Comments on: Gay Rights are Human Rights http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/gay-rights-are-human-rights/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Trent http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/gay-rights-are-human-rights/#comment-66 Trent Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:29:32 +0000 http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-66 I think you're on to something by citing some people would like to outlaw divorce. Since I think the majority of Americans would be opposed to that--remembering 51% of all marriages end that way. I heard one Progressive suggest a full separation of church and state by removing the term "marriage" from governmental affairs altogether. This way all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, would have a civil union. Leave it up to churches and communities to decide who engages (no pun intended) in the religious ceremony of "marriage" while ensuring all couples have the RIGHT to civil unions. Those opposed to "Gay Marriage" cite religious issues right? That's not good enough in a country founded on the separation of those two... I think you’re on to something by citing some people would like to outlaw divorce. Since I think the majority of Americans would be opposed to that–remembering 51% of all marriages end that way. I heard one Progressive suggest a full separation of church and state by removing the term “marriage” from governmental affairs altogether. This way all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, would have a civil union. Leave it up to churches and communities to decide who engages (no pun intended) in the religious ceremony of “marriage” while ensuring all couples have the RIGHT to civil unions.

Those opposed to “Gay Marriage” cite religious issues right? That’s not good enough in a country founded on the separation of those two…

]]> By: JMcD http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/gay-rights-are-human-rights/#comment-65 JMcD Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:56:09 +0000 http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-65 I look at it this way: my parents adamantly claim that they fell in love at first sight. They married only 3 months later and have been extremely happy ever since, which has been more than 26 years. If I walk out of the library today and see a man and just know that he is the love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, I want to be able to do what my parents did. I think you are hitting a key issue in bringing up the South, touching on our lived experience in a way that can be extended to all of Middle/Rural America. I have joined several groups on Facebook against Prop 8, one of which argued that if we wanted to protect the sanctity of marriage we should also make divorce illegal. I realized then that for many small, rural towns a divorce is scandal. And without trying to overgeneralize the rural religious attitude, divorce has many religious implications. I disagree with but respect conservative social views, especially when it comes to religion, and am actually torn on whether or not marriage is the correct avenue for non-heterosexual unions. That would have to be decided in seminaries and sanctuaries. It is very important that these socially conservative communities show enough compassion for homosexuals to recognize that enduring relationships are not exclusively a feature of heterosexual couples. No one has the right to deny the legal benefits that are afforded to such unions either. I look at it this way: my parents adamantly claim that they fell in love at first sight. They married only 3 months later and have been extremely happy ever since, which has been more than 26 years. If I walk out of the library today and see a man and just know that he is the love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, I want to be able to do what my parents did.

I think you are hitting a key issue in bringing up the South, touching on our lived experience in a way that can be extended to all of Middle/Rural America. I have joined several groups on Facebook against Prop 8, one of which argued that if we wanted to protect the sanctity of marriage we should also make divorce illegal. I realized then that for many small, rural towns a divorce is scandal. And without trying to overgeneralize the rural religious attitude, divorce has many religious implications. I disagree with but respect conservative social views, especially when it comes to religion, and am actually torn on whether or not marriage is the correct avenue for non-heterosexual unions. That would have to be decided in seminaries and sanctuaries. It is very important that these socially conservative communities show enough compassion for homosexuals to recognize that enduring relationships are not exclusively a feature of heterosexual couples. No one has the right to deny the legal benefits that are afforded to such unions either.

]]> By: lilyseye http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/gay-rights-are-human-rights/#comment-64 lilyseye Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:52:30 +0000 http://thefuccifiles.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-64 Love the clip. And I think your grammar was quite good here despite a run-on sentence or two ;) Love the clip. And I think your grammar was quite good here despite a run-on sentence or two ;)

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