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To: greenspirit who wrote (112399)	6/1/2009 6:57:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541635

"Being "married" and gay is a lifestyle choice." So is being single and gay. Being gay, however, isn't.

To: greenspirit who wrote (112399)	6/5/2009 1:58:22 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541635

>>Please read the post again. Being "married" and gay is a lifestyle choice. Being married as a polygamist is also a lifestyle choice (currently illegal). Many people live happy and fulfilled lives living together without getting married. "Marriage" of any type is a lifestyle choice. I may be gay and live with one person, a hundred, or none. I can be heterosexual and choose not to get married, I may choose to live alone. Of course these are lifestyle "choices". No one forced me to get married? Were you forced to get married or remain single? Every argument supporters of gay marriage make would be a stronger argument if applied to polygamy. The red herring is that it hasn't gained enough momentum to be made legal anywhere. The only thing preventing it is cultural issues of the same kind preventing widespread adoption of gay marriage. Intellectually, if you support gay marriage you must support polygamy. Because the argument for polygamy is more compelling.<< GS - Yes, marriage is a lifestyle choice. Here's my point. Currently, being gay and married isn't a lifestyle choice that people can make in most states. A gay man can't marry anyone who isn't female, and a gay female can't marry anyone who isn't male. That's discrimination on the basis of sex. This has nothing to do with polygamy, and the idea that one must support polygamy if one supports gay marriage is nonsense. If there's a compelling argument for legal polygamy (or polyandry), you certainly haven't advanced it. - Allen