Random Analogies
Banning Gay Marriage
a: Banning gay marriage ~
b: banning interracial marriage
What: "Actually, it is not. This argument is based on a reductive analogy between racism and heterosexism. Most people today would agree that the state should have no right to prevent interracial marriage, and some now argue for the same reason that it should have no right to prevent gay marriage. Both racism and heterosexism are forms of prejudice. Both are due to a combination of ignorance and malice. Both are evil. But the analogy is seriously flawed, because it assumes that all those who oppose gay marriage, like all those who oppose interracial marriage, are bigots. Some are, but others are not." ......See link for the rest of argument.
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Writer: Katherine Young
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Date: Aug 5 2010 10:37 AM
# 552 Critique Analogy
John Kerry's Catholicism Is Like His Skiing
a: John kerry catholicism ~
b: his skiing
What: "The honest answer is, "No" - but the difference is that John Kerry does not self-identify as a Christian, thus John Kerry does not reflect on the Body of Christ. John Kerry's Catholicism is like his skiing - just something that he does. It is not who he is."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 20 2011 11:35 AM
# 1153 Critique Analogy
