Natural Marriage?
Jun. 17th, 2008 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xtremeroswelliaSo I log onto yahoo this morning and the first two things I see make my head want to asplode.
One: apparently there was a group of people trying to sell TIGERS in a WAL-MART PARKING LOT. WTF? Seriously?
Two: People protesting gay marriage in California. You know what? If you have nothing better to do than protest other people's happiness, you need MASSIVE DOSES OF THERAPY. MASSIVE.
And just because:
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage Should Be Illegal
01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
07) Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.
One: apparently there was a group of people trying to sell TIGERS in a WAL-MART PARKING LOT. WTF? Seriously?
Two: People protesting gay marriage in California. You know what? If you have nothing better to do than protest other people's happiness, you need MASSIVE DOSES OF THERAPY. MASSIVE.
And just because:
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage Should Be Illegal
01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
07) Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.
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Date: 2008-06-17 02:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-17 03:05 pm (UTC)my only nitpick. The rest is gold.
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-17 03:45 pm (UTC)And WAIT -- I want to know more about the tigers!!!!!
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-17 03:47 pm (UTC)It really blows my mind sometimes (all the time) that this is even an issue that is debated. Sometimes I just stare and the TV and go, "...REALLY? ...I...but...REALLY?"
Because obviously love is the biggest threat we have to worry about in this country.
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-17 05:18 pm (UTC)Great post :)
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-17 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-17 08:02 pm (UTC)I also wish to hear more about the tigers :P
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 12:26 am (UTC)Certainly not a popular opinion I'm sure, but there's a lot of food for thought in it - what marriage represents has changed over the last century or two.
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Date: 2008-06-18 05:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 02:29 am (UTC)Isn't that illegal?
People never fail to sadden me.
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:16 pm (UTC)Me either, my friend. Me either.
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Date: 2008-06-19 05:55 pm (UTC)the question is - will everyone "get" the tone, cause people don't seem to do sarcasm online very well. seriously.