I personally just don’t care about it.
Gay people have just never really bothered me. If they live their lives with dignity and behave themselves in the setting of a paired couple, I think that’s far better than the antics of a lot of the promiscuous “straight” perverts out there. The essence of a person’s worth to society is in his ability and willingness to work to take care of himself and the people around him, and I don’t believe gay people are any less able to do this than others.
I wouldn’t stand in a picket line to support gay marriage, either, mind you. I think the substantive issues they are complaining about are things like health insurance benefits and social security survivors benefits, and I feel that those issues could be solved administratively without having to redefine the religious sacrament of marriage, but I don’t really care that much either way.
Funny, you "cared" enough to post a comment with a follow-up in which you claimed that gay couples are just like the rest of us.
In other words, you want your pro-gay point of view to be presented, but rather than answer for the negative ramifications of your position, immediately withdraw into "actually I just don't care..."
I suspect that everyone "cares" about sexuality issues because they go to the core of who we are as male or female. And let's dispose of the patently false claim that gay couples are "just like" opposite-sex couples. They cannot engage in the sexual act as designed by God. They cannot "have" children or create a natural family. Beyond these critical deficiencies, there is considerable evidence that homosexual couples are fraught with a higher susceptibility to disease and mental health issues. Finally, homosexual relationships rarely last, and those that do typically have a "revolving bedroom door" policy of having numerous sexual partners outside of the relationship.
Shall I go on (I have published papers on all these subjects), or am I disturbing your willful ignorance and naive insistence that gay "couples" (I use the term loosely) are "just like the rest of us"?
Gay people have just never really bothered me. If they live their lives with dignity and behave themselves in the setting of a paired couple, I think that’s far better than the antics of a lot of the promiscuous “straight” perverts out there. The essence of a person’s worth to society is in his ability and willingness to work to take care of himself and the people around him, and I don’t believe gay people are any less able to do this than others.
I wouldn’t stand in a picket line to support gay marriage, either, mind you. I think the substantive issues they are complaining about are things like health insurance benefits and social security survivors benefits, and I feel that those issues could be solved administratively without having to redefine the religious sacrament of marriage, but I don’t really care that much either way.
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There. Now it makes sense. Do you see how easy that was?
I would not want the position I am expressing to be dismissed & twisted into that of a “hate-mongering bigot” who advocates the tar & feathering of homosexuals. I have no problem with legally establishing the power of attorney between any two persons, addressing issues such as hospital visitation, co-ownership of assets, etc. Also FYI, yes, I have known homosexuals and in fact have lived next door to a gay man with whom I have very cordial relations.
It’s not “hate” to love God’s holy word, but that’s what is being sold to America. The consequences of redefining marriage to equal an abomination, as defined by God, are widespread: the destruction of the family, the degradation of moral values, especially with regard to children, increased access to children for sex by child molesters, and religious oppression of Christians.
There is no dignity in homosexuality. It's a degrading, sick perversion. I won't excuse any of the "straight" people you're talking about, but there is just no way two sodomites who mess with each other's filthy anal areas, thus exposing themselves to disease and disorder, are "better" or have more dignity.