{"id":8557,"date":"2015-02-01T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2015-02-01T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:14:12","slug":"a-short-rebuttal-counterclaim-reply-to-the-one-dumb-argument-against-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=8557","title":{"rendered":"A Concise (short) Rebuttal (counterclaim, reply) To The One Dumb Argument Against Same Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"A%20Concise%20%28short%29%20Rebuttal%20%28counterclaim%2C%20reply%29%20To%20The%20One%20Dumb%20Argument%20Against%20Same%20Sex%20Marriage\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>&#8220;I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife\/husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in <strong>sickness and in health<\/strong>. I will <strong>love<\/strong> you and honor you <strong>all the days of my life<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I, ______, take you, ______, for my lawful wife\/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, <strong>for better, for worse<\/strong>, <strong>for richer, for poorer<\/strong>, in <strong>sickness and health<\/strong>, until <strong>death do us part<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I, (name), take you, (name), to be my [opt: lawfully wedded] (husband\/wife), my constant friend, my faithful partner and my <strong>love<\/strong> from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your <strong>faithful<\/strong> partner <strong>in sickness and in health<\/strong>, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to <strong>love<\/strong> you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to <strong>honor<\/strong> and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for <strong>as long as we both shall live<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>(Name), I take you to be my lawfully wedded (husband\/wife). Before these witnesses I vow to <strong>love<\/strong> you and care for you as long as we both shall live. I take you with all your faults and your strengths as I offer myself to you with my faults and strengths. I will help you when you need help, and I will turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will <strong>spend my life<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I, (name), take you, (name), to be my beloved (wife\/husband), to have and to hold you, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, in the good times, and in the bad, and to <strong>love<\/strong> and cherish you always. I promise you this from my heart, for <strong>all the days of my life<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>In the name of God, I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife\/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for <strong>better, for worse<\/strong>, <strong>for richer, for poorer<\/strong>, in sickness and health, to <strong>love<\/strong> and to cherish, <strong>until we are parted by death<\/strong>. This is my solemn vow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>______, wilt thou have this woman\/man to be thy wife\/husband, and wilt thou pledge thy <strong>faith<\/strong> to him\/her, in all <strong>love<\/strong> and honor, in all duty and service, in all faith and tenderness, to live with her\/him, and cherish her\/him, according to the ordinance of God, in the holy bond of marriage?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All these quotes are, of course, traditional wedding vows: Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, etc. Note the common themes &#8211; love and cherish, honor, richer \/ poorer, sickness \/ health, till death do us part.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing you don&#8217;t see?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Now get down and have them big babies!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It may be important to do, and marriage may make the bond between people who chose to be parent more permanent, but unlike &#8220;loving&#8221; and &#8220;cherishing&#8221; and &#8220;honoring&#8221; and staying together &#8220;Till death do us part&#8221;, having a child is an option, and not part of the pledge a couple makes, in front of God, or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>So please just stop using procreation as a reason why gay couples can&#8217;t get married.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"A%20Concise%20%28short%29%20Rebuttal%20%28counterclaim%2C%20reply%29%20To%20The%20One%20Dumb%20Argument%20Against%20Same%20Sex%20Marriage\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>&#8220;I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife\/husband. 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