nakedemperor
Senior Member
Merlin1047 said:Your assertion is somewhat off the mark. There is no Constitutional right, written or inferred, regarding marriage. So it is not an issue of "rights", rather it is a demand by homosexuals for their unions to enjoy similar legal status as heterosexual couples. Since marriage is not covered by the Constitution, that means that as a society, we have the collective right to determine upon whom the status of "married" is bestowed. The same applies to "civil unions" - which are nothing more than marriage in secular guise.
So the bottom line is this - the majority of the American people have rejected the homosexual plea for equality in regard to marriage. Our society has decreed that same sex unions are not acceptable and should not be sanctioned by the benefit of legal status. That's the way it is, at least for now.
There are laws concerning marriage. Tax laws, inheritance laws, etc. These laws protect specific rights of heterosexuals; the "right" to marry whenever and whoever they want, specific "rights" on how they can be jointly taxed, etc. Homosexuals do not have the right to to civil unions, a secular establishment. Its not 'marriage' in disguise. I don't want to have anything to do with 'marriage' as the Christian Church defines it, but I want the right to have my union recognized just as heterosexual couples' marriages are recognized by the government.
Plus, just because the majority of Americans don't want homosexual to be able to marry each other doesn't mean its not right. The majority wanted to have slavery at one point. The majority wanted to stay out of WWII. The majority wanted antimiscygenation laws. Etc. etc. etc. Sometimes the majority is wrong
Merlin1047 said:And there you go again with the typically leftist reaction. Anyone who is not sufficiently obsequious regarding your issues is either a homophobe or a hate monger. I wish you'd knock that shit off. It really gets tiresome and annoying.
Apparently it never occurrs to leftists that an opposing view can be both rational as well as factual and based on ethical convictions instead of fear or hatred.
No, people who are not sufficiently obsequious with my views are entitled to their opinions. People who think gays want "special" rights are intentionally trying to make them out to be bad people who are asking too much, and generally these people who intentionally distort the sitation hate or strongly dislike gays, and try to restrict what they can or can't do in the privacy of their own homes that doesn't hurt them at all. This intentionally misleading language is hateful.