10 reasons why gay marriage is wrong

[siafirede]

I just wanted to bump this to JC since there is a 9 page thread about this issue now, and I like my original post that I got from someones blog a while back.

[monkeyman]

Culture warriors and pundits have used up a lot of ink and pixels this year discussing the nature (and the sanctity) of marriage. We as a nation, as a culture, have to face head-on the issue of who should be allowed to marry, and to marry whom. Call me intolerant, but there's a point where we have to stop and say, "Enough is enough. Marriage is not appropriate for everyone. There are principles we have to uphold."

There is no question about it: we're talking about a small fraction of the population... about 5% by most estimates. There is also no question that we're talking about people who are engaging in behaviors deviating from the norm. Their practices are completely backwards from what most people consider proper. We, as a culture, are not under any obligation to condone, support, or promote their lifestyle. To let them marry is to do just that.

It's culture, indeed, that's at the heart of it. For millennia, these people were considered evil, sinful, deviant. (The Latin word to describe them nowdays means "evil", and for good reason.) And there was no shame in doing so! It is only within the last few decades, these over-permissive years of "anything goes", that liberal activists would have us believe that they are just as human, and that these behaviors are innate, biological, unavoidable. I don't buy it. For centuries our culture encouraged these people – often successfully – to instead behave within the guidelines of accepted norms, behave like the rest of us. We should not let a handful of activists now stop us from doing so.

Marriage, after all, is about creating a stable home in which to perpetuate the species. Do we really want these people raising children? Teaching them that what they do is "normal", permissible? Or, God forbid, passing on their behaviors to the next generation?

Now, don't accuse me of being closed-minded. True to the cliche, "many of my good friends" and family members fall into this circle. But I recognize that loving about someone means wanting the best for them. Wanting them to be on the right track. I want them to be happy, to be in the right.

It is for these reasons that I oppose any law allowing marriages for left-handed people. Yes, perhaps we can allow some kind of state-recognized union for southpaws, but one that recognizes that their behavior is deviant and backwards, and outside the boundaries of the common. That the Latin word "sinister" means "left-handed" for a reason: our culture has long maintained that these people are in the wrong.

Now is the time for us to say, "Enough is enough." They can take someone's hand in marriage, but only if it's the right hand.

[dudewithasock]

Originally Posted by the article

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Wow. I didn't realize people could be so stupid.

Oh wait...yes I did.

[harper]

Originally Posted by dudewithasock

Wow. I didn't realize people could be so stupid.

Are you serious? I'm living the dream.

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by harper

Are you serious? I'm living the dream.

I miss your diacritics already.

[cathwood]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

It is for these reasons that I oppose any law allowing marriages for left-handed people. Yes, perhaps we can allow some kind of state-recognized union for southpaws, but one that recognizes that their behavior is deviant and backwards, and outside the boundaries of the common. That the Latin word "sinister" means "left-handed" for a reason: our culture has long maintained that these people are in the wrong.

Now is the time for us to say, "Enough is enough." They can take someone's hand in marriage, but only if it's the right hand.

Thank goodness. I thought you were going to say that unicyclists shouldn't get married!

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by cathwood

Thank goodness. I thought you were going to say that unicyclists shouldn't get married!

I have to admit that I was falling for it, until that line...I thought I was actually reading something that closed-minded.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

It is well known that lefties raise left-handed children.

[bob1993]

Originally Posted by siafirede

With a recent thread about the subject, I thought I would post this:


10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong



7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.


(one of the saddest parts about our society is that, these arguments, before the humourous common sense, are the real reasons why people can't accept gay marriages.)

if strait parents only raised strait children then where did the gay's come from?
Edit: sorry if this topic has already been addressed

[Matt_V]

Originally Posted by bob1993

if strait parents only raised strait children then where did the gay's come from?
Edit: sorry if this topic has already been addressed

It was a joke. Obviously it's not fact.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by bob1993

if strait parents only raised strait children then where did the gay's come from?
Edit: sorry if this topic has already been addressed

You should read The Onion, it's a great source for news.

[Borges]

I feel I have to confess now that I have been wearing my wedding band on my left hand for some years now. I put it on the right hand in church to avoid causing a scandal, and I kept it that way for a while, but then it just didn't feel right.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

There are places to rehabilitate yourself. They'll teach you how to become normal-handed again.

[cathwood]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

It is for these reasons that I oppose any law allowing marriages for left-handed people. Yes, perhaps we can allow some kind of state-recognized union for southpaws, but one that recognizes that their behavior is deviant and backwards, and outside the boundaries of the common. That the Latin word "sinister" means "left-handed" for a reason: our culture has long maintained that these people are in the wrong.

Now is the time for us to say, "Enough is enough." They can take someone's hand in marriage, but only if it's the right hand.

This is and isn't funny. Not so long ago in the UK children who wrote with thier left hand had this arm tied behind thier back to encourage them to write with their right hand. And if they did write with thier left hand they were physically punished.

We British are not tolerant of difference. What we consider to be outside what is accepted is socially constructed and depends on a variety of factors.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by cathwood

This is and isn't funny. Not so long ago in the UK children who wrote with thier left hand had this arm tied behind thier back to encourage them to write with their right hand. And if they did write with thier left hand they were physically punished.

We British are not tolerant of difference. What we consider to be outside what is accepted is socially constructed and depends on a variety of factors.

Geez. That's ridiculous....how recently are we talking?