing that the existence of homosexuals would lead to extinction, I'm not arguing that giving homosexuals the right to marry would lead to extinction. Please read what I have argued before making completely unrelated replies.

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Tukaram replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:39 AM

Yes if all humas were homsexual we would die off. And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a cart. What is the point in that line of reasoning anyway?

And quite frankly I am in support of polygamy, well really I'm in support of the government not telling me how to live my life.

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Angurse replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:53 AM

Tukaram:
Yes if all humas were homsexual we would die off. And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a cart. What is the point in that line of reasoning anyway?

The point was to correct an error made by another poster. And, as I've explained to nirgrahamUK, now it doesn't matter, however just from a biological standpoint if sex wasn't enjoyable it wouldn't be engaged in.

Tukaram:
And quite frankly I am in support of polygamy, well really I'm in support of the government not telling me how to live my life.

Personally, I don't support any marriage. But its not my job to keep people from making giant mistakes.

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Spideynw replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:47 PM

Angurse:
if sex wasn't enjoyable it wouldn't be engaged in.

And yet reality says otherwise.

At most, I think only 5% of the adult population would need to stop cooperating to have real change.

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Spideynw replied on Sun, Nov 8 2009 11:49 PM

Tukaram:
I don't think we can change the system in one step.  It would require a lot more libertarians, or other like minded people, to all vote the same. 

Vote?  What do you think the government would do if even 10% of the population just stopped obeying?

At most, I think only 5% of the adult population would need to stop cooperating to have real change.

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Angurse replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 12:10 AM

Spideynw:
And yet reality says otherwise.

No, not really. (At least, I'm still waiting for the evidence of this)

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I think the question is somehow wrong because it es far too much based on structures most libertraians do critisize.

Do we really need a law that handels this question? I think: not!

Do we really need civil unions? I think not!

All we need are individuals and companies (I regard even churches and health-care as companies). Individuals can agree or disagree with ohneanother in whatever they want. And how other individuals and companies handle a question it is just theier decission.

The point is: If we would not have a bureaucracy there would exist not one single economic reason for civil unions. But as we do have in most contries a taxation that makes a difference wheather you do live in marrige or not. There is also an economic reason for people to get married even thogh they are not really interested in marriage itself.

And even the opposite does actually exist: I know people living together who for tax-saving-reasons are not married even though they would marry if this point schould not exist.

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Tukaram:

 Republicans and Democrats are omnisexual.  They screw everybody!

LOL!  Yes

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Angurse:

Spideynw:
And yet reality says otherwise.

No, not really. (At least, I'm still waiting for the evidence of this)

Homosexuals do have sex with the opposite gender in order to have children.  But you can keep denying reality all you want.  Nothing I can do about it.

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Saan replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 10:07 AM

Amazing this thread is.  Gay people have been having kids since at least the ancient greeks.  Gay, Straight, man, woman, black, white, asian, ad infinitum, these terms are distractions ignore them.  People are people, who cares what they do so long as they do You no harm.

If you don't like certain people don't associate with them.  last I heard there were about 7 billion people on the planet.  I don't think any of us are going to be lonely any time soon.

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Criminals there ought to be a whole lot more.   Bon Scott.

 

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Angurse replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 10:51 AM

Spideynw:
Homosexuals do have sex with the opposite gender in order to have children.  But you can keep denying reality all you want.  Nothing I can do about it.

Angurse:

Do you not realise that there was a time when such proposals ( that you are making) were simply impossible? As just saying "today they can" doesn't change the fact that there was a time when it was impossible.

Angurse:
And, as I've explained to nirgrahamUK, now it doesn't matter...

If you can show evidence of homosexuals mating to have children before people knew how children are produced, you've proved me wrong. Otherwise:

Angurse:
Do you even try to understand what other posters are saying?

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Angurse:
If you can show evidence of homosexuals mating to have children before people knew how children are produced,

There was a time when people did not know how children were produced?

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Tukaram replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 8:21 PM

I finally figured out what caused them and divorced her.  She got the curly fry maker and I got the kids... I sure miss that curly fry maker.

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Angurse replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 9:12 PM

Spideynw:
There was a time when people did not know how children were produced?

Absolutely. 9 Months is a long time.

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Angurse:

Spideynw:
There was a time when people did not know how children were produced?

Absolutely. 9 Months is a long time.

So, god created a man and a woman and did not tell them how to make children?  If so, prove it.  Otherwise, if humans evolved, than they were making babies all the time while evolving, and by the time humans evolved to being modern day humans, they would have know how to make babies.  Again, how about you join us in the 21st century, where we understand and know these things.

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Angurse replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 9:30 PM

Spideynw:

So, god created a man and a woman and did not tell them how to make children?  If so, prove it.  Otherwise, if humans evolved, than they were making babies all the time while evolving, and by the time humans evolved to being modern day humans, they would have know how to make babies.  Again, how about you join us in the 21st century, where we understand and know these things.

Making babies isn't the same as knowing how babies are made. As mentally challenged person can rape a woman and successfully create an offspring without ever learning about the what actually transpires. The enjoyment one gets from sex, is all that's necessary, reproduction is merely an unfortunate circumstance.

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Do current marriage laws require some degree of coercion (on, e.g., hospitals and insurance companies)? Or can anyone opt out of recognizing any state-recognized marriagr?

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Sieben replied on Mon, Nov 30 2009 11:41 AM

Individualist:
Do current marriage laws require some degree of coercion (on, e.g., hospitals and insurance companies)? Or can anyone opt out of recognizing any state-recognized marriagr?
Just the opposite. At least in Tx, if you share residence with a female for more than like 5 years, you're married according to the state.

 

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Individualist:
Do current marriage laws require some degree of coercion (on, e.g., hospitals and insurance companies)? Or can anyone opt out of recognizing any state-recognized marriagr?
Just the opposite. At least in Tx, if you share residence with a female for more than like 5 years, you're married according to the state.

 

But can organizations that are involved with marriage contracts, like insurance companies and hospitals, decide to treat a man and woman who have a state-granted marriage contract the same as they treat two single people?

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bloomj31 replied on Tue, Dec 1 2009 10:44 AM

In response to OP, as much as I personally find gays and gay marriage to be disgusting and disturbing, I do not think it's the place of the government to tell those people whether or not they can get married.

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