Regular,I don’t get it. Where’s the homophobia?
Now, I don’t know about you but can’t you see the inuendo about “special requests”…I know it is a generality but you know what they mean…
It’s an appeal to homophobicphobia–the fear of being called homophobic, causing folks to not speak their conscience. hawk
Oh, right. Yeah, I see it now, I guess. However, I wouldn’t really call that homophobia.
I sincerely hope that we don’t legalize civil unions for homosexuals either. I strongly disagree with granting any legal recognition whatsoever to homosexual couples.The prayer never specifically targets any group. It simply stated proven facts about what circumstances are best for children.
An interesting thing about France (if you didn’t know):
Marriage has been legally defined in the constitution as between one man and one woman for the purpose of creating a family. As an alternate option to full-on marriage, the French government recognizes PACS – civil solidarity pacts (pacte civil de solidarité), aka “marriage lite;” much like civil unions but with customizable legal terms – that are open to any two individuals regardless of gender.
IMHO, I think France’s experience is very telling that civil unions will not be sufficient for gay marriage activists should the United States choose to pursue that route. Clearly, groups in France are still actively lobbying/striking for marriage open to couples of the same gender even though all consenting adults have access to “marriage your way.”
In other words, it’s becoming clear that these groups want marriage to be open to any two individuals, regardless of gender, even if such a union exists outside of traditional marriage.
Why? You always complain about how they’re promiscuous, or don’t care about relationships, but you don’t exactly make it easy for them either. I also fail to see how you could claim there’s anything wrong with civil unions, since they’re nothing of a religious nature and I can’t think of one good argument that could be presented against them.
Ummmm… How do you consider that homophobic…considering no insults were used against homosexuals? That was probably one of the nicest ways I’ve seen someone express their views. You should see how some real homophobes talk about homosexuals, truly disgusting. I may not agree with gay marriage(I have more of libertarian stance though, my view is personal and not political) but never have I insulted my fellow man in horrific ways. I think civility can be shown on both sides.
