Rant: Same Sex Marriage June 19, 2008
Posted by janethepain666 in Rants.Tags: gay, homophobes, inequality, marriage, religion, Same sex marriage
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Marriage is a very important thing. It shows a commitment between two people that runs deeper than just a relationship. So when that’s denied to someone because they’re in love with someone of the same sex, it pisses me off.
Not everyone who opposes same sex marriage is a homophobe. But even if you think that gays can have a similar ceremony with a different name, it still encourages inequality, because it says “You’re different. You can’t have what we have. A man can have a wife, but if he wants to spend his life with another man, they’re not husbands.” Even if inequality isn’t your goal, it still is the outcome.
Think of it this way: if the laws of “separate but equal” racial segregation separated blacks and whites, but really did give them the same quality schools, bathrooms, and theater seats, it still wouldn’t be true equality. Because what made “separate but equal” unequal was not only that blacks got the bad things that whites didn’t want. It’s the “separate” part that also encouraged inequality. When people are separated based on something that is not a choice, it creates inequality.
Being gay is not a choice. So why should they be separated from straight people in anything, including their right to marry?
Some may say that marriage is between a man and a woman by definition. Bullshit. Definitions change, smart one. And while not all “traditional” things are bad, I think inequality is a tradition we should end, don’t you think?
Now, on to my next category of same sex marriage-opposers: religious right-wing nuts. I’m not going to get into a Bible study session with this. I am atheist and nonreligious, and have no reason to so much as open a Bible, so I can’t say it would be my place to criticize your beliefs, or prove your interpretations of the Bible wrong. Believe what you want.
But honestly, do you really think you’re doing any good by forcing your personal beliefs on anyone? Can’t the likelihood of gays going to heaven be an individual’s decision, and not yours, in the form of federal law? If you keep your religion out of our country’s laws, I will keep my nasty opinions of you to myself.
Sound good?
Homosexuality is a SIN …is a SIN…is a SIN. iT’S BASICALLY a psychological conflict within and because homosexuals (who really don’t exist because it is just a choice) hate themselves inside, they try to take the whole society (especially the family) down with them. This society will never last very long the way the heretical (not a good speller) bunch of animals are destroying this world/society.
I disagree. I respect your opinion, but should it be forced on everybody else with the law?
Jane,
If you look at what’s been happening out there, it’s not an issue of force, or apparently even one of marriage. It seems like the gay activists are out against anyone who disagrees with their world view.
Did you hear about the restaurant shake down? It’s by far the worst case of this targeted opposition to the marriage amendment. It went down yesterday afternoon when a group of gay activists threatened to boycott El Coyote restaurant because the niece of the owner gave a hundred dollars to the marriage amendment. Not only did the restaurant try to mend fences by offering these people a free lunch to discuss the matter, they gave 10,000.00 to pro gay causes. You’d think that was enough, but it wasn’t. They wanted the lady, who was elderly, and had to be supported on either elbow by her daughters while she faced this crowd, to deny her faith. They basically wanted her to deny her faith to protect the business. She refused and the place erupted in fury.
This isn’t about tolerance, it’s about domination and the attitude of these activists proves it.
This state has gone insane.
http://beetlebabee.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/gay-rights-vigilantes/