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Originally Posted by Still Growing 
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You said to me yourself that you don't have to contribute by saying its up to me to convince you.
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That is your conclusion. I did state that if you want to change things, you better make sure that you convince people, not judge them for not immediately agreeing with your point of view.
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As I said before, I think its "trolling" to drop in on a thread several pages and to make comments like "I'm not convinced" and then ask a barrage of questions that have already been answered several times throughout the thread. You then proceed to choose language such as "touchy touchy" which is instigating in my opinion.
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You answered questions vaguely, without any foundation. My questions were meant to get more clarity on that. I failed miserably.
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The truth be told, I can understand. Its hard to read all of the posts and certainly the title "Should we abolish marriage" is very inciting. Should I be surprised if I get the reaction I manifested? Probably not.
I think I expected for people to debate the subject seriously, which some did. However many people said "People should still have the option of getting married". You're not the only one who really didn't read what was being said.
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You seem to think I was not serious? Mmmmm.... Be assured that 98% of my responses in this thread were serious.
Again, 'accusing' someone of not reading rarely gets you the results you want. You might ask yourself if you were clear enough. That works for me.
Your initial post and the title certainly intrigued me. I was very curious to find out what arguments you would put forward. For me they were not convincing enough, but that is OK, I don't have a problem with that.
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I should know that in life its not always a matter of what is said but how its heard. I know this more than anyone yet I think I didn't follow that on this thread.
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I don't want to argue with you. I want to debate with you. I hope that on a future subject we can disagree very strongly and give our sides without making instigating comments. I want you to read the blog so that you can rip apart my ideas. Please do.
I think we're both being petty right now. Lets get past it. Friends?
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I've honestly never considered you an enemy. I like to discuss things sharply and am aware that sometimes I step on people's toes in the process (as I presume I did with you).
So friends it is. No doubt our opinions will clash more times in other topics too. But that doesn't stand in the way of us respecting each other.