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Originally posted by MaMaBuddha
as i read the post written by some of my sorors and bruhs and greekfriends...i sense some type of personal vendetta.
why is this so serious to certain individuals???
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I was thinking the same thing. By the way, your post was very well said. But I am sincerely asking here, not trying to be funny, but how does it affect you, as in individual, if gays and lesbians are married? Again, I'm sincerely asking, not being sarcastic. I do understand people's arguments regarding marriage being a religious institution, but unfortunately, we have a separation of church and state here. We can't combine the two, so why can't people get married in a courtroom or something, just somewhere where it's not religious? How does it affect you in your bedroom?
If it's because you would have to explain it to your children, don't you have to explain it to them anyway?
Also, DoggyStyle mentioned that gays and lesbians have their contractual equivalent to marriages with civil unions, but from what I understand, a civil union doesn't provide all of the contractual rights, which I think is the problem (somebody correct me with specifics if I'm wrong, I would really like to know).
Also, someone mentioned that because gays and lesbians can't procreate, there was no need for them to have marriage/civil unions. But many homosexual couples have children now, so what do they do?
I also agree that the struggles of African-Americans and gays and lesbians are not similar EXCEPT in the fact that they're both struggles, and we should be very careful when making those comparisons.