First thing isn't directly harmful anymore than anything else the .gov wastes money on. Last two are just proof that the slippery slope is a valid argument. Registration, in and of itself, does no direct harm.
1. It turned into massive impositions on gun owners
2. Only proves the slippery slope case for gun registration, not religious freedom.
3. You have yet to prove that gay marriage affects YOU even as much as a firearm registration system would.
Wasn't intended as a counter argument, it was intended to express my contempt for you. And feel free to tell the small businesses that have been sued into bankruptcy that there's no danger of negative consequences.
Real high road. I object to the small businesses being sued into bankruptcy over customer selection.
My reason?I wouldn't want my child to(potentially) suffer the stigma that goes with being gay.I wouldn't want my child to be associated with the filthy loud disgusting trash that shows up at rallys supporting gay rights.
1. Stigma is declining, and declining rapidly. If they're truly homosexual, suffering the stigma today is a lesser harm than denying what they are.
2. Going to rallies has always been optional.
3. Wishing for grandkids is still a valid reason; though sperm donation/IV fertilization is always possible.
Not intending to muddle your point but quoting any on-line poll as fact seems to be informationally dangerous.(words fail me sometimes,I can't help it)
I happen to agree, so I tracked down the
poll. - "This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2014, among a random national sample of 1,002 adults, including landline and cell phone-only respondents. The margin of sampling error for overall results is 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York"
The gay stuff starts on page 14. Roughly speaking, the population's opinion on the subject has completely flipped in the last 10 years. Even then, gay marriage bans have only really passed in conservative areas with the phenomenon that people who OPPOSE gay marriage tend to use it as a voting issue and while gay people probably also get out and vote, their friends are less likely to.