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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas' argument which I rebutted on Feb 07, 2007 07:09 has been deleted, presumably by chasbas. I wish the argument/rebuttal system on the site were better.", "Gay marriage is wrong. God made man and a woman to populate the ...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Or do you mean that gay _sex_ is helping spread AIDS? In which <br/> case gay marriage may help reduce the problem. <br/> What is 'gay sex'? <br/> I think (and this is a wild guess) that the original argument the person was attempting to make was that UNPROTECTED ANAL sex can increase the liklihood of AIDS transm...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today.", "Of course its wrong. <br/> Why do you think Aids exists?" ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "Why are you arguing about a U.S. decision when you are in Canada?" ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today.", "gays are overrated. it is another \"look at me\" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, ...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why are you arguing about a U.S. decision when you are in Canada?", "its just unnatural because all sexual creatures mate with the opposite sex." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Same sex marrage can couse a lot of contriverse, it puts peoples life at risk in extrem cases gay marrage has caused so much trouble pepole has resulted in murder and sucied", "the last comment was put on the wrong side, my bad" ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman.", "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why are you arguing about a U.S. decision when you are in Canada?", "If being homosexual was natural then <br/> 1. There would only be possibly 6 people on the earth...meaning none of the people making up these sarcastic remakes would be around....heck I wouldn't be around <br/> 2. If homosexuality was natural t...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG!!!! And I like this website but I don't find it very clear. This one is better : theworlddebating.com", "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we woul...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "the last comment was put on the wrong side, my bad", "The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then the government comes back and wants to redefine it. <br/> It should not be a political issue, because my personal, religio...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive to be married, politically that is. No tax deductions, no married filing jointly; nothing. Let the churches perform marriages, get the government out completely. If a particular denomination wants to condone homosexuality let them, it's them that are going against their r...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a religious standpoint gay marriage isn't even possible. Let along right. But everyone isn't religious or adheres to specific religious guidance. <br/> Marriage is defined as between a woman and a man. So the word \"marriage\" may be misused in this case. Civil unions, well that's a different matter.", "I a...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage is wrong. God made man and a woman to populate the earth. How can human species survive if they are only attracted to their same sex? Obviously, not.", "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "Is incestual marriage right or wrong? Does gay marriage include incestual homosexual marriage? ...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today.", "HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG!!!! And I like this website but I don't find it very clear. This one is better : theworlddeb...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I vote \"Wrong\". It goes against human nature and, as other fellow voters have mentioned, the definition of \"Marriage\". <br/> And you can't exclude religion from this argument, because thats what happened when people don't have faith or belief in any religion. Religion is there to act as guidelines to what is r...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.", "Basing the bible it's definitely wrong and realistically marriage is intended for man and a woman it's one way of saying to reproduce." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter.", "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up with opposite genders. Opposites Attract, Every where, wether its in magnets, electricity, atoms, or humans. Be...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "The Marriage issue should be out of politicians and lawmakers. Marriages are for the Church to decide, Congress have no power to pass a legislation forcing religious institutions about marriage. Maybe, if the courts were to allow gay marriage, it would be alright since it is not a religious institution, it doesn't...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is incestual marriage right or wrong? Does gay marriage include incestual homosexual marriage? <br/> Which country legalized homosexual unions which lead to a lower marriage rate?", "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman relationships, especially in the aggregate, have a very different set of implications than man/man and woman/woman relationships. If the law is to contemplate man/woman relationships intelligently, it has to be able to isola...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12431_80501", "native_pair": "12431_80501", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.", "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas' argument which I rebutted on Feb 07, 2007 07:09 has been deleted, presumably by chasbas. I wish the argument/rebuttal system on the site were better.", "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why are you arguing about a U.S. decision when you are in Canada?", "Marriage is between a man and a woman. It has always been so. If two people want to live in Sin together, I have no problem with that. However, they shouldn't be rewarded with tax breaks. And I sure don't want them to have a platform to spew th...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:42624_12440", "native_pair": "42624_12440", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I vote \"Wrong\". It goes against human nature and, as other fellow voters have mentioned, the definition of \"Marriage\". <br/> And you can't exclude religion from this argument, because thats what happened when people don't have faith or belief in any religion. Religion is there to act as guidelines to what is r...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12414_12449", "native_pair": "12414_12449", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then the government comes back and wants to redefine it. <br/> It should not be a political issue, because my personal, religious things should be separate from government regulation....
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12421_12399", "native_pair": "12421_12399", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up with opposite genders. Opposites Attract, Every where, wether its in magnets, electricity, atoms, or humans. Besides, it just doesnt work with two guys (genitals), thats why there are fem...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12460_12440", "native_pair": "12460_12440", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter.", "I vote \"Wrong\". It goes against human nature and, as other fellow voters have mentioned, the definition of \"Marriage\". <br/> And you can't exclude religion from this argument, because thats what happened when people don't have faith or...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12399_12414", "native_pair": "12399_12414", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then the government comes back and wants to redefine it. <br/> It should not be a political issue, because my personal, religious things should be separate from government regulation....
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12421_80501", "native_pair": "12421_80501", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage is wrong. God made man and a woman to populate the earth. How can human species survive if they are only attracted to their same sex? Obviously, not.", "The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then the govern...
1
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12447_12440", "native_pair": "12447_12440", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter.", "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a biological standpoint, men and women were \"engineered\" to be together. This idea was corrupted by the morals and society of our time.", "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas' argument which I rebutted on Feb 07, 2007 07:09 has been deleted, presumably by chasbas. I wish the argument/rebuttal system on the site were better.", "Two men/women together does not seem natural. Although we know t...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a biological standpoint, men and women were \"engineered\" to be together. This idea was corrupted by the morals and society of our time.", "for the record - I am not gay. I'm married and have a little daughter." ]
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:48935_12399", "native_pair": "48935_12399", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Of course its wrong. <br/> Why do you think Aids exists?", "From a biological standpoint, men and women were \"engineered\" to be together. This idea was corrupted by the morals and society of our time." ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I vote \"Wrong\". It goes against human nature and, as other fellow voters have mentioned, the definition of \"Marriage\". <br/> And you can't exclude religion from this argument, because thats what happened when people don't have faith or belief in any religion. Religion is there to act as guidelines to what is r...
1
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
0
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman." ]
0
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Same sex marrage can couse a lot of contriverse, it puts peoples life at risk in extrem cases gay marrage has caused so much trouble pepole has resulted in murder and sucied", "The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:70817_12421", "native_pair": "70817_12421", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "If being homosexual was natural then <br/> 1. There would only be possibly 6 people on the earth...meaning none of the people making up these sarcastic remakes would be around....heck I wouldn't be around <br/> 2. If homosexuality was natural then the butthole would be in the front part of the body. <br/> Its neve...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12430_12440", "native_pair": "12430_12440", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Basing the bible it's definitely wrong and realistically marriage is intended for man and a woman it's one way of saying to reproduce.", "the last comment was put on the wrong side, my bad" ]
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Of course its wrong. <br/> Why do you think Aids exists?", "The Marriage issue should be out of politicians and lawmakers. Marriages are for the Church to decide, Congress have no power to pass a legislation forcing religious institutions about marriage. Maybe, if the courts were to allow gay marriage, it would ...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I am a christian. The bible says plain out that homosexuality is wrong. Call me pathetic, weak, or whatever you want to call me, but I know for sure that the bible is the TRUTH, the WHOLE truth, and the ONLY truth.", "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas'...
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{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:72397_12449", "native_pair": "72397_12449", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12447_12466", "native_pair": "12447_12466", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a religious standpoint gay marriage isn't even possible. Let along right. But everyone isn't religious or adheres to specific religious guidance. <br/> Marriage is defined as between a woman and a man. So the word \"marriage\" may be misused in this case. Civil unions, well that's a different matter.", "For...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12402_12449", "native_pair": "12402_12449", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage is between a man and a woman. It has always been so. If two people want to live in Sin together, I have no problem with that. However, they shouldn't be rewarded with tax breaks. And I sure don't want them to have a platform to spew their garbage and cram it down my kids' throat. Since Homosexuality is a ...
0
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not propose that there be a separate but identical marriage for homosexual relationships and that it be called \"civil unions.\" <br/> \"Furthermore, the effects on society are bound to be minimal...\" <br/> This is the type of reasoning that the slipper...
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Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "gays are overrated. it is another \"look at me\" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, abuse, or liberal wakoness (it should be a disease). <br/> if you gays would stop calling attention to yourselves, nobody would really care what you do.", "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12466_76796", "native_pair": "12466_76796", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "its just unnatural because all sexual creatures mate with the opposite sex.", "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman relationships, especially in the aggregate, have a very different set of implications than man/man and woman/woman relationships. If the law is...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:69699_12431", "native_pair": "69699_12431", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:42624_69699", "native_pair": "42624_69699", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "gays are overrated. it is another \"look at me\" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, abuse, or liberal wakoness (it should be a disease). <br/> if you gays would stop calling attention to yourselves, nobody would really care what you do.", "The Marriage issue should be out of politi...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12466_31527", "native_pair": "12466_31527", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay people are making a terrible mistake. I think they are living the life right now with not having to commit to anything. If it was like that for normal marriage life would be a whole lot better.", "I vote \"Wrong\". It goes against human nature and, as other fellow voters have mentioned, the definition of \"M...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12417_12414", "native_pair": "12417_12414", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:42624_12417", "native_pair": "42624_12417", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage is wrong. God made man and a woman to populate the earth. How can human species survive if they are only attracted to their same sex? Obviously, not.", "gays are overrated. it is another \"look at me\" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, abuse, or liberal wakoness (it s...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:1890830085_12466", "native_pair": "1890830085_12466", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive to be married, politically that is. No tax deductions, no married filing jointly; nothing. Let the churches perform marriages, get the government out completely. If a particular denomination wants to condone homosexuality let them, it's them that are going against their r...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:76796_12469", "native_pair": "76796_12469", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "The Marriage issue should be out of politicians and lawmakers. Marriages are for the Church to decide, Congress have no power to pass a legislation forcing religious institutions about marriage. Maybe, if the courts were to allow gay marriage, it would be alright since it is not a religious institution, it doesn't...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:31527_69699", "native_pair": "31527_69699", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a biological standpoint, men and women were \"engineered\" to be together. This idea was corrupted by the morals and society of our time.", "Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman." ]
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:48935_12469", "native_pair": "48935_12469", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12447_12441", "native_pair": "12447_12441", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman.", "Two men/women together does not seem natural. Although we know the world is changing and there are new ideas the purpose of two humans being together is to reproduce and make new life. Marriage is in front of God and t...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:32066_70614", "native_pair": "32066_70614", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is incestual marriage right or wrong? Does gay marriage include incestual homosexual marriage? <br/> Which country legalized homosexual unions which lead to a lower marriage rate?", "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up wi...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12441_12460", "native_pair": "12441_12460", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12447_265924403", "native_pair": "12447_265924403", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman.", "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive to be married, politically that is. No tax deductions, no married filing jointly; nothing. Let the churches perform marriages, get the government out completely. If a particul...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:32066_76796", "native_pair": "32066_76796", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas' argument which I rebutted on Feb 07, 2007 07:09 has been deleted, presumably by chasbas. I wish the argument/rebuttal system on the site were better.", "The Marriage issue should be out of politicians and lawmakers. M...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12449_31527", "native_pair": "12449_31527", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "From a religious standpoint gay marriage isn't even possible. Let along right. But everyone isn't religious or adheres to specific religious guidance. <br/> Marriage is defined as between a woman and a man. So the word \"marriage\" may be misused in this case. Civil unions, well that's a different matter.", "Sam...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12402_70817", "native_pair": "12402_70817", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG!!!! And I like this website but I don't find it very clear. This one is better : theworlddebating.com", "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up with opposite genders. Opposites Attract, Every where, we...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:76357_12460", "native_pair": "76357_12460", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage is between a man and a woman. It has always been so. If two people want to live in Sin together, I have no problem with that. However, they shouldn't be rewarded with tax breaks. And I sure don't want them to have a platform to spew their garbage and cram it down my kids' throat. Since Homosexuality is a ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:73436_76357", "native_pair": "73436_76357", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "For anyone who tries to follow these threads of arguments and rebuttals, it looks like chasbas' argument which I rebutted on Feb 07, 2007 07:09 has been deleted, presumably by chasbas. I wish the argument/rebuttal system on the site were better.", "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong b...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12449_30502", "native_pair": "12449_30502", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman relationships, especially in the aggregate, have a very different set of implications than man/man and woman/woman relationships. If the law is to contemplate man/woman relationships intelligently, it has to be able to isola...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12431_32066", "native_pair": "12431_32066", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.", "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman relationships, especially in the aggregate, have a very different set of implications than man/man and woman/woman relationships. If the law is to contemplate man/woman ...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12469_12431", "native_pair": "12469_12431", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Is marriage really just about \"love?\" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about \"love\" then I could marry my dog and two kids at...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12447_69699", "native_pair": "12447_69699", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not propose that there be a separate but identical marriage for homosexual relationships and that it be called \"civil unions.\" <br/> \"Furthermore, the effects on society are bound to be minimal...\" <br/> This is the type of reasoning that the slipper...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12433_73436", "native_pair": "12433_73436", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up with opposite genders. Opposites Attract, Every where, wether its in magnets, electricity, atoms, or humans. Besides, it just doesnt work with two guys (genitals), thats why there are fem...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12460_829248463", "native_pair": "12460_829248463", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive to be married, politically that is. No tax deductions, no married filing jointly; nothing. Let the churches perform marriages, get the government out completely. If a particular denomination wants to condone homosexuality let them, it's them that are going against their r...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:76796_265924403", "native_pair": "76796_265924403", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "gays are overrated. it is another \"look at me\" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, abuse, or liberal wakoness (it should be a disease). <br/> if you gays would stop calling attention to yourselves, nobody would really care what you do.", "the last comment was put on the wrong side...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12466_829248463", "native_pair": "12466_829248463", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Why don't we just get rid of any incentive to be married, politically that is. No tax deductions, no married filing jointly; nothing. Let the churches perform marriages, get the government out completely. If a particular denomination wants to condone homosexuality let them, it's them that are going against their r...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:76796_30502", "native_pair": "76796_30502", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Of course its wrong. <br/> Why do you think Aids exists?", "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there wo...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:69708_42624", "native_pair": "69708_42624", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman.", "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today." ]
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:32066_30502", "native_pair": "32066_30502", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not propose that there be a separa...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:65364_12433", "native_pair": "65364_12433", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Two men/women together does not seem natural. Although we know the world is changing and there are new ideas the purpose of two humans being together is to reproduce and make new life. Marriage is in front of God and the words are taken from the Bible but it is obvious that God does not approve of this so doesn't ...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:70614_76796", "native_pair": "70614_76796", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then society as a whole would NOT benefit. In fact, we would all become extinct, because without one man and one woman there would be no reproduction and continuation of our species. <br/> ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:42624_12469", "native_pair": "42624_12469", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman relationships, especially in the aggregate, have a very different set of implications than man/man and woman/woman relationships. If the law is to contemplate man/woman relationships intelligently, it has to be able to isola...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12431_829248463", "native_pair": "12431_829248463", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Two men/women together does not seem natural. Although we know the world is changing and there are new ideas the purpose of two humans being together is to reproduce and make new life. Marriage is in front of God and the words are taken from the Bible but it is obvious that God does not approve of this so doesn't ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:70614_69708", "native_pair": "70614_69708", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Or do you mean that gay _sex_ is helping spread AIDS? In which <br/> case gay marriage may help reduce the problem. <br/> What is 'gay sex'? <br/> I think (and this is a wild guess) that the original argument the person was attempting to make was that UNPROTECTED ANAL sex can increase the liklihood of AIDS transm...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12409_1890830085", "native_pair": "12409_1890830085", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "If being homosexual was natural then <br/> 1. There would only be possibly 6 people on the earth...meaning none of the people making up these sarcastic remakes would be around....heck I wouldn't be around <br/> 2. If homosexuality was natural then the butthole would be in the front part of the body. <br/> Its neve...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12430_69708", "native_pair": "12430_69708", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today.", "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:30502_12460", "native_pair": "30502_12460", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Same sex marrage can couse a lot of contriverse, it puts peoples life at risk in extrem cases gay marrage has caused so much trouble pepole has resulted in murder and sucied", "An action is ethical if society as a whole would benefit if we all did it. Fair enough? <br/> If everyone had a gay marriage, then socie...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:70817_42624", "native_pair": "70817_42624", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "If being homosexual was natural then <br/> 1. There would only be possibly 6 people on the earth...meaning none of the people making up these sarcastic remakes would be around....heck I wouldn't be around <br/> 2. If homosexuality was natural then the butthole would be in the front part of the body. <br/> Its neve...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12430_32066", "native_pair": "12430_32066", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "there is no such thing as \"gay marriage\". Marriage can only be between a man and a woman.", "Why are you arguing about a U.S. decision when you are in Canada?" ]
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:32066_12413", "native_pair": "32066_12413", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage evolved because of moral and religious grounds rather than a mere union approved by the state... To debase marriage just to accomodate base desires of gay couples in disguise if a right is simply stupid...", "Marriage is between a man and a woman. It has always been so. If two people want to live in Sin...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:65364_73436", "native_pair": "65364_73436", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not propose that there be a separate but identical marriage for homosexual relationships and that it be called \"civil unions.\" <br/> \"Furthermore, the effects on society are bound to be minimal...\" <br/> This is the type of reasoning that the slipper...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12433_12440", "native_pair": "12433_12440", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Guys AND Girls were made for a reason. This reason is not so they can pair up with the same sex. It is so that they can pair up with opposite genders. Opposites Attract, Every where, wether its in magnets, electricity, atoms, or humans. Besides, it just doesnt work with two guys (genitals), thats why there are fem...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12460_69708", "native_pair": "12460_69708", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "This idea is essentially playing with semantics. <br/> I did not propose that there be a separate but identical marriage for homosexual relationships and that it be called \"civil unions.\" <br/> \"Furthermore, the effects on society are bound to be minimal...\" <br/> This is the type of reasoning that the slipper...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:12433_30502", "native_pair": "12433_30502", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "Marriage is between a man and a woman. It has always been so. If two people want to live in Sin together, I have no problem with that. However, they shouldn't be rewarded with tax breaks. And I sure don't want them to have a platform to spew their garbage and cram it down my kids' throat. Since Homosexuality is a ...
0
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:73436_30502", "native_pair": "73436_30502", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}
Debate topic: gay marriage right or wrong
[ "I am a christian. The bible says plain out that homosexuality is wrong. Call me pathetic, weak, or whatever you want to call me, but I know for sure that the bible is the TRUTH, the WHOLE truth, and the ONLY truth.", "I did not propose \"separate but equal.\" I proposed \"distinct and different.\" Man/woman rela...
1
{"id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong_allowing-gay-marriage-is-wrong:72397_12431", "native_pair": "72397_12431", "split_group_id": "gay-marriage-right-or-wrong"}