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肖和联

肖和联 (1951年 - ),四川资中人,汉族,中华人民共和国政治人物、第十一届全国人民代表大会四川地区代表 [1] 。 毕业于成都体育学院体育专业。加入民进。担任四川省内江市副市长、民进内江市委主委。2008年起担任全国人大代表 [2] 。 參考文獻 ^ 新华网. 第十一届全国人大代表. 新华网. [ 2014-01-07 ] .   ^ 全国人大代表信息-肖和联. 全国人大网. [ 2013-04-05 ] .   This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

Is using analogies a bad logic reasoning?

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13 When discussing with someone, I like to take the argument they use and put it in another context, to see if it works, and if it doesn't, ask why the argument should be valid in one context but not in the other. For example, recently someone told me that a particular party was against gay marriage because they were christians and they believed that the only valid marriage should be a christian (or religious) marriage. I told him that if they thought that, they also should stand against civil heterosexual marriages, as they are not a christian or a religious ritual. The usual response I get is something like "they are not the same". Of course I know they are not the same, the point I'm making is why the argument should be valid when talking about gay marriage, but not about civil heterosexual marriag