"The chart didn't really go wrong anywhere, it is just illustrating a quote by Epicurus.   "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able…"

"In my journey away from religion, I found more acceptance among pagans than I ever did with Christians.   There are so many different belief systems that fall into the category of paganism, and most of them don't really care that what…"

"The problem with civil unions is that they lack portability. If same-sex marriage is not recognized federally, any rights that you have been given by your civil union, whether they be the same as marriage or not, are not recognized as soon as you…"

"I agree completely. Giving the lgbt community a separate but equal status just deems them second class citizens. It's just saying that even though they may deserve equal rights, they are not deserving of a marriage."

"I think that marriage is a civil liberty, not a religious/secular institution.  You can have your wedding ceremony held in a church, and you can have it in a courthouse with no mention of the word god in your ceremony - but regardless.. all…"

"Haha, I don't really want to have a child, myself.  Which is also why I included couples that choose not to have children in my argument :) "

"What is typically not brought up during this debate, however, is that while the bible defines marriage as between a man and a woman, throughout the bible there are several acceptable forms of marriage.  Some of these are: a man having a wife…"

"I believe the only thing defining marriage as being between a man and a woman are religious doctrines.  Making any law that respects that as the definition of marriage violates the 1st and 3rd part of the Lemon test, which is what is used to…"

"People can successfully pass on genes without being married, so I don't believe gay marriage bears any effect on that.  If the only argument that can be found is about procreation, and procreation can be done without marriage, this still…"

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