Out of Pod Experience

The rare slam dunk argument.

2 strikes and i am out if I give a genuine reply.

bullseye

Religions keep perpetuating hate, as they always have. Esp here in America.

The rhetoric is so vitriolic it's not even arguments, just hate filled pronouncements and semantic distortions.

Ultimately, they are just afraid of themselves and 'what they might do'. It's their way of protecting themselves from 'temptation' as the hardcore Muslin beliefs put the onus on women to protect the men from 'temptation'. It's a sign of cultural infantilism tbh.

That's the very FAULT of politicians and religions for making it their issue.

Now and forever bound together............

It is a bad thing for religions to dictate to the state what marriage is, as they most definitely do. (Fixed that for you).

Civil Unions do not carry anywhere the legal weight as marriage under American Laws.

The real argument that is avoided by both sides because they are too stupid and emotional is this:

the whole thing started over benefits to state employees that depended on marital status. In the US, if you work for a state or the government, you get one heck of a benefits package for medical that far outweighs those of the private sector.

If you work in the private sector (also known as "the producers") you will pay big $$ for medical benefits for spouses and family. If you work in the public sector (also known as "tax feeders") you can be single and get benefits and pay nothing, or you can get married and have kids and...... still pay nothing.

So of course if you cannot marry your partner, well, seems unfair, don't it? Some people thought so, and so wanted the laws (more like rules) changed so the people playing on the other team and get married and the partners of the tax feeders can also feed at the trough.


Well, it's OPM (other people's money), you see. If you don't pay your taxes, you get letters. Ignore those letters, and people show up. Bar the door, and more people show up, with guns. Resist them, and they use those guns on you.

So basically, it's armed robbery. On the left they scream "social contract social contract social contract" yet I doubt anybody can recall signing on any dotted line. The right will scream "rule of law rule of law rule of law" without questioning who passed it, as if being outvoted by morons makes something right (lots of people thought slavery was OK did that make it right?)

Courts, cases, lawsuits, will result because people generally don't feel like there's any good outcome to shooting cops and tax collectors.

So, here come the well-funded bible-thumpers to make it all about morality. Here come the well-funded monkey wrenchers to make it all about political correctness and tolerance.

But lo and behold, that whole system of tax feeders living high on the hog for menial work while real producers have to suffer is not addressed.
The system of "taking money from person A and giving it to person B" is not in question. Like it's natural, like blue skies and green grass. No question there. This is why both sides of the issue are well funded.


And if the real argument had been addressed, it would never have been religious nor would it have been political.

Religion and politics working as intended.

this one`s just as good

I better tell the wife