I'm serious. What's so bad about being gay? (I'm heterosexual myself, but I support gay rights.) I know that most religions condemn homosexuality as being unnatural and an "abomination," but how does that apply to gay rights and acceptance in society? We do NOT live in a theocracy! All American citizens are granted the right to pursue happiness, and there is no law (to my knowledge) that dictates whom a given individual may be romantically or sexually attracted to. The beliefs of any religion to do not apply to the laws of the United States of America. So I raise the question, "why are civil unions unavailable to adult members persons who happen to be of the same sex?"
To the people who claim that "marriage is between a man and a woman," I say, "okay." A marriage is really more a religious thing to most people. If you don't want homosexual couples married in your house of worship because homosexuality is against your religion, okay. But what about CIVIL UNION? A church marriage mean ZILCH in the USA. A church/synagogue/mosque can recognize your marriage, but that means jack squat to Uncle Sam unless you signed a marriage certificate in front of a notary and the marriage was officiated by a licensed individual. Then, your union is recognized by the government. Civil Union means that two individuals may be joined in a legal union in the eyes of the government. That's all any married couple has in the USA, anyway. The government cannot support or promote any religion according to the Constitution, so it cannot favor one type of marriage or union over another, despite prejudices surrounding homosexual couples.
I would also like to point out that on legal documents, the term CIVIL STATUS refers to whether or not you are married, divorced, or single. Civil as in "legal." Civil Unions are legal unions. Legislators, as well as most of the American people, are prejudiced against homosexuals for one reason or another, because they are denied the same legal unions as heterosexual couples. I guess we're not all created equal...
Q: What's so bad about being gay?
A: Nothing.
TTFN,
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is that there isn't enough support in Congress to push the right bills through to legalize nationwide gay marriage. And as long as Georgie is still loitering inside the Oval Office...nothing will get through. Perhaps when he's gone somthing sensible will occur.
is that there isn't enough support in Congress to push the right bills through to legalize nationwide gay marriage. And as long as Georgie is still loitering inside the Oval Office...nothing will get through. Perhaps when he's gone somthing sensible will occur.
From what I've seen, the problem is not with those who are gay/lesbian/bi The problem is with those who have personal insecurities, are afraid of those different from them, think they themselves are so hot no gay/lesbian/bi person can resist them, aren't willing to question & examine beliefs they were taught as a child, or haven't come to grips with their own sexual orientation so are hateful/condemning/judging to throw up a smokescreen so no one will know.
In the end the result is the same (as is the case with sexism & racism): stupid, hurtful, narrow-minded, outdated, and wrong.
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NOT A DARN THING!!!!
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Biologically things should ONLY come out of an anus
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...that reveals the bigotry in your character that you have in the past denied. It bespeaks a sophomoric attitude of hateful intolerance, not to mention more than a little ignorance. (After all, not all or I would suggest even MOST gay people engage in anal sex, and in fact there are quite a few heterosexual folks who do participate in such activities). Your comment denotes bigoted stereotype, and a rather silly one at that. People who do engage in this sort of activity do so because it is pleasurable to do so, and owe you neither an explanation nor a justification for their activities.
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I think you may have emphasized the wrong word. "Out" would be more to your point than "only." It kind of looks like you're saying that all things should come out of an anus, as opposed to coming out of anything else.
As far as the point I know you're trying to make goes, I dunno. I'd feel kind of silly swallowing a suppository.
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What's wrong with being gay? Well since I am a lesbian I can't see anything wrong with it.
Personally, with the whole Gay Marriage/Civil Unions thing, I don't care what they call it as long as all the rights are the same
I am personally okay with gays/lesbian/bi people liking each other I don't even mind them getting married unless its on holy ground. I'm sorry but churches are supposed to be sacred. If Same sex marriage was legalized churches would be forced to let couples get married and could be sued if they didn't. There would be no line between church and state. Now please understand. My aunt is lesbian and when i told where i stood, she was angry with me but once it was explained to her why she understood. i don't want my temple, my holy sacred temple thats hard for even me, a member of my church to get into to just have its doors flung wide open for anyone to enter. Thats not right. Again please don't take offense to this at all i really am okay with people liking the same sex its just the whole marrying in my church thing that irks me.
No church would be forced to marry gay couples.
Leave Canada, please - Canadian Dude
...by those who wished to "protect" their churches from having to perform interracial marriages just a few decades ago. And, those concerns were as baseless then as they are now. There is no basis in Constituional Law that would permit the government to force a church to perform a religious ceremony for anyone, for any reason.
TTFN,
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From what I know, the only religions people point to for their anti-gay (and anti-bi, too) biases are Abrahamic (namely Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.) But at least for Christianity, it's not even a Sin. Seriously, at least skim it, because he can explain this a lot better than I can. I think a lot of people just like to use their religion as an excuse for their own prejudices and bigotries.
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Being gay is not a bad thing. I'm not gay but I support gay rights and them having the same exact rights as heterosexual couples. People have a problem with it because they're religious, and for the person that said that their church shouldn't have to be allowed to marry gays, well there are several other places to allow people to get married. Churches will probably deny homosexuals and them getting married in their church by their holy people, but I believe one day that homosexuals can marry or have civil unions with equal rights. Then they don't need to get married in religious areas if the church or any other religious institution denies them. The law will be by gays sides.