Well. There you go. You did it.
You succeeded in making life difficult for other people simply because they are different. I hope you are happy. I hope you are satisfied.
But even more so, I hope that every one of you meets a person who happens to be gay and in love. I hope you come to care for that person. Then I hope you witness their hardship as they deal with not being able to be married. Then I hope you feel guilty because you took part in preventing their happiness. They should be allowed the same rights as straight couples.
To all you religious types, the ones who think it would be a complete disaster if the privilege of marriage is extended to gay couples, why? I've read your arguments from both the extremist hate-spewing types to the well thought out people who calmly express their views coupled with bible verses. I'm still not convinced. If I could find the link, I will post it, but I discovered one blogger saying that he was glad that gay marriage was banned because if it was allowed, the next logical step would be polygamy. Wait. What?
How does marriage between any two persons lead to polygamy? Last I checked polygamy has to do with someone having multiple spouses, as in more than two. I didn't see anything about that. I saw two. The regular number. Do gay people suddenly count as plural? If they do, I didn't get the memo.
Perhaps they are worried about gay couples attempting to get married in churches. Catholic churches can deny divorced people from getting married in their church, they can also deny gay couples as well. They can't sue in return, it's really not that big of a deal. Quite frankly, I don't think any gay couples who wish to marry would even try to do it there simply because of the controversy. Hence, no one is being forced to perform gay marriages, they simply have to accept the fact that the gay community exists and can celebrate their love like straight couples. They should get the same recognition that straight couples get from the government. Religion is not going to fall apart if gay people can get married... Relax!
I spent a lot of time on
http://www.protectmarriage.com attempting to find some sort of valid excuse as to why same sex marriages are wrong. I didn't. Their main issue is the schools and that children should not be taught that gay marriage is the same as traditional marriage. I don't know about you, but I simply cannot recall a "marriage" section of my curriculum when I was younger. Yet they claim that all kindergartners are learning about marriage. Okay, maybe they are. But what would be the down side to learning about gay marriage and thinking it is the same as traditional marriage? In my mind, ever since I was a child, I always thought of marriage as a ritual of love between two people. If two people love each other, they should get married.
Aside from that, schools are trying to teach tolerance and diversity. Wouldn't allowing gay couples the right to marry simply take away a barrier that keeps them separate from the rest of the community? We've been taught from childhood that everyone should have the same rights, why is this any different? I'm sure if you asked your kid right now what they thought about gay marriage, they probably wouldn't care about it. They would probably think it's silly that it's an issue. So what if marriage includes gay couples? Teaching your children this will not ruin them in any way.
I just don't understand. Where is your love for your fellow human being? For your fellow American? What you are doing is cruel and selfish. Honestly, you probably will read this and shake your head with a slight smirk thinking "silly girl..."
But I know I am right. One day this will be overturned...
I hope.
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YES.
Love cannot be gendered. Love is blind. Why does it matter what sexual orientation or gender or whatever you are? If you love someone... you should always be allowed to love them.I'm sorry, but you're using logic. The crazy homophobic, transphobic, sexist, and even racist fundies who have hijacked my religion in the attempts to hide their hatred don't have the ability to process logic. Like all that biological evidence of homosexuality and transsexuality not being a choice? Yea. :\ Apparently, reality has a liberal bias.I'd like to think this chart explains everything.
I'm really hoping that, in the future, people can look back at this time and just lament at how silly and hateful we were. There's no justification for this discrimination. None.
that picture . . . wtf ? O_O
anyway , i`m a (hardcore) christian , & always stick by my beliefs . HOWEVER , what`s so wrong with gays ? GEEZ , i see all these "die hard" overzealous christians who PUT GAYS DOWN LIKE THEY`RE A DISEASE & shove the bible in their faces & everything , & i just wonder "what bible do they read ?" . where in it does it say to protest & shun & hate gays because of them "sinning" ? yes , the bible says that homosexuality is a sin , but the bible also says MUCH more times than that , that you should love your neighbor as yourself , love is the Lord`s greatest commandment , love the sinner , not the sin , etc . . . basically ; LOVE & ACCEPTANCE are the christian ways & are the basic rules of christianity . i pretty much only see christians (& guys) being the ones so homophobic & hateful against gays , having all these excuses like "they`re sinners" & what not . ummm , AREN`T WE ALL ? being gay is no worse of a sin than lying , or better than murder . sin is sin , we all do it . so yes , i can not staaaaaaand it when christians try to make themselves look superior & so godly & acting like they know better than everyone else because they`re putting gays down . what`s wrong with them ?! they have two eyes , a nose , a mouth , philangees & love just like straight people ! how are they so different ? they`re not , & people are just too stupid & ignorant & closed minded to see that . marriage is such a beautiful thing , & i think everyone should be allowed to enjoy it . so i`m all for gay marriages . people are people & everyone deserves the right to be happy .
another thing , i don`t get why gay couples have to go through hell & back to adopt a kid . they`d rather keep a poor innocent homeless kid in a foster home / adoption agency than give them to two loving parents who happen to be the same gender & love them for the rest of their lives ? america (& other countries) , you never cease to disgust me .
@salvatruca_stalking_havok13@xanga - Liar. Teh gayz ruin happy stable families with their gayness and their wanting to be happy. obvs.
However, I agree. It really shouldn't matter who your lover is. Male, female, tranny, whatever. If you love that person, shouldn't that be all that matters? I mean, hell, look at how most straight marriages end. Shouldn't we give happy couples a chance to kill that 50% divorce rate percentage?
I totally agree with you! I don't understand why some people have a problem with gay marriage. What is so wrong with two women getting married or two men getting married? How will it affect marriage between a man and a women? To me gay couples deserve to be married, marriage is a wonderful thing, why should we deny them that?
Agreed!
I sincerely hope that one day people will see gay marriage as we now see interracial marriage... It's love, and it's good!
I really don't know what else to say except that I completely agree with you!
Quite a few of my friends are gay/lesbian and sometimes it just kills me to think about how they would be treated if they decided that they wanted to marry the person they're dating. I've never thought of them as being different from me even if they are homosexual, they're still human beings and honestly some of the greatest people I have ever met.
Thank you for posting this
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NO IT IS NOT !
People of the same gender CANNOT love each other, and the gender's CANNOT be "oriented" towards themselves!
Genuine, true, total LOVE is ONLY between a man and a woman.
Make no mistake either...that those so fiendishly arrogant, so callously self-obsessed as to go 'homo-sexual', and who consider the other gender as being totally beneath and unworthy of their love...will AGGRESSIVELY state that their vain, removed, "rainbow love" is far and away, higher and better than "boring" 'straight love'!
It's 'funny' that those pushing and supporting so-called "same sex" 'love' or 'orientation'...pushing 'HOMO-sexuality'...then mention "difference", and people that are "different" to them...when those so callously and conceitedly going 'HOMO-sexual' feel nothing but contempt for, and deny their love to those who are actually, truly DIFFERENT to them...to those that are HETERO to them!
There is no lies that can dress the perversity of "homo-sexuality" up to the level of being an 'orientation'...there is NO immutable 'cause' for 'homo-sexuality'....and this inverted, biased, shallow, vain mockery of love is NOT anywhere near the balance, the creativity, the dynamism, the spirituality, the spectrum, the grandeur of TRUE LOVE between WOMAN & MAN !
@S_K_O_T@xanga - i hope you know this post is talking to YOU , troll . what have gays done to you ? i`m genuinely curious
This topic, as a lesbian, is a hard thing to discuss. As people, we all have our prejudices, and flaws. I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated. I try to be respectful of other people's children so I am not big on PDA. Truth of the matter is though, I don't appreciate being glared at or seeing someone shield their kids' eyes from me and my partner like I'm commiting some lude act. We could just be holding hands. Minding our own business. Not doing anything rash, not flaunting. Just being a couple. :shrugs:
I understand that it's complicated and "hard" to talk to children about gay people. I guess. I mean, it's not any harder than talking to them about Romeo and Juliet. Kids are bombarded with heterosexuality. Relationships are suppose to be about love and commitment. The end. I don't understand either, why things have to always be so hard. Always have to be such a big deal. I believe you're right though, it will pass in time. Hell, whoever thought 50 years ago that we'd have a black president. Not to say I know what kind of job he's doing but hey. Lol. :shrugs a little:
It's a worn topic. Some other minority will come along and the "gays" will jump onto the banwaggon against them. Someone told me once that if people single out others then the attention wont be on them. I believe it. How can you not? If it wasn't true then you wouldn't see black people fighting against gay rights. You wouldn't see Jewish people, or Hispanics, or any other minority.
I could talk about this all day. But as I've said, it's a tired subject. One that's eventually going to simply be talked to death.
Try not to worry about it all that much. :smiles a little: I appreciate your support though.
I believe that one day gay marriage will be legal in the United States.
@live_for_love@xanga - Of course not. "Hell is eternal, just like your marriage is supposed to be."
@My_Imperfect_Words@xanga - i sure won`t . it`s something that needs to be accepted & not so looked down on . not wanting people to be happy & not have to worry about when it comes time to fall in love , can they without being scrutinized ? this is why no one can get along . i`d love for someone to tell me what`s so wrong about gays .
Amen sister.
@materialactress@xanga - Well, whether love is blind or not is quite debatable, I myself honestly don't know the answer to that, but then yes, regardless of your gender and sexual orientation, I believe that love is still love. Whatever form it is in, love is love. But then "love" that is fragile isn't love after all, the strength of a bond defines the relationship. Oh, but then in reality, gender and sexual orientation does have a varied effect on how individuals express their love, you know, social stereotypes and stuffs do have their origins and they somehow affect many individuals to varied degrees.
@venomouscrush@xanga - Oh yes, it's talking to me alright, and saying all the wrong things! And there's that "troll" thing again...it seems like only those who speak against liberalism are "trolls", but those who chime in either boasting about their new "sexuality" or else championing such depravity, are all fine and dandy? A troll waits under a bridge for people to come by...that's not me...I'll seek out and confront this evil.
The evil of 'homosexuality' (there is NO immutable elite called "gays"!) hurts ALL people! It hurts me, and all other people, socially and personally...you should THINK about how and why!
@TheModernBunny@xanga - well, yes, I believe so too, whether traditionalists like it or not; the world does not stop revolving...
I don't really think after decades of infidelity, sexual scandals, and a skyrocketing divorce rate, that heterosexuals have any room to dictate about the "sanctity of marriage."
I think the whole problem is that people aren't minding their own business and respecting the constitution. If you have an issue with homosexuality, then GREAT- don't be with someone of the same gender. I can't understand why people are constantly inserting their religious beliefs and personal issues into the relationships of complete strangers. It's ridiculous.
@S_K_O_T@xanga - stupid troll is stupid.
@S_K_O_T@xanga - Butt secks hurts only if you don't use enough lube, or the right kind. I could recommend some brands for you, if you'd like. :D
can't wait until datingish blocks skot. or he gets accidentally trodden on by some epic aliens from krypton, or something. o.o
@My_Imperfect_Words@xanga - You are NOT "a lesbian"...NO-ONE "is" "a lesbian"! What ARROGANCE!
Remember, it was indeed ROMEO & JULIET! Not "Juliet and Juliet"!
Heterosexuality is NATURAL, Heterosexuality is INNATE !
It is "homo-sexuality" that people, and even worse kids, are being BOMBARDED with now...so don't lie about it!
The callous, irresponsible vanity of "lesbianism" is NOT akin to race or ethnicity.
What you're doing, your conceited attitude, and vulgar "lifestyle", is NOT deserving of any "support"...it is deserving of confrontation and admonishment...and you should STOP what you're doing!
@My_Imperfect_Words@xanga - "I don't appreciate being glared at or seeing someone shield their kids' eyes from me and my partner like I'm commiting some lude act. We could just be holding hands. Minding our own business. Not doing anything rash, not flaunting. Just being a couple."
I totally understand your situation even though I have never been homosexual in any stage of my life, but I am unconventional and I do not like people glaring at me and avoiding me too. However, one should understand why people do what they do. I think that it is nothing wrong with people disliking me or even avoiding me, people avoid what they dislike, it is natural and I don't think I want my freedom of avoiding people that I dislike or am afraid of. It is only natural that I respect their rights. But the other fact is: Parents do not want their children to become homosexual because they want their kids to have babies and inherit their stuffs, you know. They want to prevent their children from being influenced in early stages of their lives and converted into homosexuals (at least this is what they think may possibly happen). And the other thing is they personally find it disgusting and they think that their children may find it disgusting too... There are so many reasons as to why people do what they did, whether those deeds appear good or evil.
@nowayout001@xanga - Yup. Fortunately traditionalists don't run the world. Progress does. :)