Soon enough the rest of the world will join themOriginally Posted by Psychotic
Soon enough the rest of the world will join them
Canada has been there for years, thanks. :P
I think the rest of the world needs to join the 20th Century first.Soon enough the rest of the world will join them
You know what the greatest part of this story is? The fact that it was a decision by a group of Conservatives.
Why is this so great? This will cause many conservatives who are anti gay to examine their views on the law, and possibly convince some people that it is not right to pass these laws that discriminate against sexuality.
Either that or start accusing the Judges of being Librals in disguise. One of the two.
It's about time that bigoted laws started getting repealed. They do absolutely no good at all.
ZMOG1!11!!! We must past the constitutional amendment against doing it in the pooper! RIGHT NOW! God is about to take a huge fart on us because of this ;_; Don't let idiots trick you into thinking it is smog! It is really God Farts and soon it might turn into God Diarrhea :O
To comment on a few aspects of this thread:
Various religious traditions are against homosexuality, but that does not mean it is something innate to the religion and all religions are corrupted. People have this false view of religions being something pure, set apart from the world. The thing is, religions exist in the here-and-how, not in some pretty vacuum outside of the world. Deities may be transcendental but that does not mean the religion is as well. The thing is, religions exist within a society thus the social values are going to be reflected in the religion. Religions that promote monogamous heterosexual relationships do so because they came into being in a society that promotes that type of relationship. A good example of this is Buddhist Five Precepts. These are the most basic precepts undertaken by lay practitioners. Regarding sexual acts, it states to "abstain from sexual misconduct". What "sexual misconduct" means is often understood within a social context. Thus, in one area it could mean one thing whereas in another it could mean something else.
Also, homosexuality is a new issue, relatively speaking. Homosexual as a word only came into being in the 18th century and has only been an identity since then. In other words, even though in Ancient Greece there were homosexual practises, none of these people identified as "homosexual". As society is dealing with this issue, so are religious traditions. The backlash against homosexuals is not a completely religious thing.
Also, I laugh at people who are like "WE MUST PRESERVE THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE AND ITS LONG HISTORY". Clearly they know nothing about the history of marriage within the Western context. Marriage had been a social contract where basically the father/uncle/older brother/grandfather, anyways the male in charge the female, sold her off for economical and/or social benefit. She had not say in the manner. Continuing with this, marriages during the Roman Empire became more defined by the fact that they were for procreation in order to increase the Empire's population. Again, not religious in nature at all. Shift to early Medieval Europe. Christianity tries to put mutual consent into the game. Couples optionally can go to churchs to get their union blessed. So our modern idea of weddings and such is quite new (I believe it dates to the Victorian Era). The consideration of kids within the marriage, new as well. Kids were for the longest time viewed as little adults, childhood wasn't a luxury they had, unlike we do today. So much for the history of marriage, eh? The long history is more or less an example of the patriarchal nature of Western society.
People need to get their facts straight before they say foolish things about "preserving the institution of marriage" or blaming religions for the reason why same-sex unions are not allowed.
Anyways, yay for California!
Looks like I'm going going back back to Cali Cali. I'm going going back back to Cali Cali. I'm going going back back to Cali Cali. I'm going going back back to Cali Cali.
there was a picture here
Definitely a great step and something I'm pleased about. It'd be nice to see a similar development in Britain.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
Denmark too. The first country in the world to allow civil union between gay people, woot!Allowing gay marriage here too would be ideal, though.
yay!
Oh, did I mention this is awesome?
Oh, did I mention I'm awesome?
All I can say is it's about damn time. I love this state so much right now.
It's the liberals tolerance that is going to make this country more desensitized than it already is. Not to mention the fact that BABIES WILL DIE.
Hating Christians is stupid by the way. Just because Christians don't beleive in abortion or gay marriage, people "hate" them.
I get chewed out a lot for my conservative beliefs. Not neccessarily on this forum, but a lot IRL. The world is going liberal and, consequently, down the toilet.
It's already there. Well the toilet part anyway.
I like Kung-Fu.
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