You were actually doing a good job contradicting your anti-gay marriage statement here:
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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
It seems to me that the only real difference between a gay person and a straight person is who they decide to "sleep" with.
Case in point ---
A good friend and I were in grad school at the same time. She is gay (lesbian) and I'm straight. We're both Black females of the same age. We both have similar backgrounds in terms of family. She is Catholic, I'm protestant - basically both of us are of Christian religions. She had struggles in grad school, so did I.
The only major difference is that she went out with girls, I went out with guys. Our similarities ended at the bedroom door, if you will.  |
Exactly! So if that's the ONLY difference, then why are
you allowed to marry but
she isn't?
And then you slipped into the completely illogical:
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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
I think that what ever you do in your private life is your business. Some people are into S&M, threesomes and bondage - I don't see any of those people at the court house demanding equal rights.
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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
This is one thing about the 'gays need rights like minorities have' that bothers me so much. Gays are not minorities, and when gays equate themselves as such, I find it to be very offensive. Whenever anyone can find evidence of when gays were brought to this country against their will, forced to live in inhumane physical, mental, cultural, and spritual bondage for over 300 years in this country. Where gay women were forced to have babies for the 'massa' just to produce more people to enslave. Where gay men were beaten down and torn from their families. Where gay people were given outdated books to use in public schools. When you can find evidence like that, then *maybe* I'll buy the gays are minorities argument. Until then, please stop calling them that. If you're gay, you're gay. But don't equate being gay with being a minority in this country.
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So African-Americans are the only minorities? I don't think you quite understand what the word "minority" means. At its root, it's simply about percentages not cultural history.
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