uh, no, I assume(actually explicitly stated, but heck...you're you)...that they wanted to CHANGE the institution, i.e. its DEFINITION, to be inclusive of THEIR relationships.No, it assumes the traditional, legal definition of marriage and the notion that there's no compelling reason not to revisit and change it to be including of gays since they've asked for its re-visitation and - as you've conceded - a citizenry has a right to revisit and change its public institutions.No, I posted my premises and a conclusion that was not equivalent to my premises and you've yet to address them, directly. You merely obfuscated, as you are now. Do I need to teach you that p1, p2, c is the proper form of a logical syllogism, and that my p1 and my p2 were not my c?The premise was not false...the premise was that unless there's a compelling interest to exclude gays from Marriage - we should re-visit the institution from a Legal perspective and perhaps include them.
Done, and done.
Nothing about the premise is false. You are just bitter, and completely incapable of providing the compelling argument..
Still waiting on that, too...and instead you continue to bloviate and whine that the discussion was started to begin with. Thats not an argument.
As I said, you refuse to even discuss the issue, unless we start with your conclusion as the premise.
An effective tactic, as we have seen.
At the cost of removing the chance of government by consensus.
I mean - words have meaning? I don't know how else to explain these simple concepts to Correll on the internet.
Premise 1: Gays have expressed the right to want to Marry, Civilly - ....
Which assumes YOUR definition of Marriage. One that you and yours just made up within the last few years vs definitions that are literally thousands of years old.
You're obfuscating, yet again.
The notion is not that Marriage was always supposed to have included gays by its definition...and that's why you're confused and think the premises = the conclusion.
No, the notion is that they've expressed the right to want access and inclusion in civil marriage - and if there's no compelling reason to prevent such - the request should be granted.
You're unable to refute that.
If you assume the traditional definition of marriage, which is your claim, then you are stating the gays wanted to participate in an institution where one man and one women would form a family unit.
They could always do that. And many did. No change needed.
NEXT!
Wow you're recklessly obtuse.