21Feb/04Off
Gay Marriage Too
The subject that I wrote about last weekend has continued to be an active one throughout the week, with many more people heading to San Francisco, two (failed) legal challenges to the mayor there's action, and now Governor Schwarznegger himself stepping in to put a stop to it.
I'm more exercised about this situation in the US than I am about the pros and cons of gay marriage generally, because as I noted last week 'the defence of marriage' has become a code phrase for 'the attack on gay people' in the US, and the prospect of an amendment to the Constitution which would effectively make it impossible for there ever to be equality of gay and straight relationships is all-too-likely.
August 31st, 2004 - 00:55
I believe that everyone has a right and we can’t just tell people they don’t have a right to marry who they please. Now just because I’m a Christian doesn’t mean anything. Yes the bible says that but the bible also said it gave us free will. So it’s there choice to follow the rules not ours to make for them.
September 27th, 2004 - 18:01
sure, the bible gives us free will, we can choose to do evil, or we can choose morality. we can choose to kill or support life, we can choose by honoring God and honoring the sex he gave us, or defying God and turning away from him in the pain you have from experinces with men and women. its all choice.
October 4th, 2004 - 22:38
In my personal opinion, I think that homosexual people have just as many rights as any other person in America. This IS America! This country is supposed to be all about freedom and equal rights, but not allowing a homosexual couple that love eachother just as much as any straight couple does is VERY, VERY hypocritical. It seriously pisses me off when people think that ‘legalizing gay marriage’ isn’t a good idea, because homosexuals are people too. They have hearts, minds, and souls; they breath the same air as we do. They eat, sleep, and crap! When they’re cut, they bleed too. I’d like you to tell me one reason, that’s good enough for me, on why ‘gay marriage’ shouldn’t be legalized! Because I sure as hell can’t think of one damn reason!
October 5th, 2004 - 12:49
america, the land of the “free”, bringing “freedom” to the world as long as they have oil
October 24th, 2004 - 20:35
i beleive that all of you who tease the ones who stand up for their rights are afriad of being indipendent and strong and you are the ones who need oil for when you takeing your foot out of either you mouth or your ass.
October 25th, 2004 - 09:07
It’s reassuring to me that this remains a forum for high-level intellectual discourse.
Please – do keep it up.
October 25th, 2004 - 12:33
it never ceases to amaze me the lack of context that goes into these fringe posts. I mean seriously, what the hell is tia going on about here …