I watched it and i have to say matt didnt really argue his point well.
The fact is it is the degradation of the meaning of words which is important. Nobody cares if fags announce they are monogomous or whatever and want to have a secure relationship (not true but you get the point) that isnt the issue, its the chipping away at the meaning of words that is the issue.
Frankly marriage is the purpose of creating a family, if you are not creating a family then its worthless and meaningless. Yeah to all you people who fuck for fun or are career focused your marriage is pointless. Nobody gives a fuck if you get married to your sweetheart and have no kids, you can break up and its just a matter of dividing contents. who gives a fuck.
Matt was a little too wishy washy on that, i get why, he probably didnt want to cede on the idea of sex before marriage since that is a strong Christian point, but the reason for that is that decent contraception didnt exist back in the days and the only way to ensure you werent a nigger leaving women with unloved bastard children was marrying before fucking.
Its all about the family unit, career focused relationships arent as valuable as family ones. They are as meaningless as gay marriage.
Matt would also have to state that faggots shouldnt have kids, which they shouldnt but too many arent prepared to hear it and he probably wasnt prepared to argue for that since he presents himself as fairly moderate and accepting (which is perfectly fine, he can lead people from one side to the other)
Joe to his credit was playing the devils advocate, he was giving good arguments to pressure matt, which is a good thing, only matt either hasnt refined his position or didnt want to outright say faggots dont deserve to be in relationships and shouldnt have kids because they are degenerates.
If matt used the statistics on gays he could go nuclear, but that would probably be a bit too controversial for him (which in spite of being 'controversial' with his 'what is a woman' documentary, hes honestly quite moderate)
Basically what it boils down to is whether hes willing to argue outside of the left wing rhetoric or having to present the best argument in their framework. He hamstrung himself by using their framework in order to protect himself from jewish labels.
Joe was doing what he should be doing and pressuring Matt for his best argument, Matt didnt bring his best argument. We know the score, we can say it loudly here, but in politeworld he has to follow the rules.
The argument should have been 1 gay relationships are meaningless, 2 hetero relationships that dont lead to kids are meaningless, 3 marriage has significant meaning for families, 4 if people arent planning on having kids then they dont deserve marriage, 5 homosexuals should be banned from having children by default which should immediately disqualify them from marriage.
You can see the obvious problems with making hard arguments like that with someone who plays the role of someone who is unbiased like joe.
Good points. I wish Walsh had just called these other "marriages" best friendships or partnerships, because that's all they are. The legal benefits muddy the waters because people just want the tax breaks by being legally married. Should have always been a civil union to decouple it from marriage. In fact those benefits shouldn't be given to anyone except a man and woman married who are having kids, because that's the whole fucking point (or should be) of giving benefits to married couples: it is essential for the country's future. This is like in Poland(?) where they upped the benefits for families having multiple kids.
You get married, eek out a healthy kid with medical help for infertility, and then the kid chokes on a peanut and dies at age 2. It took $80k to have that kid and you're out of money.
You have three kids ages 17-22 and all three die together in a car crash. Wife is too old for more kids.
You have two kids ages 25 and 29 and they're both married and you're an empty nester, too old for more.
So... if marriage is for having kids it might be good to elaborate on the above scenarios. Answer specifically, if marriage is for kids, why is it for life? Also, if all the kids die is marriage still for life?
What's your point? If you had kids you had a family and it is up to you to make it work. Just because your kids have left home it doesn't mean that they are no longer your responsibility, they are your legacy and it is your duty as their parent to help them succeed. Kids are your responsibility for life, your responsibility doesn't end simply because they grew up, your children will inherit your wealth and if you raised them well will give you grandchildren. Divorcing after the kids leave home means losing influence over your grandchildren.
At the point you can't have kids and don't have them but are with someone you love and in a healthy relationship you could choose to adopt orphan kids and ensure that lost and forgotten children don't grow up unloved and become criminals. A childless family can still have value through adoption.
If you lose kids and don't want more then your marriage doesn't have a function so it is irrelevant.
If you are gay you shouldn't have kids regardless so there is no possibility a gay marriage would have value.
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