marriage is about reproduction. if marriage were about "loving" someone, or wanting a partner, then why can't we marry our dogs or cats? because that destroys the meaning of the word. in that case, and in the case of a gay relationship, marriage becomes another word for partner, friend, or "thing i like". theres a reason that the women/man you spend your life with is called your wife/husband. it implies a commitment to reproduce with a single person. you can't be married to your cat because reproduction is not implied in the relationship. reproduction can not be implied in a gay relationship.
i do not need to show you a business that pays as well as women for my argument to work. my argument was not "businesses pay equally, so be quiet." my argument is that a business doesn't have to pay women as well as men. a business doesn't have to hire black people, gay people, women, or white people. what right do you have to tell someone that they are not allowed to act on their convictions? you use the government to coerce people at the point of a gun to do what you want, regardless of their wants. you wield the government like a gun, pointing it at anybody that has a different opinion than yourself. by what right? THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF IT. in a truly capitalist economy, a business would not succeed in catering only to white, straight, protestant, males. it would be missing too large a segment of a market to do that. but if a business chooses to do so, the government has no right to stop them. omega, you know i hate racists, but i will not force my convictions on them. i will argue with them, mock them, ignore them, but i will not force them to do what i want. current civil rights movements want the government to enact laws that force everybody to act on their definition of right, at the point of a gun (and make no mistake, it is at the point of a gun. if you don't do what they say, they throw you in jail or fine you. both of these take away your ability to produce for yourself, which is how we live.)
i do not need to show you a business that pays as well as women for my argument to work. my argument was not "businesses pay equally, so be quiet." my argument is that a business doesn't have to pay women as well as men. a business doesn't have to hire black people, gay people, women, or white people. what right do you have to tell someone that they are not allowed to act on their convictions? you use the government to coerce people at the point of a gun to do what you want, regardless of their wants. you wield the government like a gun, pointing it at anybody that has a different opinion than yourself. by what right? THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF IT. in a truly capitalist economy, a business would not succeed in catering only to white, straight, protestant, males. it would be missing too large a segment of a market to do that. but if a business chooses to do so, the government has no right to stop them. omega, you know i hate racists, but i will not force my convictions on them. i will argue with them, mock them, ignore them, but i will not force them to do what i want. current civil rights movements want the government to enact laws that force everybody to act on their definition of right, at the point of a gun (and make no mistake, it is at the point of a gun. if you don't do what they say, they throw you in jail or fine you. both of these take away your ability to produce for yourself, which is how we live.)
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