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This is a 4 page paper outlining faulty arguments used by opponents of same-sex marriages. Arguments used by opponents of same-sex marriages are often faulty in that they appeal to prejudice, pity, and traditional marriage while at the same time attack the character of their opponents, present false dilemmas and beg to question the issue in order to draw the attention away from some of the real issues being argued. Because of this many of their arguments are based on the faulty use of evidence or incorrect inferences.
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of their opponents, present false dilemmas and beg to question the issue in order to draw the attention away from some of the real issues being argued. Because of this
many of their arguments are based on the faulty use of evidence or incorrect inferences. Appealing to Prejudice: Prejudice in arguments is "literally a judgment made before the facts
are in". Arguments which play on the prejudices of the audience are known as Ad populum or "to the people" and often use statements such as "most people agree that"
(Cross, 2002). In the arguments presented by opponents of same-sex marriages, an appeal of Ad populum is used frequently as they argue those who support same-sex marriages are in the
minority while the majority opposes it. Nevertheless, gay activists cite that they are being "discriminated against" because they are a minority. In order to make a claim of discrimination based
on prejudice however, adds opponents to the legislation "one must be a member of a protected or suspect minority class, or a member demonstrably practicing (not merely believing)" (Marco, 2002).
Appealing to Pity: Arguments which are based on the feelings or emotions, especially pity or fear, are meant to "draw attention away from the real issues or to conceal another
purpose" (Cross, 2002). Opponents to same-sex marriages also oppose gay activists appeal to pity in regards to their arguments. The gay appeal is based on the continued "oppression" of homosexuals
and therefore "society owes sexual orientation suspect class minority status, marital status and all accompanying benefits to redress injuries done to gays and to make them feel better" (Marco, 2002).
In other words, because of all the wrongs that have been done against gays in the past, society "owes" gay men and women something, and this "something" should be allowance
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