Comments on: Bless ‘em.

By: C

Sun, 24 May 2009 14:41:50 +0000

Conservatives have always abused the ‘laws’ to oppress people that make them uncomfortable. It’s not about freedom or rights, but quite simply about their own insecurities. Notice how all the arguments against gay marriage are based on emotion and irrational fear, not logic and common sense. I can only hope that the fact that there’s only two or three of these loony-bin conservative hate-mongers among these comments here, means that the tides are finally turning in favor of equality and justice for all, as ‘guaranteed’ by our constitution.

By: lovingit

lovingit — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:13:44 +0000

“Do heterosexuals have no right to freedom FROM you?”

Yah. Back in the closets you freaks!!!!

lol. Homophobia is amazing to me, but really there are deeper issues here. Marriage just isn’t what it was, and to me that is a great thing. Personally I think marriage should be a contract that has to be renewed ever ten years or so anyway. The world is changing, and while there are some things worth holding onto the “traditional” marriage is already dead. Conservatives just don’t know it.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:59:47 +0000

Sickofit, I am really quite frankly disgusted with what you said. It is.. there is no better word for it, ignorant. Ignorant and arogant, the view of a closed minded member of the majority. However do not feel too bad about yourself, you can trace your moral lineage to a whole host of great preventers of reform. From the southeren Dixiecrats and civil rights legislation to the early opposition to democratic reform. Change is natural, change is human and change is right. Humanity as a civilisation has progressed light years from our humble beginnings. It is not conservatives that hold us back, it is not liberals.. it is the closed minded of both sides. So lets all just take a second and try to imagine ourselves in the shoes of someone who opposes your view..

Do you understand yet? If not, congratulations you are officially closed minded and ill deserving of the benifts so many centuries of progress has granted us.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:28:01 +0000

For those of you against gay marriage: If you are opposed to it, then don’t get one. Nobody is opposing anything on you, but quite the opposite as you attempt to impose your religious beliefs upon others.

By: Sickofit

Sickofit — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:44:05 +0000

I doubt getting what you want will make you shut your mouths, but hope springs eternal. Funny how I never hated or cared about gay people or their lifestyles until you made yourselves impossible to avoid. Do heterosexuals have no right to freedom FROM you?

By: ntopics

ntopics — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:16:40 +0000

Its really cool to see folks from the other side of this issue supporting gay marriage. A sign is held up that says my marriage is not in danger from gay marriages, and I think it makes sense.

thanks from Tony

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:49:41 +0000

I think its wonderful to see older people who have such contemporary opinions. If only more of our fellow humans could follow their example.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:33:48 +0000

Right on, Eddie. But the conservative response to the idea of gay marriage is not based on logic or ideas of universal human justice. (By the way, I mean conservative in values, not neoliberal economics–that’s a whole other story.) The conservative point of view is based on an attachment to and respect for traditionalism for its own sake. Although most conservatives aren’t able to articulate it, this respect for tradition can be understood as a legitimate (or at least understandable) way of thinking about the world if thought of in the proper light. The ideal-typical conservative mind can best be characterized as having a profound distrust of the individual faculty of reason. Edmund Burke (Englishman from the 1700s who articulated many conservative ideas) really helped me understand the conservative point of view: Why put so much faith in reason/logic/science, in our own individual abilities to make moral decisions? Shouldn’t we instead trust “the way things have always been done,” since it’s worked so far? Why would we “play God” and start re-defining how things should work? It could be a recipe for disaster, chaos, moral disintegration, who knows! It doesn’t even have to be a religious argument. The point is, we shouldn’t be so arrogant to think we are smart/capable enough to change things according to “whims” and “fashions” of the day–we should just stick to what we know works. Doing anything else is dangerous. Arguing against this position with appeals to logic and justice don’t really address the key issue for conservatives, which is why these debates often feel like butting your head against a wall (for both sides).
And by the way, Burke expressed his ideas in part because he was profoundly disturbed by the French Revolution, and the idea that class hierarchy and monarchy should be done away with. As someone in a same-sex relationship with a foreigner (so we need marriage rights so she can even remain here legally), I can only hope that the system oppressing gay people today will one day meet the same fate as feudalism, and become an unthinkable relic of the past.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:24:23 +0000

Quick point I feel I need to raise as an outsider, I’m a UK citizen. I believe that the US Supreme Court Ruled that the policy of seperate but equal was unconstitutional, due to that all men created equal thingy you guys have, if it applys to race and schooling it should apply to single-sex marriages. In addition to that if a homosexual couple would be made happy by a marriage, isn’t it unconstitutional to refuse, again I’m an outsider but I know you guys have something about freedom to pursue happiness.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:46:48 +0000

“However, that being said, marriage has always been between a man and a women. (sic)”

NOT TRUE!

Traditionally, marriage has been between a man and SEVERAL women.