| >But I think its gays trying to take something from straight people. A gay couple getting married does not in any way, shape, or form impact another striaght person's marriage, and I challenge you to prove otherwise. You arguments are taken nearly VERBATIM from the anti-miscegenation movements of a few decades ago. Blacks marrying whites impacts the sanctity of traditional marriage and will harm children" and on and on and on. There is almost no argument that marriage equality opponents use that wasn't also used against that back then. That alone should cause you to seriously think twice about the rhetoric you're using, here. A few decades ago it was race mixing, now it's homosexuals. Same players, same arguments, same justifications. This isn't really relevant to the point on any logical level beyond trivia, but still, think on it. >They get infuriated when straight people don't want to recognize them. The fact that you think this is very telling. It's completely wrong. It's that simple. This has nothing to do with what people think, it has nothing to do with feelings or emotions. It's about actions and causes and effects. Concrete, observable things. I couldn't give two shits what you think of my relationships - that is your concern. Where I do care is when I am unconstitutionally denied rights for no good reason. You are telling me that getting the same tax breaks a married couple does, the ability to see my partner in the hospital, that kind of thing, somehow, is SO deleterious to you in some fashion, so negative, that I should be denied those rights. Fair enough. We're all adults here. Objectively define that negative impact and then we'll talk. >So they are taking something - our freedom to interpret our own reality. You can interpret your own reality however you wish. You can not, however, violate the equal protection clause of the constitution to deny certain people rights just because you feel that it's icky (and I must point out that you haven't brought forward any argument yet that doesn't stem from your personal feelings). |