all of which is useless in a debate against same sex marriage because gay people will be gay regardless. Its about tolerance. No one has to be OK with it, because it will exist either way. The important thing is not to impinge freedom. This is why these kinds of things are not supposed to be voted on by the people. Majority does not rule when it comes to civil rights.
and lets be honest. the core of why anyone is really against it is religion, not fear of human race going extinct as if everyone in the world was going to turn gay if it was widely accepted. The only way someone would want to marry someone of the same sex is if he or she is already a homosexual. Therefor it has nothing to do with fear of people being gay, but simply an acquired intolerance to it because of religious beliefs.
They deem DOMA unconstitutional and therefor are not going to defend it.
I'm not trying to debate anything, I'm merely stating my opinion on the roots of intolerance towards gays -- which is that it stems from a basic human instinct of fear from exctinction. In the sense of how nature works and maintains itself, and the constant, universal law of evolution and progression (Time moves forward, things change and evolve.) homosexuality is not natural (Again; in THAT sense.) -- it doesn't matter if it's limited to one or two people at one point, humans might perceives it as a threat cause time moves forward and things change, and might react (With a feeling and/or idea/notion.) instinctially because "who knows how many people those 1 or 2 might turn into eventually.".
It might be naturally relative to this concept;
"Possibly pheromones, odorous chemicals given off
by males/females to attract mates (male’s sweat
and female’s urine) activates
the hypothalamus
(controls sexual behavior); a natural incest
prevention mechanism; inhibits sexual attraction
for daughters."
-- forensicconsultation.org/files/Chapter_11.ppt
Not sure how legit that site is, but I've read about that somewhere else as well. I think it applies to every member in a family, but the quote only mentions a father/daughter scenario because it's specifically about the influence fathers have on daughters.
I personally have nothing against gay people, and try to be as open minded as possible. How should you behave around a gay person? Should you be aware of it, and talk to him/her about it? Or should you try to deny it, try not to bring up anything gay related, and imagine he/she is straight? Or is it even bigoted to bring up such a question?
I personally think that you should be aware of it, and not be afraid to ask questions -- since you are straight in such a scenario, learning things from the "gay perspective" is probably more useful than any other option and might even broaden your horizons.
