June 27, 201511 yr Left-handed gay gingers are dancing in the streets. Our nation is doomed. I'm a goofball... for some stupid reason I didn't initially equate ginger meaning red heads and dumbly thought that it might be another kind of slang for being gay... Sorry about that, I tried to paint the picture that you already had... I really feel stupid...:banghead:
June 27, 201511 yr Millionaire gay couple is suing to force a church to hold their wedding I have no issue with gays being allowed to get married. I do have a problem with them suing people/churches that don't want to be involved in the process. And the suing will start in the US this year IMO.
June 27, 201511 yr Did you look into their eyes? I married a ginger. 7 straight years of sun glasses and fist fights. That's what I mean when I say it takes them a while for them to stop believing it. The idea that is driven into them as a kid reinforces them to act upon it, and sometimes it can become a life long battle to control themselves. It has nothing obviously to do with their hair color, but from early on they were made to believe it was, and bought into it as it became fixed into their behavior and their self identity. This was brought up in a human behavior and conditioning philosophy course I once took and it made perfect sense. If they're not self aware enough to realize how this behavior developed then there's little chance that they'll ever be able to correct it.
June 27, 201511 yr I have no issue with gays being allowed to get married. I do have a problem with them suing people/churches that don't want to be involved in the process. And the suing will start in the US this year IMO. I completely agree with this. I think that it's a bit overkill for gays, "all for the principle of it all" to try to force those who aren't yet accepting of it to be made uncomfortable with going against their own beliefs. There's plenty of places for gay couples to get married while not turning it into some big agenda along the way. The big important victory has been won, now give the world time to digest it and after so much time, little by little, more and more people will not see it as such a bad thing. All forcing it on people does is you standing the chance of keeping more and more people in a state of non acceptance. Some gays need to exercise patience, and I completely understand not ever wanting to step backwards, but if you want to move forward, now's a good time to take pause and do it with a sense of class and for some gays they might need not get too cocky with their new found freedom and try to stretch its limits too fast, too soon. Chill out and wait and eventually things will fall into place. Forcing it on people will only now cause more setbacks.
June 27, 201511 yr Texas Gov weighs in: Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - [Press Release] Governor Abbott Statement On Supreme Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage “The Supreme Court has abandoned its role as an impartial judicial arbiter and has become an unelected nine-member legislature. Five Justices on the Supreme Court have imposed on the entire country their personal views on an issue that the Constitution and the Court’s previous decisions reserve to the people of the States. ...
June 27, 201511 yr Legalizing has zero affect on you, your beliefs or how you live your life. Sure it does. As a citizen of a country that is supposedly of the people, by the people, and for the people; a whopping 5 people of 318 million apparently can change law. As a preacher I guarantee I will be asked about this topic more the day after tomorrow than I have the previous 5 years. As a father I now have another reason to worry about the state of our society for my family. Just because I am not gay does not mean that these issues do not affect me. It is wrong to assume that these laws, judges, and decisions only influence the lives of homosexuals.
June 27, 201511 yr Sure it does. As a citizen of a country that is supposedly of the people, by the people, and for the people; a whopping 5 people of 318 million apparently can change law. As a preacher I guarantee I will be asked about this topic more the day after tomorrow than I have the previous 5 years. As a father I now have another reason to worry about the state of our society for my family. Just because I am not gay does not mean that these issues do not affect me. It is wrong to assume that these laws, judges, and decisions only influence the lives of homosexuals. Did you just realize how the Supreme Court works today? It seems like you are upset with them doing their job. The quality of the job being done isn't impacted by your enjoyment of the end result. I fully support the decision, and feel that it was constitutionally the correct decision. How many things would still be legal if it were based solely on voting? You shouldn't have the ability to vote for a different group to get or not get something. That's not democracy, that's being a jerk.
June 27, 201511 yr How many things would still be legal if it were based solely on voting? Y Please name some things that would still be legal?
June 27, 201511 yr Please name some things that would still be legal? Segregation. That's not the issue, I was simply saying that I would want someone's rights as a person to be determined by their popularity with the voting public.
June 27, 201511 yr Segregation. That's not the issue, I was simply saying that I would want someone's rights as a person to be determined by their popularity with the voting public. Say that one more time for me
June 27, 201511 yr Sure it does. As a citizen of a country that is supposedly of the people, by the people, and for the people; a whopping 5 people of 318 million apparently can change law. As a preacher I guarantee I will be asked about this topic more the day after tomorrow than I have the previous 5 years. As a father I now have another reason to worry about the state of our society for my family. Just because I am not gay does not mean that these issues do not affect me. It is wrong to assume that these laws, judges, and decisions only influence the lives of homosexuals. Just honest questions here...... How does this make society worse for you and your family (or any straight couple and their family)?? Gay couples have existed forever...there's likely at least one gay person in your congregation. All this decision does is give them the same rights as the rest of the couples in the country. How have those gay couples or homosexuality affected you in a negative way in the past?? If you think society is going to suffer, are you assuming that this will cause more gay people to suddenly appear?? And if it does, so what?? You mention that this a country of the people, by the people and for the people. Why shouldn't we provide equal rights to Gays?? Aren't they people too?? Why does that group not deserve those rights?? I just don't see how this affects a non homosexual person negatively.
June 27, 201511 yr Say that one more time for me I really don't understand why my phone changes words.
June 27, 201511 yr What a shame the Justices who voted for this and Obama were ever born. Wow.....very saddening. :sorry:
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