cry of the banshee wrote:
Cú Chulainn wrote:
cry of the banshee wrote:
noodles wrote:
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Nobody here has said that homosexuals should be denied any rights, so I don't know why this is even being posted.
That being said, who "stripped her of her rights"?
And what rights are being denied her?
And one more thing to point out the melodramatic hyperbole so often associated with militant gays: a shirt that says "legalize gay"... hmmm, as far as I know, homosexuality isn't illegal in the US.
She has a repeal Prop 8 sticker so probably has something to do with that. Wikipedia blah blah blah:
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Proposition 8 (ballot title: Eliminates Rights of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment; called California Marriage Protection Act by proponents) was a ballot proposition and constitutional amendment passed in the November 2008 state elections.
There is some debate on whether or not "marriage" is a right or not; homosexuals are allowed to have a civil union, so it's really just symbolic at this point.
Personally I don't see why gays would want a religious marriage within an institution that persistently demonizes them and their lifestyles. It would be like a Jew complaining that he can't get a Nazi funeral or something.
On the issue of marriage, I think one of the sticking points is the religious aspect of it all, but really, as I don't really care about this either way, I'm not too well versed on the matter so I can't really comment on it with any real authority. Still, if a civil union is a legal ceremony in which two people enjoy all the benefits (I believe; again, I'm not an expert on this), than I don't see what the issue really is, beyond symbolism.
I'm not a fan of the idea of marriage itself in the first place, but I can see why some people might want to ritually formalize what they believe to be an expression of their love, and I understand that in many cases, there are financial benefits. If these are met with a civil union case, then, well, I see two options. Because marriage has a somewhat religious connotation, either we remove the religious aspect of marriage entirely, thereby leaving no reason for gays not to get married, or we consider marriage to be entirely religious, and therefore entirely subjective, again leaving no reason for gays not to get married.
A third option would be to do away with the institution of marriage anyway and simply have civil unions for everyone.