My top ten reasons why I think gay marriage shouldn't be legalized?

Plague and famine we already have. Nuke war? Really?

Wait for it, Just might, You cannot say with absolute 100% certainty it won't Aids is already Rampant in Africa, so How many more must I cut to pieces? Now let me provide you with a list of ways in which gay marriage can bring harm. Homosexuals can sue people who are exercising their religious beliefs.

For example, a heterosexual married couple with children who do not want to rent a room in their own family household to homosexuals could be sued for discrimination based on "sexual orientation." This can incur significant financial and emotional stress upon the family, not to mention the "prior restraint" effect of the fear of being sued which results in a family not renting out a room. The fact is that homosexuals do not live as long as heterosexuals due to the health risks associated with the lifestyle, and billions of dollars are spent annually in health care for them.

http://carm.org/statistics-hiv-aids-heal... Gay Marriage means having the morals of the minority forced upon the majority. This can also be said in the reverse. Either way, there is a problem.

Normally, morals should not be forced on anyone, though there are exceptions. We force morals on others by preventing them from stealing, raping, murdering, etc. So, it is not automatically wrong to force morals on someone. But the issue then becomes what is morally right and wrong in the first place, and altering morals in a society definitely causes stress.

If a parent objects to a school teaching pro-homosexuality and pulls his child out of school, and because of it is ridiculed and/or jailed, is he harmed? If a self-employed business owner with strong religious convictions refuses to offer his services to homosexuals and he is sued and goes bankrupt, is he harmed? Examples of such businesses where a person should be free to refuse services could be things like wedding photographers, masseuses, tutoring, etc. If a Catholic orphanage is forced to shut down because it is against its religious moral code to turn children over to homosexual couples, is someone hurt?

If a public school teacher voices his disapproval of homosexuality on Facebook on his own time, away from work, in his own home, on his own computer, and is fired from his teaching position, is he harmed? If a group of pro-homosexual activists (Act-UP) disrupt the worship service of a Christian congregation by throwing condoms at the pastor, is the congregation harmed? If Christians are forced into silence because of fear of legal, social, and financial retribution, are they harmed?

When morally conservative people who disapprove of homosexuality are labeled as "moral dinosaurs," "bigots," "hate mongers," "right wing fanatics," "preachers of hatred," "intolerant," are they harmed?

OMG, Redeemed, I cannot believe how hateful...and asinine...your comments are. Let me address some of them: "If a parent objects to a school teaching pro-homosexuality and pulls his child out of school, and because of it is ridiculed and/or jailed, is he harmed?" If a parent is THAT homophobic, the kid should home-schooled.

Gays are EVERYWHERE, my friend. "If a self-employed business owner with strong religious convictions refuses to offer his services to homosexuals and he is sued and goes bankrupt, is he harmed? Examples of such businesses where a person should be free to refuse services could be things like wedding photographers, masseuses, tutoring, etc. " There's a little something called discrimination and another little something called human rights.

Same as if a business owner refused to provide services for African-Americans, Jews, etc. He SHOULD be hurt for discriminating. "If a Catholic orphanage is forced to shut down because it is against its religious moral code to turn children over to homosexual couples, is someone hurt?" I seriously doubt this has ever happened, nor will it happen.

" If a public school teacher voices his disapproval of homosexuality on Facebook on his own time, away from work, in his own home, on his own computer, and is fired from his teaching position, is he harmed? " If a teacher is that stupid...and bigoted...he or she deserves everything they get. "If a group of pro-homosexual activists (Act-UP) disrupt the worship service of a Christian congregation by throwing condoms at the pastor, is the congregation harmed?

If Christians are forced into silence because of fear of legal, social, and financial retribution, are they harmed?" Okay, I agree this wouldn't be okay to do, but there are militants in every interest group who take things too far...like anti-abortionists who kill doctors. And these murderers are apparently "good" Christian people.

"When morally conservative people who disapprove of homosexuality are labeled as "moral dinosaurs," "bigots," "hate mongers," "right wing fanatics," "preachers of hatred," "intolerant," are they harmed? " If they'd shut their big, bigoted pie holes, they wouldn't be harmed. As in the other examples above, the only harm is self-inflicted.

Have a nice day.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.