Originally Posted by
flyromeo3
Stem Cell research: If we can find cures for current diseases then why not.
bah, stop talking about stem cell research. it was needlessly politicized.
By its very nature, government politicizes everything it touches. Science is no exception. Stem cell research needs neither government money nor politics. It is better is to get the government out and let the private sector continue its good work. Those people calling for increased funding could take out their checkbooks and support it. Those who oppose embryonic stem cell research would not be forced to pay for it.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2762
gay rights isn't even about the right to plunge another dude's ass. It's about them getting the same benefits and acknowledgments as a man and wife. Also, in the case of a divorce, child custody would be decided no differently. Whoever the more fit parent is. In the US legal system it tends to be the mother, but that isn't always the case.
civil union with the same benefits as marriage, then. no need to corrupt the definition of marriage.