Argentina Approves Gay Marriage

[Ooberman]

Argentina Approves Gay Marriage
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Published: July 15, 2010

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved a measure early on Thursday authorizing same-sex marriages, making Argentina the first country in Latin America to allow gay couples to wed.

After 15 hours of debate, the Senate voted 33 to 27 in favor of the measure, which was sponsored by the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. For weeks, she waged a bitter war of words with the Roman Catholic Church over the measure.



What great news. And in a Roman Catholic country, and continent that has had severe issues with homophobia.

I will be surprised if it takes America more than 10 years to legalize gay marriage.

[TheLibertarian]

I'm sorry to hear about this.

You poor, pathetic socialist-of-the-spirit. It must really hurt to know that the government no longer has the power to define men's lives for them.

You might want to check forum rules 1, 7, and 16. Insults and namecalling don't constitute debate.

Ah, a typical Christian: always the legalist, relying on the letter of the law to save your skin. Oops, was that name-calling, too?

Unfortunately your side often resorts to that.

Libertarians resort to name-calling, eh? Yeah, that's why Christians constantly concede to us politically.

[East of Eden]

Ah, a typical Christian: always the legalist, relying on the letter of the law to save your skin. Oops, was that name-calling, too?

No, just nonsensical. Yes, I do believe in the rule of law, do you?

Libertarians resort to name-calling, eh? Yeah, that's why Christians constantly concede to us politically.

Huh?

[WinePusher]

You poor, pathetic socialist-of-the-spirit. It must really hurt to know that the government no longer has the power to define men's lives for them.

You might want to check forum rules 1, 7, and 16. Insults and namecalling don't constitute debate.

Ah, a typical Christian: always the legalist, relying on the letter of the law to save your skin. Oops, was that name-calling, too?

You might want to fix your uncivil tone if you want to remain a member of this forum.

Libertarians resort to name-calling, eh? Yeah, that's why Christians constantly concede to us politically.

Must also be why Libertarians have practically no influence on american politics.

[micatala]

Moderator Warning

I'm sorry to hear about this.

You poor, pathetic socialist-of-the-spirit. It must really hurt to know that the government no longer has the power to define men's lives for them.

This type of uncivil and personal comment is against the rules. Please argue the merits of the arguments without including insulting comments.


Also, a lot of the comments here are really unsubstantial one-liners. It is fine to give an opinion. HOwever, the question for debate, as provided by Ooberman in his follow up to the OP, is:

I guess the debate could be: will Argentina see divorce as the norm, populations decrease, society plunges into chaos, drug use increases, etc?

[Ooberman]

HOwever, the question for debate, as provided by Ooberman in his follow up to the OP, is:

I guess the debate could be: will Argentina see divorce as the norm, populations decrease, society plunges into chaos, drug use increases, etc?

thanks, micatala.

Of course, I should have caught the typo in my follow up:

Will Argentina see [strike]divorce[/strike] gay marriage as the norm, populations decrease, society plunges into chaos, drug use increases, etc?

What ramifications might come from this, and if you feel there will be, please give an approximate time (after all, claiming their society will collapse in 1000 years isn't really helpful).

The obvious reason I ask is that Euphrates has made a lengthy argument that gay marriage will lead to such horrors. I know there is no one else who supports his view, but are there other ramifications that may happen because of gay marriage?