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It doesnt cheapen the institution. You still do not explain HOW the value is cheapened. You just keep repeating that it would. walk me through your marriage, specifically. How does the value drop after gay marriage is legalized? Marriage will not be affected, so no, I still dont see the point. All of your reasons (not yours personally but the ones you provided) simply seem to reflect homophobia, not much else. There is no rationale to it.
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I should have stated that the number of recipients of benefits would increase.
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Another more horrific scenario would involve a gay couple into 70's kitsch. While the pigs-in-a-blanket would be ok, the exotic jello molds would put off all but the most hard-core Utah Mormon.
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Not unrepentant people engaging in homosexual relations.
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It should affect those of the LDS persuasion even less. As we do not have civil unions but everlasting covenants. How does this cheapen your temple marriage?
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This issue has been hashed over and over and I have walked through how it would cheapen the value of marriage. I'm not going to restate it, but the writings of Stanley Kurtz re: gay marriage in Scandinavia make sense to me. You disagree, fine. But it's more complex than dismissing it as purely homophobia.
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Homosexuality is harmful to the individual. The more homosexuality is accepted in society and government, the more it is practiced by an increasing amount of individuals, who are then harmed by that destructive and irrational lifestyle. The largest negative effect this will have is by further confusing and misleading the children of California and America to go down dangerous life paths. THAT is why Christian groups oppose pro-gay legislation, because of the corrupting effect they have on society and the overall quality of life. Just look at the suicide and abuse levels, let alone the parenting issues.
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