Posted on 06/26/2015 12:24:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In 2001 the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage, then came Belgium in 2003, South Africa in 2006, and Argentina in 2010.
With Friday's historic Supreme Court ruling, the United States has done the same.
Given that the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973, that's quite the turnaround.
As the Pew Research Center has documented in their polling, the stance on same-sex marriage in America has undergone a radical transformation in the past 12 years.
In the words of Time reporter David Von Drehle, same-sex marriage is an "increasingly uncontroversial controversy."
In 2001 the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage, then came Belgium in 2003, South Africa in 2006, and Argentina in 2010.
With Friday's historic Supreme Court ruling, the United States has done the same.
Given that the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973, that's quite the turnaround.
As the Pew Research Center has documented in their polling, the stance on same-sex marriage in America has undergone a radical transformation in the past 12 years.
In the words of Time reporter David Von Drehle, same-sex marriage is an "increasingly uncontroversial controversy."
If these trends hold, it looks like any meaningful opposition to same-sex marriage in America will soon die out.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
In this case, the wakeup will be swift & decisive. The idea involves the substitution of new word definitions for the dynamic reality of human interaction. Don't bet on this holding sway as something able to endure an inevitable refocusing.
The liberal target (which matches Satan’s):
Marriage: a legal financial contract between 2:n people (for the moment) of any sex, gender or blood relationship with no moral authority nor actual purpose.
part of the “It’s over” meme “settled law” and all that
Dream on liars.
Why are Business insiders so obsessed with same sex relations?
It takes time. In the meantime, the Netherlands are being overrun by Muslims, and in time that law will fall one way or the other.
They do not understand what sort of hurt they have let themselves in for.
And that is exactly right. They always push for "change" but they don't understand the revolving cycle till their heads are in guillotines.
We've got at least a generation yet to go before we can call for a tabulation of the results.
They will fix this and other specific messes, but they will create more and worse.
Of which we have the examples of many Millenia.
You should get into a debate on the motives for the civil war. The left aren't the only ones.
And those countries are headed into oblivion. Gay marriage is just like abortion. We have no begun to fight.
The reason it will die out is that they will be so rare.
They only have to poll God and they will get the answer they need for allowing or disallowing homosexual practice.
His DoJ/IRS/other gubmint branch (he could sic on us) will continue prosecutions and persecutions against those who practice such Religious Freedom.
This has been a successful lab experiment on how to pull off a cultural sea change with social engineering in a shockingly short amount of time.
Pastors should withdraw from being agents of the state.. . let people get married in city hall...and then go to the church to have it blessed
Just like the controversy over abortion has died out.
Not a valid comparison...abortion never had the easy acceptance implicit in SSM, because the lukewarm adherent had to make a choice that was difficult and disturbing, requiring more thought than just ‘well, if they love each other’ like SSM...
the proof of this? Look no further than TV advertising...thee’s one out that makes my blood boil, in which two twinkies are bringing a baby home to show the family...TV ad agencies don’t get rich by misinterpreting public acceptance and pitching unpopular items...but we don’t see any such thing for abortion, i.e. a young family not bringing a baby home, with the clear implication that their personal well being improved with the decision to abort...
There’s no stigma attached to playing nice with homos...none at all...
Childless workers for flexibility with hours? No family health insurance? Toys for high-level gay executives?
They need two more charts: One showing how few normal Americans get married anymore, and another showing what percentage of people in this country are actually American.
One of the lavender upper execs at Microsoft was interviewed about the sex dungeon in his home. Since he had no kids, he built himself a “playroom”.
This is what goes on behind the boardroom doors at America’s big corporations.
It’s like realizing that your elderly neighbors in a New York apartment are really members of a Satanic coven trying to birth the anti-Christ.
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