对方话音未落，夏冉江几乎是蹿了起来，可是没想到许菁也不慌不忙地站了起来，首先出声。

“Thank you for briefing us the basic rules defined by Belief.”许菁低头看了一眼稿纸，正视对方，说到rules时双手还比了个引号。“But instead of staying superficially on the basic rules, we need to learn more to arrive at the essence of Belief behind the quotes of Yin and Yang. Everything in the Universe has its natual laws. We can’t say that the principle of Yin and Yang governs everything. What exists is reasonable. And this is one of few laws that most religions and cultures agree upon. We also need to update our technology knowledge about reproduction. In your last sessions you strongly insisted that cloning and adoption helps better human generations. And this is also my solution to supplement what is missing in gay marriage, which this house have the strongest stance to legalize in this great country.”（感谢您让我们了解了信仰的基本规律。但是，除了掌握肤浅的皮毛，我们还是要深入了解一下信仰的实质，而不能仅仅停留在阴阳学说的引述上。道教认为，宇宙万物皆有其发展规律，阴阳学说不能适配万物，我们应该顺应自然。所谓存在即合理，这也是世界众多宗教和文化的契合点。同时，我们也要多学习一下关于人类繁衍的技术知识。就如对方辩友前几场比赛时大力支持的克隆技术和领养问题，我们也同意对方在这个问题上的观点，这也弥补了同性婚姻的缺憾。我方坚决赞同在本国通过同性婚姻合法化。）

许菁微微抬起下巴，眼睛里透出难得一见的从容和自信。对方一开始还趾高气昂的逐条提问，可是现在却慢慢低下头，紧张地讨论着对策。

“你是怎么知道他们前几场比赛的议题？”

夏冉江一脸风轻云淡，可是放在桌下的左手给许菁竖起了大拇指——刚才心里还捏着一把汗，生怕许菁控制不出情绪又开始人身攻击，不过刚才的回击语气固然有些刻薄，可是字字铿锵，一针见血，明显压制住了对方的气势。夏冉江知道，辩论中用宗教信仰和人类伦理做论据是逼不得已的做法，显然对方已经有些自乱阵脚，黔驴技穷了。

夏冉江把纸上的论据一条条划掉。赛程已经过半，杀手锏还没使出，夏冉江抬头瞥了一眼对手，都已经开始用纸巾擦汗了。

终于到了最后的总结陈词。胜负已定，夏冉江心里有了底，正准备拿着稿纸上台，还是决定放下稿纸，全程即兴发言。

“…As a government that takes the mission of serving the people, we believe we should respect the basic rights of people, and even more important is we should try our best to make it possible that such respect is exercised by the entire society. As an independent man, we live, we work, we laugh and we cry. We care and love others no matter it is a man or woman. Love means no boundaries. Why do we have to label love to what we are used to Ladies and gentlemen. No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion and family. The hope for gay marriage is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from our civilization. In response to the decades of fights for gay benefits, to honor those who sacrificed only for the pursuit of love, to maintain our sacred belief of all men created equal, we believe we should legalize gay marriage in our country. There will be hazards and obstacles ahead, but we will overcome and make it happen.”（作为以服务人民为己任的政府，我们应该尊重人们的基本权利。更为重要的是，我们应该创造环境，让全社会都能够尊重他人权利。作为独立个体，我们像他人一样，生活、工作、欢笑、悲伤。我们关爱他人，无论性别。爱无界限，为什么我们一定要以自己习惯的方式给爱打上标签呢？女士们，先生们，没有任何一种形式的结合比婚姻更深刻。婚姻代表了最高理念的爱、忠诚、付出以及家庭。同性婚姻的渴望不应被诅咒，不应孤独终老，不应排斥在文明之外。为了过去几十年同性婚姻的努力，为了那些追求爱的权力付出的牺牲，为了维护所有人生而平等这个神圣的理念，我们应通过同性婚姻合法化提案。纵然前方有无数艰难险阻，我们必将披荆斩棘，走向胜利。）

夏冉江内心澎湃激昂，可还是努力压制住不断上涌的情绪。手边有无数论据足以一击毙命，让对手毫无翻身机会，可是夏冉江毅然决然地让情感占领灵魂，仿佛像斗士一般，振臂高呼，一呼百应，字字皆发自肺腑。

“Excellent！”

主裁判几乎是欢呼起来，双手举过头鼓掌。两位助理裁判也跟着鼓起掌来。