Exactly my point. Why should anyone be proud of fear and prejudice against the different gender??? I thought we are to be against prejudice, not in favor of it. Unless our society is bigoted in the name of enlightenment, in which case it is a false enlightenment due to it’s bigotry.
What is truly saddening is that now, heterophobia is creeping into the mainstream consciousness.
NO
You don’t see why having someone to share your burdens and multiply your joy with would be important to some people? You don’t understand the stress relief effects from cuddling with someone?
What do you mean by heterophobia, please?
It sounds like your friend had some internalized homophobia. Perceiving his homosexuality as a lack of masculinity he compensated by adopting a misogynist attitude. It’s not at all uncommon. He probably out grew it, too.
Why must it be unitive?
She is explaining the Catholic point of view. Although, some may question the statement that sexual intimacy cannot be unitive, unless between opposite genders. It clearly cannot be procreative.
Heterophobia is an irrational fear of heterosexuals.
) and the rest of us will do what we know is right, like follow moral absolutes.Thanks. I have no idea what you are talking about. Where is that happening?
If I recall correctly, I see that more with some of the rabidly perverted fanfic writers, the most radical of the rabidly perverted fans of anime as well as manga that has GLBT content and some very radical “gay rights” supporters as well as some GLBTs such as misandric lesbians and misogynistic gay men.
My take on it is different. We are so inundated with media sources, that every point of view is represented, no matter how diverse. But more than that, these media sources are competing for our attention. Didn’t Ariana Huffington sell her site for $200 million?
Because both aspects are essential to the definition of marriage.
It has nothing to do with “being an outsider.” It has everything to do with language, and definitions which depend on meaning for their validity. And how would you, an outsider to me, possibly know that I was not referring to “love felt between two people?”
That’s not part of the discussion. Marriage is not about (subjective) feelings, but about (objective) realities. A man and a woman in an imperfect marital relationship are truly married, whatever the quality of love is between the two.Nope. What distinguishes marriage from non-marriage is the radical category, one from the other. Thus, a heterosexual couple who is fornicating does not transform their relationship into “marriage” by declaring the quality of their love to be sufficient or equal to married love. They are, radically, unmarried.
What differentiates one relationship from another is the quality of that relationship. But a subjectively “higher” quality relationship between any two people (vs. their subjective perception of what any other two people posses) does not a marriage make.
Let’s also be clear that you are talking about a religious or philosophical definition of marriage, and not a legal one.Because both aspects are essential to the definition of marriage.
Entities which are not fully “other” to each other, intrinsically, cannot, by definition, unite.
It has nothing to do with “being an outsider.” It has everything to do with language, and definitions which depend on meaning for their validity. And how would you, an outsider to me, possibly know that I was not referring to “love felt between two people?”
Nope. What distinguishes marriage from non-marriage is the radical category, one from the other. Thus, a heterosexual couple who is fornicating does not transform their relationship into “marriage” by declaring the quality of their love to be sufficient or equal to married love. They are, radically, unmarried.
What differentiates one relationship from another is the quality of that relationship. But a subjectively “higher” quality relationship between any two people (vs. their subjective perception of what any other two people posses) does not a marriage make.
“Outside” and “inside” refer to subjective perception. Marriage is defined not by subjective perception but by objective criteria. Don’t have the essentials? You’re not married. All the legislation in the world will not make you married if you do not possess those essentials. It will allow you to pretend at marriage.
Legal definitions cannot be contrary to the moral law and reason or they would be no law at all. There is this false notion that the law is in some way separate from moral truth. If that is the case then Nazi Germany here we come.
