Sometimes I read newspapers online and I came across this one letter in the Lowell Sun (Massachusetts). This lady was kind of up in arms about protecting children and that SSM would expose kids to the FACT that homosexuals exist and it was like exposing kids to the plague or something. I was reding along, she thinks we should have the the rights and protection but don't call it a marriage for the standard reasons, Bible, Tradition, and so on. I was getting really ticked off. No one seems to remember the early Christian church had a same sex marriage ceremony, that marrige was reserved for the wealthy and everyone else just shacked up. Revisionist history, sheesh! So I get to the end of the letter and I read her name. Then I had to clean Sprite off my monitor.
I digress, Shakespeare said whats in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. So, why is it so important to deny SSM for Biblical reasons, tradition, ect when in reality it happened way back then?
2007-08-07 07:24:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Link to the letter, check out her name, just struck me as funny
http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_6499593
2007-08-07 07:24:47 · update #1
I doubt that a little change in semantics will satisfy her.
Mary Seman needs a man... Just kiddin'... Seriously, with all due respect to individuals who do not agree with same sex marriage, I too am clueless as to why there has been such anger and passion in opposing its civil right.
To answer CK loves Chimichanga's concern on how valid the statement: "..., that marriage was reserved to the wealthy and everyone else just shacked up," can be found in Emile Durkeim's "Divisions of Labor."
2007-08-07 17:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
About 2000 years ago men married men for love and women for property and this went on for 1000's of years. So some homophoes still use history to say something is wrong why dont they just read real history Marriage was used many ways and defintions are more modern and stiffer than in the past.
2007-08-07 07:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by wreaser2000 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those that claim it's just about the precious "M" word are generally liars. When they say we should all have the same rights and protections, what they really mean is that we're free to go back into hiding and marry someone of the opposite sex. Fact is that even as they babble on and on publicly about this "sacred" institution, they're quietly fighting against even the most basic institutions for the protection of our families, like domestic partner registries, and continue to fight against equal benefits, hospital visitation, and inheritance rights.
2007-08-07 07:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by kena2mi 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fear...of change. Ignorance of others. Rearing. Religious nuts.
There is NO threat to the institution of marriage. I think same sex marriage is on the same line as interracial marriage. It will just take time for it to be accepted.
No 2 people should be denied marriage rights. (assuming they are of age and consenting)
2007-08-07 07:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by zzyzx08 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The funny thing is that Gay Marriage happened in Canada...and all the controversy died a slow death...the moral fabric of society has held here...we are still operating like a normal everyday civilized country. After it happens I guess on these crusaders go on to new crusades...anything to give meaning to their lives.....
2007-08-07 12:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Straight people now have a gvmt protected monopoly on what a marriage is. When was the last time someone freely gave up something like that?
2007-08-07 07:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm sick of this issue. People are making a big deal out of this whole gay marriage. I guess those close-minded people just don't comprehend that we're entitled to happiness like them. Bible this, bible that... come on, they're committing sins, if even worse.
2007-08-07 07:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate the argument that kids should not be exposed to homosexuality.
What happened to diversifying our culture? What happened to becoming more tolerant? What happened to what the Civil Rights era proclaimed?
It's like they're reversing time.
2007-08-07 07:32:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
People are scared of change.
If we are able to rewrite the laws of marriage, whats next. Thats what I think they think.
My opinion is why should we care, we are humans too and we deserve the same rights and privileges as anyone else.
2007-08-07 07:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because of ignorance, of course.
I mean, these are the same people who are on their second or third husband. Anyone heard of the sin of divorce? And for them to have the AUDACITY to actually have children with another man... for shame.
2007-08-07 07:28:22 · answer #10 · answered by [192882] 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋