On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:14 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>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. > > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
