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<p>I don’t believe that any guys exit the womb thinking, “I like girls” either.</p>
<p>Choices are made based on preferences.</p>
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<p>People (in this case, gays) aren’t afraid to stand up for who they are and what the believe in. Credit to them.</p>
<p>People oppose my right to marry because, obviously, once gay marriage is legalized, I will have the fearful power to change children’s sexuality, make straight marriages miserable, end people’s right to religion, and plunge society into oblivion.</p>
<p>I didn’t choose my sexuality. But I don’t give a **** whether if it’s a choice or not. You shouldn’t either.</p>
<p>O.o I has created durable topic? :D</p>
<p>Anyways…@writtennthestars - That’s not evidence to back up your claim that homosexuality is a choice. Not even close. You might as well be holding up an apple and saying that it is a mouse because you say it is.</p>
<p>Honestly, my take is that gay marriage, along with LGBTQ rights, will eventually come in the next several decades. America always calls itself the land of equality, and yet we’ve always denied some group’s rights for way too long. Chinese Exclusion Act, Jim Crow laws, Discrimination against women, etc. It’s just a constant pattern of deny ______ group’s rights for a while, and then declare doing so unconstitutional or w/e and give them equality or at least near equality. </p>
<p>And about 85% of the arguments I’m reading in this thread are just…ugh…it makes me so angry and lose faith in humanity. How can ANYONE THINK THIS WAY?!!</p>
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<p>I disagree. Love is an action, not a feeling.</p>
<p>But that said, there nothing morally wrong with a man not being attracted to women. Nor is there anything morally wrong with a man being attracted to men. There is something morally wrong with engaging in homosexual acts, according to the Bible.</p>
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<p>I see no reason to believe that. The only thing matters is what people do, not what label has been applied to them. By that definition, yes, they are both choices.</p>
<p>it was supposed to be purple, which is why they wore yellow… since its the opposite</p>
<p>Does that “choice” affect you as an individual?</p>
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<p>Meeeeeeeeeeee</p>
<p>@Mosby – You’re referring to the “ex-gays” right? Well let me explain something as a gay man who actually follows this issue… it doesn’t happen. Ex-gay therapy is false, wrong, pseudoscience and tantamount to child abuse in cases where the parent forces the underage kid to go through it. The APA and ALL other legitimate scientific bodies reject it. Those people who claim to be “cured” are either 1) Still gay and just choosing abstinance/repressing their desires; 2) Were bisexual and just leaned more towards females than males or 3) Were never gay to begin with. </p>
<p>You really…REALLY don’t want to open that can of worms.</p>
<p>Another can of worms I would suggest not opening up is that the Bible condemns Homosexuality. I’ve been at school for the last 12.5 hours so I’m not in the mood for telling you what I’ve had to tell at least a hundred people already so I’m going to summarize it: look up the hebrew word “toevah” and report back on what it means, that’s the word they used for “abomination” back then (cause see, “abomination” wasn’t a word until circa 1500 or so). Leviticus doesn’t support your position, this is a widely held viewpoint by many modern Bible scholars.</p>
<p>I definitely support gay couples, but I don’t believe that marriage is something that people should feel entitled to. I mean, you don’t have to be “legally” joined to feel a strong connection to someone… The government does not “owe” you anything except your own natural rights. Marriage is not a “natural right.” It’s not “natural” at all, it’s a man-made idea, and it is entirely based around legal & financial benefits. So if the government decides not to allow it I think that’s within their power. Like I said though, I really do support gay couples… just don’t think people should feel entitled to marriage benefits.</p>
<p>So gays shouldn’t be given the legal and financial benefits of marriage like straight people should?</p>
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<p>If you think about it, there’s not much justification for many straight couples to have those benefits. They’re based on the premise that only one of the partners works, while the other raises children, a premise which is no longer true in many cases.</p>
<p>Just for the record (I know it’s two pages late), @writtennthestars, I wasn’t saying all people who oppose gay marriage are ■■■■■■ at all. Everyone has a right to their own opinions. I was just suggesting that you were bluffing because your arguments were so horribly horrible and weak. Satirical, I guess =)</p>
<p>@itachirumon I wouldn’t cite the APA for anything related to this heated political debate.</p>
<p>Morals/beliefs STARTED the issue of gay marriage. The other issues stem off of morals/beliefs. Politicians are just using this issue for their benefits. In the end, it’s all about your belief. Not the Constitution, Civil rights, or Human rights.</p>
<p>As many people have said, it’s difficult to explain why we support/oppose gay marriage. These are BELIEFS and cannot be quantified. I oppose gay marriage which is because I’ve been raised as a Christian (as many people have noted). There are people who argue with this and that’s fine with me. That’s their belief. Can this be proved right or wrong? I think not. Can we control what everyone does? No. Can we control everyone with a law(s)? No. My favorite color is red, and people will have different favorite colors. It’s ok.</p>
<p>yo fools, one needs to understand that some people are just not comfortable with the idea</p>
<p>gosh, everyone has opinions. like i stated before, the two sides should compromise</p>
<p>personally for me i couldn’t give a s**t if gays don’t have the right to marry or if they do. ringojackson is right- marriage isn’t a right owed to anyone- i don’t care what religious people say but it’s basically a collection of “legal and financial benefits”.</p>
<p>^“some people are just not comfortable”
What? So if some people just aren’t “comfortable” with interracial marriage, should we give that a separate name/benefits? Sure, people have opinions, but presumably they should be backed up with good logic and reasoning.</p>
<p>Being gay shouldn’t even be an issue. Too bad our politicians forget separation of church and state… they tend to legislate based upon their personal beliefs.</p>
<p>That’s the political trend as it goes. True separation of church and state could never occur. They’re separate in de jure. Religion stills plays a political role in de facto.</p>