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JeffBC -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 11:39:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub quote: I think they are going to die out. Not sure what you mean here...but... thinking dislike of homosexuality is a generational thing is dangerous and wrong. The [numerous] polls I read didn't try to understand something as nebulous as "dislike of homosexuality". Rather they focused on the question of same sex marriage. There is no mistaking things. Younger people are vastly more supportive of same sex marriage than older people in all age brackets. In fact support for same sex marriage is more tightly correlated with age than many other social questions like abortion. Feel free to browse the various charts & graphs for yourself. This search in google images turned up a wealth of supporting evidence. support of gay marriage by age bracket Here ya go right from the belly of the beast... http://features.pewforum.org/same-sex-marriage-attitudes/slide2.php I'd like to believe we all understand that a "conservative" think tank is going to be putting a fair amount of spin on the ball and even so this is what they caem up with.

JeffBC -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 11:41:37 AM)
sorry... I meant to include the pew chart for those who just were willing to trust that if even Pew agrees it's probably so.

JeffBC -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 11:43:33 AM)
sigh collarme is kicking my ass today... [image]local://upfiles/1366146/410DAFA7240E478E8775BB173B0E3299.jpg[/image]

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 11:44:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub quote: I think they are going to die out. Not sure what you mean here...but... thinking dislike of homosexuality is a generational thing is dangerous and wrong. Each new generation has had and will have more than its share of dislike and distaste of homosexuality. It will always be an ongoing fight. Butch [image]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2013/03/2013-03-15-GaymarAGEchart.jpeg[/image] And yet accurate

JeffBC -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 11:54:38 AM)
LOL thanks Tazzy. That's the one I had in my head but I couldn't find it. Then again, even Pew agrees with it give or take.

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 12:05:58 PM)
Most polls will agree. I have been saying for over a year now that as soon as the blue hairs stop being a force to recon with, gay marriage will pass with ease.

Lucylastic -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 12:20:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JeffBC quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic you do have a point there Jeff:) reduced brain matter... I didnt say...stupid While my interpretation may have been wrong I think it was certainly reasonable. "reduced brain matter" means what exactly? (ignoring, of course, the fact that amount of brain matter means little when we're looking at intelligence). So were you simply discussing cranial capacity issues as a total non-sequitur? Reduced brain matter... the inability or willingness to learn facts and inability to accept/process/change.... beliefs or information that is opposite to ones ingrained bigotry/upbringing/fear. Im glad you asked.... assumptions are so tiresome:)

JeffBC -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 12:23:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Most polls will agree. I have been saying for over a year now that as soon as the blue hairs stop being a force to recon with, gay marriage will pass with ease. What's interesting is that the ice is shifting along two different axis. First, the older people are dying. Second, across all age brackets support for same sex marriage is getting more popular over time. I wonder, however, if there's going to be a free USA left by the time any of this matters. Honestly, on the path Obama and his predecessors are taking us down nobody's going to give a rat's ass about piddly little shit like "gay marriage" or "abortion rights". Let's hope my tinfoil hat is just as ridiculous as it sounds, eh? It'd be nice to think that shit like "gay marriage" was important enough to warrant attention.

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 12:34:14 PM)
Not sure what was in those papers you saw, but, to believe that Obama is the only administration to have done whatever it was that upset you that much is a bit too much for me to believe.

dcnovice -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:13:48 PM)
FR Just came across this and thought it was interesting. Several of the permutations were new to me. [image]http://jcmogensen.webs.com/Marriage.jpg[/image]

Kirata -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:16:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JeffBC ignoring, of course, the fact that amount of brain matter means little when we're looking at intelligence Well hold on there... Brain size and intelligence are related "For all age and sex groups, it is now very clear that brain volume and intelligence are related," said lead researcher Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D., an industrial and organizational psychologist who specializes in the study of intelligence and other predictors of job performance... The study is the most comprehensive of its kind, drawing conclusions from 26 previous - mostly recent - international studies involving brain volume and intelligence. However, there have been questions raised as to whether this holds true only within a species, or also in cross-species comparisons. What does brain size say about a creature's mental abilities? Emes, Grant and colleagues agree with Marino and Uhen that intelligence and differences between species are due to molecular complexity at the synaptic level. "The basic dogma says that the computational properties of the brain are based on the number of neurons and synapses," Grant says. "But we modify that by saying that the molecular complexity within those synapses is also important." That makes sense, because there are no gender differences in IQ despite the fact the men tend to have larger brains. But once you control for such factors, bigger brains win across the board. And we have a good idea why. Specific Genes Linked to Big Brains and Intelligence Brain size and smarts are, to some extent, genetic — and now, a team of more than 200 researchers has uncovered specific genes that are linked to both brain volume and IQ... At this spot, every C-allele variant was linked to not only lower intracranial volume, but also to lower IQ scores on the Multidimensional Aptitude Battery, a measure of intelligence. Unfortunately, none of this seems to have much effect on the values people hold. I know some very intelligent people that I wouldn't trust to take care of a fucking houseplant. K.

dcnovice -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:21:20 PM)
FR Can't resist sharing this one too. [image]http://www.atheistmemebase.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/001-Defending-the-Sanctity-of-Marriage.jpg[/image]

Kirata -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:36:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice Just came across this and thought it was interesting. Several of the permutations were new to me. I think that illustrates the real nub of the issue here, and it goes way beyond whether or not gays should be allowed to marry. At root, it's a matter of how we define "marriage". Gays are just one special interest group among many. What about polygamy or polyandry, for example? Do we just want rights for gays, or do we want them for everybody? Personally, I think the government should get out of the business of defining marriage altogether. K.

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:39:24 PM)
If it wasnt for taxes the government wouldnt care.

Hillwilliam -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:40:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl If it wasnt for taxes the government wouldnt care. The Bible Beaters care tho. Therefore, half of the government cares.

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 1:48:57 PM)
Obviously not half of the country according to the many polls.

Hillwilliam -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 2:06:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Obviously not half of the country according to the many polls. When was the last time the government actually followed the will of the people?

tazzygirl -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 2:10:42 PM)
When it lines their pockets. Which is all they are concerned about.

Kirata -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 2:16:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice Can't resist sharing this one too. [image]http://www.atheistmemebase.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/001-Defending-the-Sanctity-of-Marriage.jpg[/image] See, there's my beef in a nutshell. If gays (or fucking anybody) took the position that people should have a right to form whatever kind of life-union they want, be it straight, gay, polygamous, or polyandrous, without interference from some meddling nanny government, I would support them 100%. But that's not what gay marriage is about. The push for gay marriage stakes out a position that is every bit as selfish and self-interested as the opposition, and I have no time for either of them. Granted, gays don't want to make hetero marriage illegal. But they don't seem to have a quibble with laws that push poly unions under the bus. So I fail to see any moral high ground there. K.

Lucylastic -> RE: Gay Marriage is WRONG (3/16/2013 2:45:22 PM)
THey dont? really? I know quite a few people who want to get rid of polygamy as a felony, and bigamy as a misdemeanour...gays and straights

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