Let me say this here, and now, and let me be absolutely clear about it. If you are against gay marriage, if you have made a part of your life to vote against gay rights and to voice the opinion that allowing a man to marry another man, or a woman another woman, is evil and anti-American, then you are 100% entirely wrong. Your argument has no truth to it, it is not based in reality, and you are stubborn, foolish, and wrong. There is just no two ways about it. It's black and white, really.
Why do people oppose gay marriage? Well, the most common reason is probably the bible. After all, as it says in the Leviticus 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." Seems pretty cut and dry right? Don't screw another man. But the Bible is a book, and like any book, it's subject to the context of it's time period. So what's the context? Well, first of all, the world isn't so old, that is, there aren't as many people on it. So reproduction of the human race, for no other reason than human survival, is a serious concern. Therefore, since two men can't possibly reproduce, it's forbidden. Nowadays, expanding the population has ceased to be as much of an issue, because of, well, you know, insane overpopulation.
Ok, fine, so let's say that's not enough for you. "It's not meant to be looked at that way, the Bible is the written word of God, his truth on paper." Great. Well, in that case, let's not pick and choose, if we're going to take this verse literally, we've got to take them all literally, right? So, according to the Bible, a father can sell his daughter into slavery to cover a debt (EX 21:7-11), we can kill any man who refuses to impregnate his widowed sister-in-law (GE 38:8-10, again, population), and, sure, why not, if a person has sex with an animal, you must kill both the person, and the animal (LE 20:15-16). But hey, did you see what that sheep was wearing? She was asking for it! The point being that a ton of laws in this book are dated. They don't hold up today because the world has changed. Evolved, even.
Let's say that still isn't enough for you. "Sanctity of marriage," you say. "If we allow homosexuals to marry, we'll have to allow pedophiles, animals, where will it end?" First of all, what the hell is "sanctity of marriage?" Someone, explain that to me. Because Britney Spears can go to Vegas, get married, and then get divorced, all in 24 hours, but two gay men who are devoted to each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together are defiling the "sanctity of marriage." Straight couples break up all the time. It's called "divorce." And oh yeah, the Bible prohibits that one too (MK 10:2-12, LK 16:18). As for this business about "where will it end," I don't even know what that means. The civilized world is never going to let a grown man marry a five year old child, and when you can find a shark that wants to marry a bear, you let me know, and I'll go through Rabbinical school and wed them myself. I mean that.
The inevitable end of our nation.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. I haven't even thought of the children! Our nation's future is at stake here! If we've got openly married gays working in our schools, libraries, swimming pools, etc, it's going to rub off, isn't it? They'll turn the kids gay! What a steaming load of shit. There's not a shred of proof for this argument. Not a lick. A homosexual child can be born to two straight parents just as a straight child can be born to two homosexuals. It's as simple as that.
But at the end of the day, it's as simple as this-if you think you're fit to judge other people's lifestyles, and take away their basic rights as human beings, then buddy, when they come for your rights, you can't say a word. And we've been down that road already. Someday, our children will look back on this time and say, "I can't believe there was a time in human history that people were denying other people of the right to get married." At least, I sure as hell hope so.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
---Daniel
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