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b_b  ·  4430 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nature's case for same-sex marriage

There's nothing natural about gay marriage or straight marriage. Marriage is a social convention that is defined in law and/or by societal norms. We invented it and can change it willy nilly. Arguments from nature on either side are stupid.





theadvancedapes  ·  4430 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I disagree. There are people who state that heterosexual sex is "natural" whereas homosexual sex is deviant behaviour because it is "unnatural." However, that could not be further from the truth. Sexuality is a continuum both in the human species and in nature.

thenewgreen  ·  4430 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think b_b was referring to either homosexuality or hetorosexuality as "natural" or "unnatural" but rather that marriage in general is not a natural state. That's how I read it at least.

b_b  ·  4430 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, exactly.