"Humans are more than DNA. If humans were simply DNA, they wouldn't have human rights at all. Human rights are above animal rights, but what is in human DNA that gives it rights that animals don't get? Human rights are much higher than animal rights too. Humans have a right to life, but with animals, certain ones are protected from slaughter because they are "cute" while other ones are slaughtered like crazy just because humans are "hungry." "
Let the record show that the opposing side agrees humans are biological and continues to deflect that with humans being more than whatever the red herring is.
Not the point of contention. We agree we are biological. I accept the person's concession.
As far as these other things regarding animal rights, the opposing side is again mixing up legal rights or rights established by the laws of the land in how we interact with non person animals.
Further complicating this with non person animals is unnecessary.
To bring it back to center, nice and simple, it has been established that human rights come from humans. No where else.
Keyword: HUMAN,
HUMAN RIGHTS.
NOT ANIMAL RIGHTS.
NOT LEGAL RIGHTS.
NOT OIL RIGHTS.
Not anything else but human rights that come from ......humans.
"Human rights don't exist if you limit this debate to nature."
Then you are limiting what is meant by human rights. If you believe human rights are something spiritual, that's fine.
Until you prove human rights came from any where else, it has been evident and established so far that they come with the human body.
Last I'll speak on it. Not responding to statements of repeated points already addressed.
"You are not able to explain why this is a human right and not an animal right. Marriage is a contract. It's not just the physical stuff. Animals don't make contracts. Contracts aren't in DNA. Human rights come from more than just biology."
Look if you want to have a separate discussion on non person animal rights, that's another subject.
We're talking about human rights and animals shouldn't even be in this debate. Totally irrelevant.
Marriage is a contract legislated by law because the human body gives allowance or right to marriage which I explained in former rounds.
It's like you can't wrap your head around marriage and sexuality. We have sexual desires. We desire marriage based on sexual relationships. Just the fact that we desire these things in tandem to sustain ourselves is proof alone that these are human rights because they're human desires for our sustainability.
If marriage is not a human right, nutrition consumption is not a right.
Like I say. Prove where human rights come from.
You said here human rights come from MORE THAN JUST BIOLOGY.
By saying "more than", you just agreed it comes from biology at least .Trying to again, deflect with "well others things come into play too".
You still by omission again, again , again agree that human rights are from biology.
It's like after fighting me, you eventually submit with straddling and waffling.
Think about it. Be honest.
The foundation in "human rights" is "human". The base is "human". The source so of course human rights come from the human organic being, duh.
Rose pedals. Pedals come from the roses, with the roses.
Water drops. Drops come from the water, with the water.
So what is marriage?
You say a contract.
Contract of what?
You didn't explain far enough. That's too broad.
My mobile contract isn't a marriage. My football contract isn't a marriage. My loan contract isn't a marriage.
Unless you just conflate it all as just a simple agreement.
Which the body will say what agrees or disagrees with it by acceptance or rejection in a constructive fashion .
I digress.
"Not sure what you mean by this. People have gone off the rails trying to interpret that verse. If nature just works, then there's no right. It just happens automatically."
Marriage is a contract legislated by law because the human body, A NATURAL THING , gives allowance , A NATURAL FUNCTION,or right to marriage BY NATURAL desire. That's what by nature means . That's what natural means.
It hasn't nothing to do with legality which you conflate with human rights.
"But you are unable to explain why people get addicted to masturbation with this. You say humans have an urge to form bonds and use that as evidence that marriage is a right, but then you deny that the urge to masturbate makes it a right."
I asked you what other use do sexual reproductive organs have outside of sexual reproductive activity.
Now you either tell us what other use there is based on our anatomical sexual reproductive organs by their physiological means , don't run and deflect but answer that or just say "there is no other use".
Please answer the question. Stop deflecting. Answer the question straight up.
"Voting is often called a human right, yet a human can easily survive without voting. Most people who call marriage a human right say it is a right regardless of the reproduction of the couples. Also, the "survival" you speak of is different from eating to survive. Sex keeps the population alive, while food keeps an individual alive. There is a difference you refuse to recognize."
My friend you are really this obtuse by the words you even use.
Regardless, the point of human rights is to be alive.
The differences are completely negligible. These irrelevant differences you are using as deflections from the bottom line point you know you have to concede to .
The point in human rights is for us to live period. Just face that and not deflect.
I'm not arguing about voting. I'm not arguing about animal non persons. You stay bringing up things that I don't argue for.
You have to argue against what I've argued. Not what others argue. Keep the goalpost where it is and stop deflecting with other things and admit when you can't refute my position versus deflecting.
"Also, bearing children can cause death. Making a family can kill you."
Yes like eating can kill you. We can do the "cans" all day long. By the means of our survival can be harmful.
So what do we do?
For starters, not attempt to be bias but be wholesome and neutral with regards to what I've been saying is completely true to the human right of marriage.
"Look, if you have a right to enter marriage, why don't you have a right to exit marriage?
Using pure nature, you cannot explain why humans are forced to stay in a marriage but somehow animals can leave a mate or be polygamous. Animals act by instinct, which only makes things worse for you. Nature doesn't support a perpetual vow of fidelity."
The body does allow us the right to separate. You can call it "exiting marriage" , whatever you want.
If you want to break up the union, you can't quite do that for the sake of maintaining parenthood. Once you're a family unit, you're involved, tied together until death primarily through blood ties, gene ties.
Sorry about that. We're talking about marriage, not boyfriend and girlfriend, not dating .
"Why do you deny that masturbation is a right then? Many humans have the desire to do this as well. You also can't explain why cheating happens. Why is there nature desire for another or even oneself? Why is there a desire to divorce if we're supposed to stay in the union?"
Just machine gun the questions.
Ok so all we have to do is adhere to what the human body gives us right to do.
Now what is the point of human rights?
Whether you understand it by NOW ..... sustaining ourselves. Not depleting ourselves.
We know sexual reproductive organs are not for any other use but , because the use is in the NAME OF THE ORGANS.
LIKE DUH ....DUH ....DUH .....DUH.
What is so hard that this is not understood?
You got to rethink this whole subject.
The body to sustain itself is not giving right to sustain itself by depleting its function. That's a contradiction.
So if a person desires to kill off his or her genes, would that be the right given by the body or a violation of the right?
You got to understand this very simply.
I'm going to express it slowly.
Human .....rights......are.......what ....the.........body.............allows.....us.....to ....do....to ......sustain..... itself.
Every example you go to is the opposite of that.
Just because you're the opposing side, it doesn't mean to go opposite of the truth.
Your position has to be grounded in truth to prove your position and if it can't be opposed while being in truth at the same time, guess what?
Your position fails to counter mine completely.
Human .....rights......are.......what ....the.........body.............allows.....us.....to ....do....to ......sustain..... itself.
To sustain itself, not the opposite.
Any person that does anything in the opposite or contrary by desire is in complete conflict or disorder with his or her being .
For example, homosexuality. It's incomplete conflict with the human right to sexually reproduce.
"Killing is different than refraining from sex. One is active, while the other is passive."
You live or you die out. Being killed or dying out has the same result. Look at the result , not the cause.
You're super focused on cause .
"We have found no explanation as to why homosexuality exists. Homosexuality doesn't necessarily kill the population."
End result is still the same under this sexuality. The result, the result, the result.
"Many cultures had bisexuals who raised a family in a heterosexual marriage while engaging in sodomy as a side job."
Right heterosexuality is what kept the race going. Homosexuality is not a human right because it in no way sustains us period. So that answers about same sex marriage.
Due to the character limit, I'll add my remaining responses in the comments.
I done made my point as this debate is getting in it's circular stage.