Anti-Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendments?

I agree with Matthew Good's "Sick of Myself," because I am also sick of him.

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Originally Posted by burgundy

I agree with Matthew Good's "Sick of Myself," because I am also sick of him.

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by burgundy

I would however support an amendment banning shitty homocentric television programming aimed at the mainstream. Queer Eye, Queer as Folk, the gay-based reality show premiering next week on FOX and absolutely anything involving Ellen Degeneres that isn't Finding Nemo all totally fucking suck.

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you would probably enjoy Straight Plan For the Gay Man then. Comedy Central, Mondays at 10pm.

i didn't see it mentioned, hoping it might've (in the slightest) since i plan on using it for a class, but there was a judge or mayor that said something along the lines of "those who would prevent same-sex marriages, would also put Rosa Parks at the back of the bus." i'm wondering if anyone knows the exact quote and who said it because i can't find it anywhere. it might've just been a local news thing though.

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Originally Posted by bbobb

This further backs my desire to get rid of state sponsored marriage. Keep your God's name out of my government. You take your God's name out of this and I'll be quite happy, but as long as the state is sponsoring it then I don't see any religious arguement against Gay Marriage and yet for Civil Unions as valid.

Our Deistic fore fathers made it a point to keep religious references out of the constitution and I'd prefer to keep it that way.

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I am in total agreement with you on this matter. The way I see it EVERYBODY should have to have a civil union first to deal with the legalities THEN go to the church to deal with the spiritual aspect of the union. Those who don't give a damn what God thinks wouldn't have to go through all the bother of a ceremony and would still retain all the legal benifits of marriage.

If Dubya does this, all it will give is a reason to "break" the foundations of the government when humans progress/degenerate in a hundred or so years time. Don't you need a referendum when you make amendments to the constitution anyway?

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Originally Posted by Ashen Victor

but there was a judge or mayor that said something along the lines of "those who would prevent same-sex marriages, would also put Rosa Parks at the back of the bus."

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Honest to God I am getting just a little more than pissed off that people keep using the civil rights struggle as a basis of comparison for this bullshit. IT IS NOT THE SAME!!!

I do NOT appreciate having my grandparents' pain to made a mockery!!

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

Honest to God I am getting just a little more than pissed off that people keep using the civil rights struggle as a basis of comparison for this bullshit. IT IS NOT THE SAME!!!

I do NOT appreciate having my grandparents' pain to made a mockery!!

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You're discriminating about different forms of discrimination? That's classic.

What is the historical basis of marriage? I know it's a Catholic sacrament but I also assume marriage (at least in concept) existed before and outside of Judeo-Christianity.

Were marriages ever presided over by states, or were they handled exclusively by religious bodies? I guess the question is irrelevant since the separation of church and state is relatively new.

My problem with any argument that opposes gay marriage (not just the amendment) is that they all reference religion, and religion needs to stay out of government.

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

Honest to God I am getting just a little more than pissed off that people keep using the civil rights struggle as a basis of comparison for this bullshit. IT IS NOT THE SAME!!!

I do NOT appreciate having my grandparents' pain to made a mockery!!

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How are your grandparent being mocked? Because they're being compared to sinful, dirty faggots?

Marriage isn't the only way homosexuals are discriminated against. You don't need to be a crybaby liberal to see that there is a long history of violence and prejudice against gays and lesbians.

I think that's a rather apt comparison there, in some ways. It was a comparison of discrimination, which fits both the Rosa Parks mention, and the same-sex marriage mention.

What if Rosa Parks was a lesbian who wanted to get married to another lesbian on a bus? Think about it.. not too hard though.