YOU ARE LOSING. Seriously. LOSING. This is a losing battle. Remember segregation? And how hard people fought against that? And now looking back after all that most of us are like “omg, what assholes.” Yes, that will be you in a few decades. Your pointless fight will be regarded as assholish antiquated behavior.
Pick a fight you can win. You want to uphold the sanctity of marriage? Start by preserving the marriages that exist. Pour your money and time into groups that provide counseling, childcare, family planning – all things that help relieve the biggest stresses on marriages: money, and kids. Educate your daughters about healthy relationships, and put an emphasis on waiting to get married until they are sure of themselves and their partner…NOT waiting to have sex so that they can marry too young just to “do it” with your blessing. Teach them that pop stars are not role models.
Educate your sons about respecting women, taking responsibility for their actions, and that marriage is not some kind of “trap” that they are “tricked” into like some kind of hollywood/prime time tv stereotype. Teach them that douchebags are not role models.
You want to save marriage? SAVE MARRIAGES. CREATE HEALTHY NEW MARRIAGES. Do not waste your time trying to prevent something that will NEVER EVER HAVE AN EFFECT on you. Stop being assholes and do something USEFUL for once, so I can stop being ashamed to call myself a christian.
I love you. I really, really do.
I have always maintained that gays do not destroy hetero marriages – divorce does.
Fuck yeah!
Bravo and well said!
And btw – thanks for that etsy shop recommendation. I couldn’t wait to see if I would win, I just went ahead and ordered! =P~
AMEN!
:::enthusiastic applause!!!:::
Ugh, so you saw the awful NOM commercial where the sad, scared homophobes co-opt the rainbow thing and spew their hate while calling it “love”? All I could think about while watching it was how hungry those actors must have been to have taken such a sick job.
Also I think the Hispanic guy at the end was played by John Cusack.
Agree(100000)!
I wonder who these people will be publicly hating in the years to come.
The Dutch maybe?
Very well said!
I never understood the argument that same sex marriage ruins hetero marriages. If someone else’s love has the ability to destroy your marriage, then you’re doing it wrong
Say it, sister!
Thank you for putting into words so well what I have been thinking for a long time!
I have no idea what some of these Christians are being taught marriage is. I had one tell me that I couldn’t be legally married because I didn’t get married in a church and I didn’t have a ring.
Really.
See how far some of these nut jobs want to go?
Awesome and well said ESC.
Here here! Hello you same people who do not want to be discriminated against – how about you STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE DIFFERENT THAN YOU AND MIND YOUR OWN FRIGGING BUSINESS!!!
Whew. Excellent post.
here! HERE!! most excellent post! Here’s a thought for those who want to ban gay marriage: Marriage takes time (and work – hard work). Take the time you spend gnashing at someone else’s business and put it into YOUR OWN business. You might find that you can help yourself – and maybe even your own marriage – in the long run.
Amen Sister! Very well said!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/9/718038/-FIGHT-BACK!!-Fisking-the-NOM-video-on-gay-marriage