[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[Platt Holden]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:14 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Platt said to Arlo:
> For me, the foundation of opposing gay marriage is the social benefit of
> having families consisting of mothers and fathers as being the best
> arrangement for raising children -- a generality to be sure but one that has
> been approved and followed by humans ever since humans came on the scene.
>
> dmb says:
>
> We interrupt this program to bring you the following message:
>
> As a matter of fact, that is exactly the foundation used by the opponents
> of gay marriage in the most recent legal case out in California. The lawyers
> for the anti-gay marriage side, trying to put their view in secular terms,
> tried to make a case that gay parents are bad for children. They had two
> expert witnesses that said just that. But the lawyers for the pro-gay
> marriage side called in three times as many experts and their evidence
> convinced the judge that gay parents are NOT bad for children. The evidence
> shows that it is just a myth that gay parents are bad parents just because
> they're gay. That's why the anti-gay group lost the case, because their
> claims about what's "the best arrangement for raising children" are not
> supported by the evidence.
>
> [Platt] In the interests of fair and balanced reporting it should be noted
> that the case is being appealed and may be overturned. Further, the judge
> rendering the decision is gay, thus casting doubt on his impartiality.
> Finally, had there been a jury trial, the judgment based on expert testimony
> might well have gone the other way.
>
>