Comments | jesus_aint_emo: i met chris carrabba oh and here is my english paper, a little feedback please!

jesus_aint_emo

i met chris carrabba oh and here is my english paper, a little feedback please!

Oct 20, 2005 12:55

Why is it that most Americans view gay marriage as something that is just crazy to consider for legalization? Americans don't realize that economically we could improve if we allowed all gay couple to be married. I mean there are bumper stickers that say "if you don't agree with abortion don't get one" so why not “if you don't agree with gay ( Read more... )

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anonymous October 20 2005, 12:34:51 UTC

in your top ten, you have the number 1 twice and it only goes to nine because of that.

jesus_aint_emo October 20 2005, 13:28:13 UTC

lol thanks i am so smart
can you tell i am a college freshman...lol

xnickcx October 20 2005, 13:31:05 UTC

there's very little hard fact in your paper, such as approx. how much more money would the economy pull in by all these extra marriages, etc nor does it take into account any expenditures that're being generated right now as a result of all these gay people being single. it also doesn't mention statistics about your STD hypothesis being true.

All that being said, if this is just an "I think...." kind of opinion paper then it's good. If it's supposed to be some sort of research/position paper where you're convincing someone about the validity of your argument, you need more hard data in there.

um... greenfairy05 October 22 2005, 18:28:42 UTC

"because if given an ultimate commitment to look forward to, more gay people would probably abstain from sex until they found their life partners." first of all, i don't agree with this.even straight people sleep around before they get married and find that right person. i seriously doubt that if gay marriage is legalized, they'll stop the multiple sex partners.

one other thing and then i'll shutup.... greenfairy05 October 23 2005, 11:27:04 UTC

"In the UK, the USA and a number of other European countries, HIV and AIDS have affected young gay men more than any other group of people. In the UK and USA especially, the percentage of young gay men who have been infected with HIV and the percentage with AIDS are much higher than those among other groups such as heterosexual people or children ( ... )

Re: one other thing and then i'll shutup.... jesus_aint_emo October 23 2005, 15:52:57 UTC

the reason that your arguement isn't valid is that it is based on your religious affiliation and nothing else. if america was a theocracy then we could make that arguement but it isn't so we can't use it.when i look at this issue from an american citizen's point of view instead of a baptist's i see where i cannot tell people who they can't love. that is why i whole heartedly support gay marrige. besides, it is like abortion, if you don't agree with it, then don't do it. i know i personally have no right to tell someone else that they should see something the same way my religion sees it. i can only live by example, and while me saying i am for gay marrige may not be the best example,i still am not marrying a woman and i am not saying that she couldn't marry a woman. there is supposed to be a sepparation between church and state, so if we have that in tact, what other reasons do we have to deny gay people the right to be legally married?none, because the reasons against are all based on the opinion of "its not natural" but that is like ( ... )

Re: one other thing and then i'll shutup.... greenfairy05 October 24 2005, 09:25:30 UTC

you're comparing "natural" to the ancient definition. i know that you can't define normal, no one is normal. however, the fact that i can get my ears pierced and that i can speak my opinion and wear the clothes i want to wear is because of modern advancements that allow me to do that. Those modern advancements changed what is considered "natural" and "normal". i'm not taking a Baptist point of view, Baptist is just a demonination, not a religion. I use the relgious point of view just as you choose to use the worldly point of view. But go ahead and allow gay marriage, 5 or even 10 years from now, there will be consequences ( ... )

Re: one other thing and then i'll shutup.... greenfairy05 October 24 2005, 09:36:36 UTC

P.S
in the Constitution it never states "A wall of separation b/t church and state."
it simple states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
The term "wall of separation" was written in a letter from T. Jefferson to a Baptist convention b/c they were worried about religious prosecution when they thought that another denomination would become the primary relgion as it was in England.

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