Why shouldn't they? Are they not two normal people who love each other and want to be public and open about their relationship and have the legal safeguards that come with marriage like any other people do?
Hunting rifles are designed for hunting. Target pistols and rifles are designed for target shooting. Most guns owned in the US, and certainly the ones we're bothered about here, are neither of those.
The guns we're concerned with are handguns, which are shit for hunting (with the exception of a few very high calibre revolvers and stuff); SMP/SMGs, which certainly have no non-combat purpose and assault rifles where... well, the clue is in the name.
These are all designed specifically for harming people. That is what they are for, that is the guiding principle when designing them.
Most guns here are rifles and shotguns. I'd say by at least a 10:1 margin. The explosion in the past year with pistols has been driven by the talk of banning them.
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Where I get angry is the government telling me I can or can't do anything, I don't care what it is. As long as I'm not harming anyone they shouldn't have a say in what I do.
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There should only be laws against things that harm other people.
You can't actually mean those things and be against gay marriage, you realise that, right?
Hunting rifles and shotguns (hunting shotguns, not combat shotguns) are fine. We have those here, too. I don't think anyone here is particularly bothered about those.
We're talking about the handguns, SMP/SMGs and assault rifles.
That's just my opinion on it. I think marriage should be between a man and a woman. The whole purpose, IMO, of a marriage is to have and raise children.
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I don't see anything wrong with blowjobs, or any sexual activity if you are both in agreement.
I don't follow you on the other examples. A car was made to drive, try to sail across the ocean in one and it doesn't quite work. Hats are just badass and can be worn whenever you feel like it, especially if you have a gun.
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But what rights do a gay couple have? Do you think a gay couple shouldn't have the same rights as a heterosexual couple?
Ignore the religious and reproduction side of things for a minute. Shouldn't two people who want to be in a permanent legally recognised relationship be able to do so?
Gay and lesbian couples are often adopters of those unwanted children who would otherwise grow up unloved and in care.That seems to me as socially useful a role as any other couple.
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In 10 years I would like to see the divorce rates of homosexual couples compared to heterosexual couples. My guessing is that it will probably be lower.