Not long after our wedding, we were awakened in the middle of the night in our own bedroom by deputy sheriffs and actually arrested for the "crime" of marrying the wrong kind of person. Our marriage certificate was hanging on the wall above the bed. The state prosecuted Richard and me, and after we were found guilty, the judge declared: "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix." He sentenced us to a year in prison, but offered to suspend the sentence if we left our home in Virginia for 25 years exile.After everything I've read from Jennifer, her readers, and Doug.. their opposition comes down to "the Bible says".
Some argument.
Pushed a little, Jennifer's reader, "Robert", does sort of put forward another more practical argument. We'd be inferior parents. I'm not kidding.
Also, you would not agree with my sociological approach. I say that men and women have inherent differences and that the most solid environment for a child is the "nuclear family" so to speak. A dad and mom that each provide different roles and role models. I would hazard a reasonable guess that your belief is that there is no basis for that and a loving home is provided regardless of the sex of the parents. You would probably also say that "gender neutrality" is such that defined traditional roles of man and woman in the home are bad and that to even say that these things are inherent is discriminatory and prejudiced.That is just a logical failure in about every sense possible.
He's saying that gays shouldn't be allowed to marry (or even adopt), making the assumption that all gay couples would adopt - or even have their own kids. That's just breath-taking in it's stupidity. Marriage can be a part of having children, but it is not the point of marriage.
He also offers no evidence that a same-sex couple would not provide an equally valuable environment, because he'd have to turn to religion to substantiate it. He would have to argue against the opinion of virtually the entire scientific community. A key precept of Religion is science denial, so that's not unexpected.
And after all is said and done, they claim a "moral" position that is somehow superior to the rest of us. This is reason #324,523 why I think religion is inherently evil.
What I'd like to do.. somehow.. is give them some social denial of a fundamental human condition. They are the majority in every sense, have everything in life available to them... and what I'd like to do is deny them something they take for granted. Let's enshrine it in law, and make it criminal for them to even engage in the associated behavior.
It's obvious they don't think they are immoral. Quite the opposite in fact. They simply have no frame of reference to understand what it's like to be denied a fundamental part of being a human being. They even go so far to ridicule us for thinking we should be treated the same. They'll make up bullshit religious freak reasons why we should be denied.
And then they say "love the sinner, hate the sin".
Hey.. fuck you and your "love". Maybe one day you'll realize what you have become, and be ashamed. Doubtful..
Don't the Cheney's know their grandchild is in an "inferior" home environment? The baby is being raised by two women.. and that can't be as good as a "nuclear" family. Even worse, those women aren't married.. but they could be if they simply married a man... and then the baby would be fine..
The evil of religion knows no bounds.
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The least you could do is link my house....lol.
There is a great deal of assumptions in your discussion of my perspective. I didn't say that gays shouldn't be allowed to adopt, and I never once mentioned religion as a basis for my opinions. I am a Christian and believe in the word of God.
I also believe in science, and do not think science and religion are mutually exclusive.
I made a greater point about the sociological aspects of parenthood and offered no judgment or condecension about someone that is homosexual. Unfortuantely, society in general has become so tuned out to objective discussion in our attempts to preserve feelings and find good in everything that we have lost the ability to debate on point.
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