When I read a Point/ Counterpoint, I expect to see one person arguing for an issue and one person arguing against it. When I read a Point/Counterpoint, I certainly don't expect to see two people seemingly promoting an issue.
I am here to offer you a more passionate counterpoint to gay marriage. I'm not going to censor my opinion and sacrifice the power of it so that our sensitive society can digest it.
If you don't like what I have to say, and you probably won't, you can do one of two things: take it with a grain of salt, or you can join the masses of democrats still sporting John Kerry bumper stickers and refuse to get over it.
Homosexuals should not be allowed to get married, and, unlike many conservatives, my argument is not based on religion. I do believe in the religious aspect of marriage, but because not everyone is of the same religion or of any religion at all, I feel that that is not as strong of an argument as the one I am about to present to you.
My argument against gay marriage stems from anatomy and physiology. For example, I am a woman. Chances are that you are either a woman or man, with the exception of a few chromosomal mutations that make a very small percentage of the population a little of both.
Regardless, woman are anatomically geared in a way to compliment men and vice versa. We "fit" together. Physiologically speaking, the essence of who we are comes from this "fit". Obviously, our bodies are manufactured in such a way that enables procreation. It is indisputable that the human race continues to exist because of reproduction.
Here lies the question: if our bodies are designed to be heterosexual, why are we thinking about awarding a privilege, like the institution of marriage, to people defying the way things are supposed to be? Why don't we just go ahead and give criminals, who defy the law, king size beds and plasma televisions in their prison cells?
Go ahead and ask, "But Sam, who are you to determine how things are 'supposed to be'?" (Unfortunately, if you asked this question, you definitely missed the whole point of my article.) I'm not determining anything, your genitalia is; the infrastructure of your reproductive system is.
If you'd like to argue with either of those, I'm sure the counseling services available on campus are for you. I have plenty more to say about how giving away "rights" is detrimental in the long run in regard to racial relations in this country, but I'll stay on topic.
The bottom-line here is that anatomy and physiology support the notion that homosexuality is unnatural. Given this in regard to awarding legislative privileges, homosexuals should not be allowed to get married.
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