EVIDENCE = PROOF, just like in a murder. If the police have EVIDENCE that someone committed a murder, such as DNA, fingerprints, it is PROOF that the person is guilty.
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Does the bible explain global warming?? Dinosaurs? Why the crusades were ok???
added a reference for “statistically proven”
Research shows that, on average, children of divorced parents are disadvantaged compared to
children of married-parent families in the area of educational achievement.11 Children of divorce
are more than twice as likely to have serious social, emotional, or psychological problems as
children of intact families—25 percent versus 10 percent.12
Most divorced families with children experience enormous drops in income, which lessen
somewhat over time but remain significant for years—unless there is a subsequent parental
cohabitation or remarriage.13 Declines in income following divorce account for up to half the
risk for children dropping out of high school, regardless of income prior to the divorce.14 The
effects of divorce on children often last through adulthood. For instance, adult children of
divorce are more likely to experience depression and their own divorces—as well as earn less
income and achieve lower levels of education—compared with adults whose parents remained
married
The 2000 Census revealed that out of 5.5 million cohabiting couples, about 11 percent were
same-sex couples—with slightly more male couples than female. One-third of female same-sex
households and 22 percent of male households, or about 163,000 same-sex households in total,
lived with children under 18 years old.40 (This compares with about 25 million married-couple
households with children under 18.)
Although the research on these families has limitations, the findings are consistent: children
raised by same-sex parents are no more likely to exhibit poor outcomes than children raised by
divorced heterosexual parents.41 Since many children raised by gay or lesbian parents have
undergone the divorce of their parents, researchers have considered the most appropriate
comparison group to be children of heterosexual divorced parents.42 Children of gay or lesbian
parents do not look different from their counterparts raised in heterosexual divorced families
regarding school performance, behavior problems, emotional problems, early pregnancy, or
difficulties finding employment.43 However, as previously indicated, children of divorce are at
higher risk for many of these problems than children of married parents.
](http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications_states/files/0086.pdf)http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications_states/files/0086.pdf
I think there are additional implications. For an example a boy growing up with his divorced mother may not learn to throw a baseball, while a boy growing up with two lesbians as parents faces a more dire situation; learning to throw a softball.[/QUOTE]
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Here is my report that says Ferrari’s are 100% better than Fords therefore I’m buying a BMW.
It states that children raised by homosexual parents have the same problems as divorced parents which is the basis of my original point:
I don’t think any child should be prevented from having a mother (or father). Sure shit happens and parents die or leave but by having a child raised in a family with gay parents they are missing a part of their childhood which has statistically proven to be important.
Wait, god exists?
Wat?
On topic to thread, let the gay ppl be, as long as they aren’t going around wearing assless chaps and rainbow pants I don’t care. Actually, every gay person I know has been extremely nice, I’ve never had a problem with them. Let them marry and let’s stop being ignorant.
evidence [ˈɛvɪdəns] Law matter produced before a court of law in an attempt to prove or disprove a point in issue, such as the statements of witnesses, documents, material objects, etc.
evidence is used in the attempt to prove a point, but does not necessarily prove or disprove anything. that is why judges and juries are used to interpret the evidence. evidence is not black and white like proof is. just because someone dug some shit out of the ground and interpreted its connection to the bible favorably does not mean its proof of anything that happened thousands of years before any of us were born.
I’m not going to jump on the christianity hate bandwagon and further drive this off topic. I can care less what anyone else believes in. but let me reiterate…God is omnipotent. God can see the future, God knows the choices you will make before you make them. God created people knowing the exact choices they were going to make. Therefore God is the one that made the choices and the idea of free will is a crock of shit.
So if religion is so factual and true, which one is right?
Aladura
Asatru
Atheism
Baha’i Faith
Bön
Buddhism
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Cao Dai
Chinese Religion
Chopra Center
Christianity (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox)
Christian Science
Confucianism
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Deism
Druze
Eckankar
Epicureanism
Falun Gong
Gnosticism
Greek Religion
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Hare Krishna
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Judaism
Mayan Religion
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Nation of Islam
New Age
New Thought
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Rastafari
Scientology
Seventh-day Adventists
Shinto
Religion/Sect/ Belief System
Sikhism
Spiritualism, a.k.a. Spiritism
Stoicism
Taoism
Unification Church
Unitarian Universalism
Wicca
Zoroastrianism
I find it hard to take anyone that believes you go to a magical place after you die seriously.
God isn’t proven to exist so both your arguments are invalid. Stop going OT, this is about gay marriage.
Mike, the more you post, the more I like you lol.
This thread better get more-gay quick, or it’s going to be closed.
Stay on topic. Fighting over ones personal belief system is pointless.
Besides you and RedGoober who else is gay?
I will say that Muslim, Christianity, etc,the major religions that have been around from “the start” if you will, are against gay marriage. I have a friend who is Muslim and it seems like the only really different view is that they believe Jesus was a prophet not the son of God. The Quran and Bible are Very similar throughout though. Now I’m sure Scientology(based off a movie from the 50’s) would allow it and all these “New age” religions would allow it.
One last thing about this I’d like to say is That just because someone says they are a Christian doesn’t mean they are. If I say I’m a muslim does that mean I am? Of course not. There is more to being a Christian then most people or TV wants you to believe. It is a way of life not just saying, “Yup I believe in Jesus and what he stood for so I’m a Christian”. That is a good start though. Just throwing that in there for all the rapists and child molesters. Hope I didn’t go to far OT.
Now, On to gay Marraige LOL!
What rights do gays lack? marriage?
I think we are all pretty fucking aware that they exist!
A gay “PRIDE” parade is for no other reason then to show everyone that they are proud.
Because all gays act/dress like that. NO.
I have a friend who is gay, and he goes to church and plays organ for them.
Take my pic down, I was drunk.
have you not seen a parade? I’m talking specifically about a parade…
Gays can go to church… i don’t understand what you are getting at.
gays can go to church, and practice, but they can’t get married. that’s what i’m getting at.
this whole thread makes me wanna :banghead: