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Debate: Should we criminalize homosexuality? (view source)
Revision as of 13:37, February 24, 2013
, 13:37, February 24, 2013→No
::Anyway, in regards to question of this debate, I think that homosexuality should be criminalized, but first time offenders should be able to get lenient sentences so long as they are willing to receive treatment. - [[User:Markman|Markman]] 22:26, 23 February 2013 (EST)
::Anyway, in regards to question of this debate, I think that homosexuality should be criminalized, but first time offenders should be able to get lenient sentences so long as they are willing to receive treatment. - [[User:Markman|Markman]] 22:26, 23 February 2013 (EST)
:::"''Once homosexuality is fully legitimized than next we will say that incest is OK, followed by pedophilia, bestiality and whatever sexual acts man's perverted mind can think of''." That's an example of one of the oldest and stalest fallacies in the book (http://www.fallacyfiles.org/slipslop.html) and as such not helpful to the debate. (By the way, the fallacy is very easy to produce. Here's one of mine: "Once homosexuality is fully criminalized, then next we will say that atheism should be criminalized as well, and not going to church on Sunday, and masturbation and whatever acts conservatives abhor").
:::If some homosexuals do happen to lead an unhappy life, I think it's mostly because vocal parts of society don't accept them or even (like Markman) are eager to criminalize them. However, criminalizing homosexuality would constitute a government intrusion into the private life of its citizens, which runs counter to the very freedoms America was based on. [[User:Onestone|Onestone]] 08:37, 24 February 2013 (EST)
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