O.K....so what?
These kinds of polls are very iffy. People never want to seem to be bigots etc. They don’t want the pollster to think badly of them so they many times give the answer that puts them in the best light. This is Poly Sci 105.
Oh look, Rubio’s gonna make Iran recognize Israel. How about getting the White House to openly state the name of the city with Israel's capitol?
My dad felt very strongly about his faith. It was very difficult for him to see two of his children marry outside of a Catholic ceremony. (I later entered into a sacramental marriage with the same guy.) But he went and in my case he did walk me down the aisle. I would be in the same boat. My SIL is struggling with the wedding of her son this summer - I expect it to be a hippy dippy good time rock and roll sort of event but at least it is to a woman. Oh well. So if another nephew who does run with that crowd but is not out decides to marry a boyfriend, I doubt I would be invited to the wedding (other side of the country) but I would probably go to any reception here in town. Hey, it’s a party. It’s with people I love. Why would I not go? Besides, the outfits would be fabulous.
If you don’t want to go because you don’t believe in gay marriage, fine. But you will be dying on that little hill. The rest of your family will not think kindly of you. But you don’t care, probably.
Homosexuality is not the worst sin. We have to be careful not to rank sins by how yucky they are to us. Having sex with someone of your sex is much less of a sin than gossip, in the Bible, and you probably have been to the marriage of someone who gossips.
How are you going to hide your disgust when the two lovebirds swap spit after being pronounced “married”?
Bloomberg is a “Republican”.
...just sayin’.
what you should take away from this ‘poll’ is that they actually had to ask, in order to find out that not all Republicans are as EVIL(!!!!) as they think
I must be in the 44 percent that won’t. My family was sent an invitation to my cousins wedding to his boyfriend. They had the whole thing. We declined. My wife insisted we send a gift. I didn’t want to but I let it go.
I may find myself in a situation where I have to confront this question.
It is problematic for me, because for the people involved, while I don’t think they would care if I didn’t attend, the issue may be with my wife, who may care if I did or did’t attend because it is her family. If it were my side, I simply wouldn’t go and would explain why to them.
If it comes up, I may put myself in conflict with my spouse, who doesn’t feel the same way about this kind of thing that I do. I have to explore the range of options all the way from not going at all which would be my preference, or going but leaving the “ceremony” and other associated activities until it is time to leave, etc.
I cannot view myself as being part of it, sitting in the same space and countenancing it with my presence, which is what I feel that I would be doing.
I know this is the kind of conflict many of those people want (but not all, which I know for a fact) and that makes me even more angry about the entire thing.
I have long contended that many people including myself don’t care what homosexuals do in their bedroom or personal life as long as they aren’t injuring or impacting others. That is between them and God, to whom they will have to answer. But I have a serious, SERIOUS issue with the forcible attempt to normalize homosexuality and turn it into a civil rights issue and place it on an equal footing with male/female relationships, up to and including family and children.
That makes my blood boil, but sadly, I believe this is a lost issue.
If Black churches are generally against same-sex marriages, how is this possible?
Nope. As I told my gay nephew, “You chose this life and you chose to go to NY and get “married”. We love you, he’s a nice enough guy, but we won’t celebrate your marriage and we won’t have you sleep together under our roof. Did I mention we love you?”
An evil lie of the Devil.
I hate Weddings period. I look at a wedding invitation as a demand for a gift. So for the last 30 plus years I have not given any wedding gifts and could care less if I go to a wedding. I hate funerals also but they tend to be a little more interesting.
Well, I’m getting used to being a minority.
Reuters = Barbara Streisand
Which proves absolutely nothing. I went to my nieces gay “wedding”. Did not change anything. I still love my niece and I still oppose the redefining of marriage.
With the mental reservation that it's not a "real wedding."
Not me.