gay marriage, animals and siblings

I couldn't agree with you more! I also hate the article that men will then become pedaphiles and marry 10 year old boys. WHAT? How is that even an argument?

Cripes. Are we talking about gay marriage or allowing priests to marry?

I don't get the thinking that someone else's marriage is at all a reflection on or detracts from someone else's. I've seen the stupid email forwards going on about "attacks on (straight) marriage." Get real.

I have to admit that the title of your article scared me a bit. But, I'm glad I took a look.

I totally agree! I would LOVE to say more, but this could get into a really heated debate so I'll just leave it at that.

Thanks for posting!

LOL I thought the same thing. I was all riled up. Until I saw it was by Peter.

It's SUPPOSED to get into a heated debate !!! - ha ha

(it's Gather)

You do generate some heat, Peter...

You mean that sex with a human being of the same gender as yourself is different from a human having sex with an animal? I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around that one.

I've known quite a few women whose most satisfying relationship has been with their shoes. With some men it's their golf clubs. What are we going to do about the marriage to inanimate objects problem?

I heard that a woman in Seattle "married" a building in order to protest its demolition. But I'm not sure if the level of reciprocated affection is quite the same...

I totally agree with you on this one. Although I am straight I say that if what someone else is doing is not affecting the way you are living your life then why are you worrying about it.

I agree 100% folks need to say out of other folks business it is as simple as that. I don't want to know what someone else does in their bedroom I have enough on my hands taking care of what goes on in mind. I have been married to the same man for 37 years but you still have to work at it. People act like they would be during Gays a favor if they let them get married. Marriage is hard work and alot of responsibilty personally I envy some of them their freedom from these responsibilty's. But for those that want to take on this burden they should have that right and be able to do it with out some religious nut screaming at them. I know a writer who has published many many books for young people and she and her partner were together for 52 years before her partner died of cancer a couple of years ago. They had a wonderful life owned property including a vacation cottage and paid a great deal in taxes to this country. And they were alot more committed to one another then many of our hetro-sexual couples. I was sad that they were not able to be legally married to each other before she died. And for those that always compare homo-sexually to having sex with animals or say they are molesting children. I wonder about them and what is going on in their fantasy world they are so quick to throw this up maybe its their private desire,

I am not against gay marriages, if this is what you want.

Pedophiles, I am against as children have no chance against a grown man. There isn't any cure for a pedophile. I am all for cutting their sex organs off.

Gay is gay and I believe why would someone choose to be Gay("an outcast)". Times are changing and it is more acceptable. My best guy friend is gay and I am not at all worried about him around my kids. He likes men, not kids, so that is NOT an issue that is interchangable. What people do in the privacy of their bedrooms are not our business. I feel live and let live. If you ostracize others because of color, race, sexual preference, long hair, tatoos or any superficial reasons like that then YOU miss out on possibilities on how they can enhance your world. AGAIN, this is just my opinion.

I just want to beg people who confuse "gay" with "pedophile", "Please. Don't. Breed."

What cracks me up about this argument is the right wingnuts that scream ITS AGAINST GOD!
yeah maybe yours buddy, but Several of the Gods I work with are considered to be bisexual, and have quite a large gay following.
So, if the Right Wingnuts won't let gays marry in their churches, fine, send em to the Pagans, we'll do it, and you'll save money on renting the church LOL
What pisses me off to no end is when people thing of pedophiles, they automatically think HOMOSEXUAL! Well news flash, grown men pray on little girls too. About 95% of my friends are gay, and the ones that are in relationships have more functional relationships than the 5% of straight friends I have.

In logic it's called reductio ad absurdum or reduction to absurdity.

Getting married or legal committed to someone else is a civil right. I would have thought the lawyers would be pushing this through for Gay people. After all their business would increase with the Divorces. What people do behind closed doors is their problem. I think it is far better for Gay people to be who they are than to hide or live lives that are false. Many in the past got married to please their families and society or to be "normal" and it's not fair to them or their spouses. I don't think anyone is "normal". If you are gay you are not going to be very happy in a heterosexual marriage you didn't want and neither will your spouse be very happy knowing something is not right and they just can't make you happy. I think when it comes to sin it is between me and God and you and God. Statistics show that there are many more heterosexual child pedophiles than homosexual pedophiles. Two Bible verses come to my mind, Love one another, and he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Good article. I have to agree with those who say marriage should be there for gay people. I don't see how constitutionally the United States has kept this down for so long. Love is an emotion, and you know if it's for a mother/father, friend, sibling or that for a life partner. No law is going to obliterate love that commits whether it has a ritual to justify it or not. Sexual identification does not determine pedophilia.

Everyone agrees?? Isn't this kind of dull? I'd love to start something exciting but I agree too.

HHHhmmm - the people who stupidly brought up the animal sibling thing in my other gay marriage article didn't comment, here, on this one.

Maybe they didn't see it.

Maybe I had pointed out the most basic bad logic? (never compare apples with oranges)

The truth , I knew a women (no Names) who was the head of her department whom I respected an admired, to know her was to like her. Her life mate and her raised a fine son who grw up with mine. A couple of years ago her life mate died of breast cancer. I felt so bad for her thay truly loved each other very much. I don't see how they were any different from any other couple.

I know a number of stories like that. The worst part of them is that in spite of their years together and mutual commitment, they have no protection under the law.

I knew a gay couple who had been together a number of years: the primary breadwinner died suddenly, and had no will. The other ended up being thrown out of their house because it had been in the first guy's name, and the family had never approved of their relationship.

People can be mean. People sometimes like to be mean and think the worst of others. I was quick to comment earlier I agreed with gay marriage. The sibling and animal stuff I just don't know where it comes from. And you're right. Pedophilia is not the same as homosexuality or heterosexuality. Maybe it is people sometimes feel the need to if unable to convert you to their way of thinking, the next best approach is to destroy and render helpless. I don't know. But somehow I think it comes down to fear. Logic certainly doesn't get into it a lot when the issue of gay marriage is brought up. Were logic and ethics and constitution and morality involved, gay marriage would be just another marriage without all the upset.

Very well said. I don't know why everyone associates all of those things when they are entirely unrelated.

when talking about gay stuff is boring then we've come a long way baby.

How do I "like" that statement on Gather?

I think gay marriage is one of those topics used by politicians to muddy the waters and prevent real topics from being discussed.
As for why animals are mentioned whenever homosexuality is the topic I have no idea. But I was wondering, with the Michael Vick dogfighting case, how come late term abortion gets mentioned when the topic of dogfighting comes up. I have heard it a few times...The gist is we care more for dogs than unborn children, but I think it is more apples and oranges.

I have a lot of str8 friends but thankfully they're mostly in the closet about it. Many of THEM have married successfully and lead perfectly miserable lives afterwards. Why are people trying to make US suffer as well? Marriage is marriage. Do it, don't do it - what's the big deal?

Nice article!

polls up peter come on over for a heated debate old boy

Jean says: "Pedophiles, I am against as children have no chance against a grown man. There isn't any cure for a pedophile. I am all for cutting their sex organs off."

I agree 100%......Then, child sex abuse, a vicious cycle, will end in one generation. Then, this purposefully mixed-up 'issue' will be clarified.

I also think that the Gay community should come out in total support of a "humane surgical procedure" to remove the tool of violence. Cuz that is what it is....violence inflicted on someone; not real human sexuality. THEN, people will see that this isn't a gay issue.....its a twisted sick person issue. And, yes, being gay isn't twisted/sick...its just very different than many folks are used to....so it's lumped together wrongly with Peter's animals, and such.... such is the infliction of pain through ignorance. How about we stop the real pain against defenseless children? Lets find a way to make Jean's 'solution' a legal remedy. THEN, things will change....and quickly.

;-)

That always does amuse me when a opponent of gay marriage resorts to the people marrying farm animals or their family argument lol. If opponents of gay marriage want to keep gay people from enjoying the same rights as straight people, they should have to come up w/ something much more concrete than the "sancity of marriage" argument. It doesn't take any rights away from straight people, so why do people feel the need to take rights away from gays? just don't go to a gay wedding or watch one on tv if you don't like it lol

"...religion is also always brought in - but we aren't a right-wing theocracy in the U.S...."

its not? that's funny, i thought this was chrisitan terrorist nation that will force-feed its beliefs on anyone or anything that doesn't believe the same way it believes!

I as well am starting to get sick of hearing these remarks. I am a homosexual and am it really bothers me to hear these things.. The love and passion that we have is something so natural that we often forget many are against it. There are no ties to animal love or sibling love when talking about homosexuality. That makes absolutely no sense and it makes me sick to think that there are people out there that hate us so much that they would try to deny our rights as humans and compare us to pedophiles.

I couldn't agree more. I am the first to say that I love my husband in one way that is deep and wonderful... I love my cats in a VERY different way, and my sister in yet another way. If I had kids, I'm sure I'd love them, without coming close to pedophilia. People who make these claims do not understand (or claim to not understand) the different dimensions of love.