Gay Marriage
August 31st, 2014 at 2:30:50 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11808 |
Go Scotty, taking B apart piece by piece. Lovin it. +60 billion double ( anime reference, bounty for Vash the Stampede) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
August 31st, 2014 at 2:50:36 AM permalink | |
Beethoven Member since: Apr 27, 2014 Threads: 18 Posts: 640 | LOL! I knew you really weren't ignoring my posts even though you tried to make it sound that way. ;) Boron Boron Boron rhymes with moron, moron, moron |
August 31st, 2014 at 9:45:42 AM permalink | |
boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 | Enjoy your ban, Scotty! Quite simply, gay people AREN'T NORMAL. They're gay and represent a small minority of the population and therefore aren't normal. Blacks aren't normal either. They're also a minority of the population with cultulral and societal differences than their white counterparts. For example, 83% of African-Americans are Christian. More than 50% attend a Christian church at least once a month (Pew Research). It is natural for humankind to recognize exceptions and to keep together with like people. For hundreds of years it was quite acceptable to make black people slaves simply because most white people (at the time) thought they were inferior. Some people still feel that way. Some people still feel that gay people are inferior too. Just because people "aren't normal" doesn't mean we shouldn't make ways to accept them into mainstream society or to give them access to the same benefits that "normal" people have. |
September 2nd, 2014 at 5:46:25 AM permalink | |
chickenman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 368 |
Huh? You been Bogarting that joint again? That lame post did nothing of the sort. BTW, see you fixed your sig. He's everywhere, he's everywhere...! |
September 2nd, 2014 at 10:09:49 AM permalink | |
kewlj Member since: Apr 6, 2013 Threads: 3 Posts: 40 | I don't see the point in arguing or even discussing gay marriage any more. It's a done deal. 20 some cases in a row have all gone the same way. And they have gone the same way for a reason...because the supreme court ruling which indicated that is the way they were going, when the time comes. And the time is fast approaching. No doubt they will take one of these appealed cases this fall and make things official throughout the land come next summer. These cases all seem to go pretty much the same way. The pro gay marriage people make their case that gay people are not being treated equal. The anti- gay marriage people are unable to ever come up with a reason as to how they are damaged or harmed by allowing gays to marry. End of story. Now, honestly, this whole gay marriage issue creates problems for me. I do believe two people who love each other and want to share their lives and property have that right, regardless of what sex they are. BUT personally, I am very happy with my situation. I reside with the person I love and have protected both our interests in certain legal situations. I personally, don't need a piece of paper to legitimize my feelings. So far, I have been able to buy time by saying that I don't wish to get married somewhere else. My partner doesn't feel the same way, so when (not if but when) gay marriage becomes legal in Nevada, it will force my hand to do something. |
September 2nd, 2014 at 10:19:47 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11808 |
I agree, Gay marraige is almost a done deal in this country. The conservative argument that this opens the door to polygamy being legal is ridicilous. polygamy only takes place in tiny cults in TX, AZ and UT, gays are everywhere. My prediction, gay marraige legal, polygamy will remail illegal. Thats just the way its gonna be. Hypocritical, ilogical, who cares, one will be legal, the other not legal. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
September 2nd, 2014 at 11:20:02 AM permalink | |
Beethoven Member since: Apr 27, 2014 Threads: 18 Posts: 640 | ...by activist judges on the Court of Appeals, NOT the Supreme Court. Which Supreme Court ruling are you talking about??? ...and they make an incredibly poor case each and every time. But gay marriage (like abortion) shouldn't even be in the courts. Why can't the pro-gay marriage crowd (and the pro-abortion crowd, for the matter) just accept the will of the people when gay marriage (or abortion) is voted down? Cool, I have major respect for you for that. I don't know why so many other gays are hellbent on the word "marriage". This issue could be easily solved by having civil unions that provide the same rights as marriage. Boron Boron Boron rhymes with moron, moron, moron |
September 2nd, 2014 at 11:23:21 AM permalink | |
Beethoven Member since: Apr 27, 2014 Threads: 18 Posts: 640 | Um, yeah.....is that why you keep REFUSING to explain how it's so ridiculous"? Beethoven: Please present a decent argument in favor of gay marriage. terapined: You're blocked! Beethoven: *facepalm* Gays are 2% of the population. If that's not "tiny", then I don't know what is. Who cares?!?! Why do you ONLY support equal rights for gays, but NOT Muslims?? Many Muslims around the world practice polygamy. What do you have against these peaceful, loving Muslims who just want to be treated the same way as gays??? Boron Boron Boron rhymes with moron, moron, moron |
September 3rd, 2014 at 12:49:15 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Like dump him, maybe? You have far more to give in the relationship than him, obviously. Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit when the time comes. Gay's don't have the wonderful experience of the partner getting pregnant on purpose, there is that. Consider yourself lucky. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 4th, 2014 at 4:36:13 PM permalink | |
Beethoven Member since: Apr 27, 2014 Threads: 18 Posts: 640 | Federal judge upholds gay marriage ban in Louisiana Oops, not quite! Boron Boron Boron rhymes with moron, moron, moron |