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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 11, 2012 at 3:55 am
I am surprised he did this before the election...
But it has one benefit (ahahahaha... the lies): I'll be voting for a president. The futility of it all... I just want to see another little number for him on the 'popularity vote'.
Marriage isn't much, but it's legally binding... WITH BENEFITS!
Also romantic.
* Violet is seriously getting married because it is romantic and her girlfriend needs visitation rights..
As for the 'debate': I feel marriage should be irrelevant. Utterly nothing legally, and next to that socially. Unfortunately, the schmucks that be seem to think that peasants were married back when the bullshit was invented.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 11, 2012 at 7:58 am
(May 11, 2012 at 1:41 am)C Rod Wrote: Based on the law of the land or religion?
Really, it doesn't matter. In my country, all marriages have to be performed by civil servants. Still doesn't grant homosexuals the privilage to marry.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 11, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Are gay people not citizens? Your whole definition of marriage is vulgar. You should want romanticism for all, love for all.
You make marriage a means of control and unequally and its gonna end up like all other mistakes we've made, a man with a gun never wants to give up his gun.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 3:52 am
(May 11, 2012 at 8:53 pm)C Rod Wrote: Are gay people not citizens? Your whole definition of marriage is vulgar. You should want romanticism for all, love for all.
You make marriage a means of control and unequally and its gonna end up like all other mistakes we've made, a man with a gun never wants to give up his gun.
Marriage is about control. It's about self-control.Those who are unable of controlling themselves, soon find their marriage in trouble.
Love? Sure, it only leads you to marriage, perhaps...Other than that, it plays little role in a marriage. Actions, not feelings describe a marriage.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 4:07 am
But 2 gays cant have self control because you wont let them marry?
Love is what keeps 2 people together, its those feelings, that connection, that brings about action. And you call that action marriage but it is just a consequence of love, and your trying to tell 2 people that they cant love, that they cant act.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 4:13 am
(May 12, 2012 at 4:07 am)C Rod Wrote: But 2 gays cant have self control because you wont let them marry?
Love is what keeps 2 people together, its those feelings, that connection, that brings about action. And you call that action marriage but it is just a consequence of love, and your trying to tell 2 people that they cant love, that they cant act. Really, these are all irrelevant.
Marriage is between a man and a woman. If you are going to change this, call it something else. Abolish marriage, and bring something new instead. But don't call it marriage.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 5:03 am
I have to give credit for Obama for taking a principled stand, this is refreshing from my point of view.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 6:14 am
(May 12, 2012 at 4:07 am)C Rod Wrote: But 2 gays cant have self control because you wont let them marry?
Love is what keeps 2 people together, its those feelings, that connection, that brings about action. And you call that action marriage but it is just a consequence of love, and your trying to tell 2 people that they cant love, that they cant act.
I don't agree with many things you say C-rod.
But in this thread, instead of dogma and intolerance you have shown compassion, wisdom and understanding.
All the things that so many christians claim yet rarely if ever display.
My hat is off to you my friend.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 8:29 am
(May 12, 2012 at 4:13 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Really, these are all irrelevant.
Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Or a man and a bunch of women, or a rapist and his victim, or a dirty old pervert and a 6 year old girl, or a man and livestock(but you have to kill the goat afterwards apparently) and so on and on.
But not between two consenting adults of the same sex who love each each other.
Because that would be wrong.
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RE: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
May 12, 2012 at 8:56 am
(May 12, 2012 at 4:13 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Marriage is between a man and a woman. Clearly not, since gays CAN get married in some places, including ALL of Canada.
Quote:If you are going to change this, call it something else. Abolish marriage, and bring something new instead. But don't call it marriage.
So gay marriage is okay as long as it's not called marriage..? What the fuck. That doesn't change anything. It would still be a formal commitment between two people.
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