I personally don't care what two homosexual men or two consenting lesbians do in their own time. Their relationship is their own business. And I feel that the issue is deliberately being brought up to try and energize conservative voters. Nevertheless the issue is valid. The issue has more to do with rule of law and activism than anything else. Here in California, we had a Proposition 22 which banned gay marriage. All it took was one judge to thwart the will of the people. BTW, California is a liberal state, and the people voted overwhelmingly for Prop 22.
This issue also deals with activists trying to redefine institutions and cultural norms to their likings rather than respecting what the institution is. And just what is the institution of marriage:
From Merriam Webster:
Marriage Noun: 1. The state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband and wife. 2. The mutual relationship as husband and wife. :wedlock 3. The institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependance for the purposes of founding and maintaining a family.
Sounds pretty clear to me. I don't know why Homosexual couples just won't push for civil unions and leave the institution of marriage alone. That way they get the same benefits of marriage without destroying the institution. I don't think many would be opposed to that. I certainly wouldn't. But with definitions like the one above.....it's impossible for homosexual couples to be legally married. And definitions like the one above go hand in hand with law.
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Originally Posted by Umfuld
Skybird's thoughts are so offensive to me I'm not even going to digfnify them with a response. And I'm heterosexual.
I don't know, it frightens me that people feel so free to express their bigotries with no fear of any consequences.
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You know, words such as "bigot", "racist", "xenophobe", "homophobe" get thrown around all too often by those that fear the debate. This is the reason that these words just don't have the impact they used to have. These terms have been overly abused. People have used these terms to death as tools to shut down honest debate. I'm sorry, it just doesn't work the way it used to. There are real bigots, racists and such out there. But most of the time I find these words used in a bogus way.