RSSWhat do you say when you’re praying for bigotry?
Jun 27
Congrats to the Liberals in Canada as it looks like the same-sex marriage bill may pass this week. Even the conservatives know it’s going to pass.
Tories can’t win same-sex battle: MacKay
But one sentence in the article struck me as odd: “Opponents of same-sex unions held prayer vigils across the country on Sunday, the same day tens of thousands of people gathered in Toronto for the city’s annual Pride parade.”
What does someone say to their god when praying for discrimination? “Oh, please God, even though you gave these people the ability to choose their sexuality, and it doesn’t harm me, please punish them for making this choice. I think that’s what you really intended. I see lots of references in this book here about men marrying women, so the absense of same-sex marriage references leads me to believe you just forgot to mention it. Oh please! Smite these heathens!”
(By the way – I’m not trying to step into the choice/born with it argument here, I meant more to choose how to act on their sexuality.)
Jun 27, 2005 @ 14:52:14
Okay, time to end the debate once and for all:
1) You’re born with it, but your environment will teach you what to do about it (surpress it or indulge it).
2) Same-seX marriage will weaken the family, but much less than divorce and pop culture already have.
3) Same-seX marriage will encourage monogamy among a demographic known for risky behaviour.
4) Children raised by homoseXuals will not be traumatized, except by other kids at school.
5) Noone wants a gay son. At least, noone capable of having one. It’s a natural defense mechanism.
Emotions run high around issues like this one. Fortunately, Canada is trying to move forward instead of making knee-jerk obstructionist reactions.
Jun 27, 2005 @ 14:58:16
Why do you say it’ll weaken the family? This is one of the hardest parts of the argument for me to deal with. How? In what way? How can 2 people who love each other getting married affect other families?
Do you think once it’s legal a whole bunch of closetted gay people will run away from their families and get hitched with someone else?
Jul 05, 2005 @ 12:45:32
How will it weaken the family, you ask?
There are 2 reasons for this, in my mind.
First, the natural reproductive process of humans is a male and a female that copulate in order to have a sperm impregnate an egg and the female carrying the gestating infant in her womb until birth, providing a mother-child bond (this is a VERY simple explanation, but you get the point). As soon as a “family” (or married couple) are unable to do this, it weakens the “family”. Keep in mind that seX (argh, I hate filters!!!!) feels so good because it promotes the continued existance of the human race.
Although, adoption provides a half answer for this… this is another topic of discussion, but I digress.
Secondly, and this has more to do with society as a whole, the idea of a same-seX “family” can be difficult for some to accept. So, this means that this same-seX “family” would not be able to do the same thing that “normal families” would. Most people want to be appreciated and accepted by others and if a same-seX “family” are looked down upon, chances are tha the same-seX “family” will avoid that situation in the future.
Although this is a sad reality, society’s current opinion is now swaying towards the positive. Legal actions, like this recent same-seX marriage law in Canada, are helping enormously.
What I’m trying to say is that same-seX marriages DO weaken the idea of the family and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.