[extropy-chat] Re: Gay marriage in Spain, a world of change

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Evan Hamlin writes: 

> Myself, I have gay 
> friends and treat them no differently than any of my other friends.

Yes you do.  You want to impose different laws and rights on your gay 
friends than your non-gay friends. 

> However, I do not believe that gay unions should 
> be made equal to the union between a man and woman; the only kind of union 
> which makes sense in the eyes of nature, and even God for that matter 
> (though that matters little to me, being non-religious).

You think homosexuality doesn't exist in nature? 

> To say that it has existed for thousands of years doesn't validate it 
> either.

> Homosexuality is not NORMAL. 

How can something that has been naturally occurring for thousands of years 
not be normal? 

> That doesn't mean it is evil or terrible or anything of the sort. It is 
> simply not normal. And to pass laws making it so seems to me to be a step 
> in the wrong direction.

The laws don't say it is normal.  It just says it is not so evil and 
terrible that the government must intervene to stop it. 

> Perhaps I am being harsh, but I think people need to step back and 
> reevaluate the situation.

I agree. 

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