If you've ever met me, you know I'm a pretty hardcore Liberal. My views on gay marriage are no exception. Marriage is based on love, NOT gender. Banning same sex marriage is discrimination. Homosexuals should not have to defend their right to marriage, because there is no constitutional argument against gay marriage. Plain and simple. Every person opposed to gay marriage I know states one of the following two reasons for his or her opinion: "It's gross." or "It's wrong. Look it up in the Bible." First off, let me say that if everything that some people consider gross were banned, we would no longer have access to spinach, pornography, lingerie, or any form of female hygiene products (name a guy who doesn't think tampons and pads are disgusting), and masturbation would be punishable. Just because YOU think something is gross doesn't mean that those with a different opinion should be denied their right to that thing. Second, although America is generally considered a Christian nation, that does NOT mean that our laws should reflect every line of the Bible. Think of all the subdivisions of the Christian church, each with its own interpretation of the Bible. If we did base our laws on the Bible, who would decide which interpretation to accept as law? But the reality is that our laws are not based on any religious beliefs. Gay marriage harms no one, and does not infringe on the rights of anyone, so I see no reason for it to be banned.
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I agree with you gay marriage was never a constitutional banned law, and religion has nothing to do with it. The State and the Church and separat, and so are the laws of the STate, and thus I find no reason like you said in denying people of homosexual orientation their rights and freedom to be who they are. I mean I hate it when people refer to them, as "homos" or "fags", which is very insulting. The truth is they are just like you and me. And just because they are of a different orientation, it doesn't make the less or the worse as beings. THey are who they are. And I say this with emphasis because I have witnessed in the student body in my school, where constantly people are deriding students who are secretly of a homosexual orientation. I can assure many of my friends are homosexual, and they are not different, but the same exact people I knew since we were little kids.
But yeah I just want to applaud you on your post..good job, and good topic to choose =)
Hassan Moustafa
you're completely correct.
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spinach... would definitely have to go.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Huxley
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." -Gandhi
I'll just copy my rant from your blog on myspace:
Note: This was in reaction to two homophobes and conservative Christians, who handed me some ridiculous comments against gay marriage
God o god, I sense a very heinously antipathetic argument coming on account of this blog. The two people that posted before me display the acme of American society nowadays. I honestly have never in my life heard anyone utter an argument against gay marriage that I thought was worth pondering. However people seem to put it, the arguments can always be summarized with 'It's disgusting', 'It's wrong' or 'I just don't like it'. Then, to give a certain sense of credibility to the matter, some people add 'I'm simply homophobic'. I will not even douse myself in a rant about people who say stuff like 'there is a reason the sexual organs fit into one another'. Clint, I like you, but I witnessed more eloquence and intelligence in 4 year-olds. People, you might not like homosexual people and you might not feel comfortable with them, but why would you let your biased opinion deprive people, that simply can't help liking the same gender, of the right of a civil union. What makes them less human?
Then there is the age-old argument that it is frowned upon by the Bible. For all you Christians: the Bible isn't a form of law! Whatever is stated in the Bible should not affect legislation. This is a country that claims to have a separation of church and state, even though many things tell us otherwise. Because the majority of Americans is Christian, we should enforce laws that are put forth in the Bible? That is utterly preposterous. I, for one, am a fervent opponent of the generalized assumption of Christianity in historic texts, such as the Pledge of Allegiance. I think the line 'one nation, under God' is a very discreetly manipulative line and I, myself, never say that line. Why would you assume everybody lives by God? How on Earth do you people think the Bible is an early form of a constitution? There is such a thing as separation of church and state.
I do not care that you disagree with me. Many Americans disagree with me. But I find the attitude of the majority of opponents of gay marriage absolutely despicable.
I rest my case
"Gay marriage harms no one,"... girl do yo research! not physically, but emotionally
"...girl do yo research! not physically, but emotionally"
Um, how so? I mean emotionally. How would it harm you emotionally, if you don't mind me asking.
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"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."~MPATHG
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...that actually supports the idea that homosexuality per se is the source of any particular form of meaningful physical or mental dysfunction?
Perhaps you would like to educate yourself before you answer...
What most doctors say about homosexuality: A collection of policy statements by the major professional associations in the relevant fields.
http://www.progressiveu.org/132044-what-most-doctors-say-about-homosexua...
TTFN,
percivale
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Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici ~ V.
You really should go into more detail... Are you saying that a gay couple, say, Adam and Steve, getting married causes emotional harm to themselves or to their straight neighbors? Could you please cite a source?