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Sowell's argument is fairly retarded. Homosexuality is a completely normal biological occurrence that happens in our species. Homosexuality does not harm anyone. Pedophilia does. The reason there are laws against marrying a 12 year old girl is to protect the child. There is no need to protect any part of a consenting relationship between two adults. To compare the two is just stupid.
And redefining marriage is something this country has done since its inception. Early on, women had no rights in the marriage at all, couldn't file for divorce. Up until the 60's, a black person couldn't marry a white person. We have since redefined marriage since then. Trying to scare the world into thinking redefining marriage is some scary obstacle shows a complete lack of respect for the history of marriage in this country.
But Sowell's arguments are not new. They were made during the civil rights and abolition eras of our country. There were many pieces by men like Sowell who stated that if we gave blacks certain rights, we'd have to extend rights to women, dogs, etc someday.
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