... I argue that society is far more complicated and unpredictable than mathematics and engineering.
A few days ago, I posted the question, what would happen if we all agreed that 3=407? All manner of strange results would occur. Some would be good - your bank account might jump by $404 on some random day - and some would be bad - the bridge you drove across could collapse as it was designed for 3,000 pounds of load, not 407,000.
The point is that equating two things that are not even remotely equal has a ripple effect across everything it touches.
So as American society moves closer and closer to gay marriage and we all rush to show how open-minded we are by equating homosexuals and heterosexuals, what will be the end result? How can anyone logically predict it? After all, the entire human race is derived from hetero relationships and zero percent of the human race is derived from homosexual ones.
We are moving to the point where we will say this:
The source of all humanity = the source of none of humanity.
3 will indeed equal 407 in our world. And after that ... who knows?
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Then again, here's another equation:
x + y + M = D
Where:
x = homosexual individual who is trying hard to "not be gay", but whose pent-up desire for sex is overriding their good judgement;
y = heterosexual member of the opposite sex who doesn't fully understand what he/she is getting themselves into;
M = the marriage of these two people;
and I think you can guess what the D stands for [1]
But then, like you say, "society is far more complicated and unpredictable than mathematics and engineering."
[1] Not a conjecture. I am personally aquainted with several cases where this equation has played out as written, some cases where "x" was male, and others where "x" was female. I am convinced that anything that tends to reduce the number of homosexuals that marry heterosexuals will tend to reduce the divorce rate.
Good point. I know two such couples. However, I would suggest that you're a victim of the popular culture.
To say that homo != hetero is not to say that homo is to be shunned or attacked. That leap of logic is what drives the whole equality movement. The premise of "If you don't support equality, you must want gays kept in the closet" is false. To admit that there exists a mammoth inequality is not the same as passing a value judgment on the lifestyle.
I have no problem with gays or civil unions or whatever. I have a huge problem with equating them to straights. They simply aren't, except in a fantasy world where things are what some want them to be.
Basing public policy on a fantasy construct is probably not a good thing. See also: money we don't have, spending.
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