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Originally Posted by fatherphil
lets see, my dad said it was just not right, that marriage should be between a man and a woman and he was coming from a secular mindset.
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So your father is not a Christian? From where does he derive his ideas of right and wrong usually? "Not right" usually involves the ick factor when coming from a secular mindset, usually being synonymous with "not natural".
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he didn't mind unions but was not willing to concede marriage to gays.
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What is the difference, from your father's point of view? Most people with a secular midset don't care what the hell it's called, as long as it's called the same thing for everyone, and offers the same rights and responsibilities.
I could care less if my husband and I are married or unionized or what as long as I am his legal next of kin.
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are all freethinker secularists on this board pro-gay marriage?
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I don't know for sure, but I am willing to bet most are pro-gay marriage and/or apathetic to the issue. Reasoning, thinking people know there is no valid argument
against gay marriage.
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and i avoided using the word valid because i'm not sure what it means here. the guy that says he does not want his companies health costs to go up because gays will get benifits for their spouses may have a valid point, no?
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No, that isn't a valid point. How is giving a gay couple the same coverage as a straight couple going to increase health care costs? That's not only an invalid argument, it's downright nonsensical.