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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
It's only a huge issue because biased people make it so. My only bias here is against those who would dictate to others how they must live their lives.
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And there it is - the ultimate falsehood in this whole thing. Steve - please note I am not accusing you of lying - your repeating the disinformation that is constantly put out there.
This doesn't say 2 men or 2 women can't spend their lives together. It doesn't tell them what they can or cannot do in the privacy of their own home. It does not force them to seperate their lives and move on without one another.
To say that this tells other how they MUST live their lives is a total perversion of the truth.
Let me give another, related example. Polygamy. Yes - its illegal. But what is the "legal" definition? Being "married" - as defined by the state - to more than one person. But guess what - many poly families don't need some state recognition of their relationship. True relationships are not defined by a marriage certificate signed by some beaurocrat. If it is, then its not worth the paper it would have been printed on. I know of a few poly families, am friends with them - and yes there is only one "legal" marriage (or sometimes not one at all) involved - but everyone has a love for another in certain ways.
Know what - they don't care that polygamy is illegal - because the state can't define their love for each other. This isn't about relationships and what is or isn't allowed - its about forcing societal change.
No one can tell those families that there can't be 4 or 5 adults in one house. No one can tell them who can "sleep" with whom. Just as this amendment doesn't stop any couple of people of the same sex choosing to do the exact same thing.
Its never been about what people can or can't do - its been about making everyone else accept what some people do in their bedrooms. Its none of anyone's business - and it wouldn't be an issue if those that want to have same sex relationships didn't want to flaunt their bedroom preferences to the rest of the world. Its was none of anyone's business - till they decided to make it everyone's business.