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#121
07-12-2006, 06:29 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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They agree that I will not be taking anything away from them if I am allowed to "marry" my partner. [/ QUOTE ] Listen to how selfish that is. Won't be taking away... What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society? 
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#122
07-12-2006, 06:33 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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[ QUOTE ] They agree that I will not be taking anything away from them if I am allowed to "marry" my partner. [/ QUOTE ] Listen to how selfish that is. Won't be taking away... What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society? [/ QUOTE ] HAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, man, you went over the deep end now. Wow, that is some classic [censored] right there. He is trying to find happiness in his life, and even if this doesn't in ANY WAY take anything away from anyone else, thats no good, because it doesn't HELP them. Trust me man, me feverishly masturbating to porn on the internet doesn't help anyone else out, but I don't plan on stopping and feel thats its pretty got-damn American. You got a problem with that too? What if I promise only to watch videos of straight sex, homey?
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#123
07-12-2006, 06:35 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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[ QUOTE ] They agree that I will not be taking anything away from them if I am allowed to "marry" my partner. [/ QUOTE ] Listen to how selfish that is. Won't be taking away... What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society? [/ QUOTE ] Its sad that people have such low self-worth that they can't see any value unless they add some mythical value to society. Sadder that they try to devalue such a society by making others in it miserable. chez
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#124
07-12-2006, 06:36 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
Here's all I know. Insurance companies do know. There was a time when, if your occupation was florist or hairdresser AND you were male, life insurance was not available.
Hard #s? I don't have 'em. I don't need 'em. A guess? Gay males live 5-10 years less than str8s.
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#125
07-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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Here's all I know. Insurance companies do know. There was a time when, if your occupation was florist or hairdresser AND you were male, life insurance was not available. Hard #s? I don't have 'em. I don't need 'em. A guess? Gay males live 5-10 years less than str8s. [/ QUOTE ] "There was a time"? Yes, you are probably right. Certainly, during the eighties and early nineties, at the height of the AIDS epidemic, this was probably the case. Is it the case now? I would strongly doubt it. I mean, I'm not going to argue that there is a slightly higher incidence of AIDS in homosexual populations. Thats probably the case. But with the treatments for AIDS these days, and the relatively low incidence nationwide, I cant see this having that significant of an impact on overall life expectancy. If you honestly think that its even CLOSE to ten years, you are insane. There aren't any first-world countries that have a life expectancy ten years shorter than ours in the US. Even poor, black people living in DC's 8th District, one of the worst places in the US health-wise, aren't TEN YEARS shorter than the national average. The fact that you "don't have 'em, don't need 'em" doesn't surprise me. Nor does the fact that your recollection of your anecdotal experience so closely matches your preconceptions. Wouldn't you rather actually know, rather than just assume? It doesn't bother you that you might be GROSSLY inaccurate on this issue, which seems to be pretty central to your opinion on homosexuality?
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#126
07-12-2006, 06:42 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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Here's all I know. Insurance companies do know. There was a time when, if your occupation was florist or hairdresser AND you were male, life insurance was not available. Hard #s? I don't have 'em. I don't need 'em. A guess? Gay males live 5-10 years less than str8s. [/ QUOTE ] You never have hard numbers. Or seem to remember where any of the articles you read are located. I know it makes sense that homosexual men would have, on average, a shorter lifespan. But there is no way that it can be proven with any serious statistical data. As it pertains to women though, I highly doubt they would have a shorter life span than the average woman.
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#127
07-12-2006, 06:43 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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[ QUOTE ] Here's all I know. Insurance companies do know. There was a time when, if your occupation was florist or hairdresser AND you were male, life insurance was not available. Hard #s? I don't have 'em. I don't need 'em. A guess? Gay males live 5-10 years less than str8s. [/ QUOTE ] You never have hard numbers. Or seem to remember where any of the articles you read are located. I know it makes sense that homosexual men would have, on average, a shorter lifespan. But there is no way that it can be proven with any serious statistical data. As it pertains to women though, I highly doubt they would have a shorter life span than the average woman. [/ QUOTE ] I wouldn't say that it COULDN'T be proven with mortality data. It certainly could. Now, I don't know if this mortality data is actually available (those liberal bastards at the CDC would get killed by the PC police if they collected it, right FlFishOn?), but if it was we could certainly evaluate it.
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#128
07-12-2006, 06:45 PM
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What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society? [/ QUOTE ] Equality or non-discrimination on the basis of sexuality!
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#129
07-12-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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[ QUOTE ] What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society? [/ QUOTE ] Equality or non-discrimination on the basis of sexuality! [/ QUOTE ] Plus, you never know, maybe they will invent some sort of crazy, awesome, kinky sex thing that we can all learn about and enjoy. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] And this would be lost if we don't allow them to be married, of course, because if they aren't married they can't have sex. Bible says so.
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#130
07-12-2006, 07:00 PM
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Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
"What exactly will your sham marriage be adding to American society?"
First of all it wouldn't be a "sham" marriage. Second, I contribute to society even without marriage. I just want the same rights/privledges that a hetero couple gets. Basically, I work and pay taxes, so I should get the same benefits. Third, I contribute to my family. My neices and nephew will get a nice college stipend from their gay uncle. Fourth, the corporation I work for, makes quite a bit of $$$ from my efforts. Fifth, volunteer work outside of the gay community. Selfish? No, I contribute to my family and society.
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