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Thread #115854   Message #2546380
Posted By: Don Firth
22-Jan-09 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Subject: RE: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
GfS, your arguments asserting that what established scientists say is wrong reminds me of the rhetoric of The Discovery Institute, whose purpose is to push "Intelligent Design." They claim to be scientific, yet they attack established science, while at the same time cherry-picking certain scientific findings they feel they can pass off as supporting their views. This is not unlike those who cherry-pick the verses from the Bible that they feel support their views while ignoring the many that do not.

They claim that accepted scientific theories about the origins of the universe and matters of evolution are wrong, and posit "Intelligent Design" as a "scientifically proven fact" as opposed to "merely a theory," thus amply demonstrating that they don't understand the way scientists use the word "theory."

"Intelligent Design" is nothing more than Creationism disguised in a lab coat.

I have read the same arguments you are presenting about homosexuality being a matter of choice rather than biological predisposition and I have heard the same arguments before. And they are bogus.

This is a civil rights issue. And you are trying to make it sound like some vast, evil conspiracy that will destroy civilization as we know it. I've heard that before, too.

Claptrap!

Don Firth