Why We Fight for Gay Marriage

From Queer Geek: Hey RHU!  I know with all the Chick-Fila-A hooplah on their gay marriage stance is going back and forth in the media I thought I would show you guys this clip that I found on Youtube.  Now this is a sad story but poignant in understanding why the GLBT community fights for equal rights for everyone in this country.  If you were to take out the gender factor and just look at it between two people in love, then you'll understand why there is such imbalance and unfairness to those who are persecuted for someone they love.  Therefore, the push for marriage equality and basic human rights is something that must be fought for.  Hopefully, this will broaden the minds of some people to why all unions should be legalized.

--Queer Geek

Comments

[foxgirltori]

Words can't express how I feel about this video. I've been crying since three minutes in and my heart goes out to Shane and anyone else who has had to put up with all this bullshit. As cheesy as this is, stop the hate and let love shine through.

[The Last Archimedean]

Any person or organization who says that gays shouldn't be allowed to marry should have their right to marry stripped and all marriages they're currenlty in invalidated.

You'd suddenly see a lot of arseholes doing a 180 real quick regarding their stance on marriage equality.

The same BS arguments being used against gay marriage were raised against interracial marriage and the world didn't collapse when white people could marry black people.

[Raven]

Okay, don't take this the wrong way, but I don't really consider marriage a basic human right. I'm not at all against gay marriage (and it still baffles me how being married can affect your taxes, but w/e), but I don't see how a religious and/or legal creation that's only been around for a couple thousand years can be called a human right.

[Crazy Cashier]

For awhile I was completely on the fence about it ( just didn't care really). Now I lean towards supporting gay marriage . However I've noticed a lot of Christian bashing recently when it comes to marriage and honestly as a Christian it's kind of starting to tick me off. I hate when one side starts bashing and making stuff about the other and making assumptions. It's completely childish. It makes me lose any kind of respect for the other side. That said I realize there are a lot of homosexuals out there who are quite nice people should be allowed to married and the hateful Christian bashers haven't completely stopped me from thinking that yet.

[Crazy Cashier]

However obviously for the reasons the video was pointing out , is why I support the idea of gay marriage. Although in that case living/wills are very important.

I don't support anyone hating a whole group for any reason ,because groups are made of individuals of individual thoughts and opinions and should be treated as such.

[Queer Geek]

@KURONEKO4276

Well put! I'm starting to hate how GLBT groups become more militia like and using terrorist tactics of bullying and cyberstalking to rip apart another group's beliefs. I always thought the community was about love, acceptance and tolerance and with the recent light of this Chick-Fil-A nonsense it makes me embarrass to have these people representing me.

I want them to protest but peacefully. Christian bashing is not going to help their cause. It only sinks down to the same level of ignorance that other hate groups have of us. There is a right way and wrong way to protest. I really do wish that these activists would reorganize and figure this out. It's not really helping others with the cause.

[Hellbound Alleee]

Human rights is a fuzzy thing, yes. But marriage is a legal and social right. I have my doubts that marriage began as a religious institution. I think marriage was historically a social institution. It had to do with property. It was a way for one father to trade his property (the bride) to another father, fathers and men being the only ones who could own property unless it was somehow won as a widow.

So we as different nations have in fact "redefined" marriage, many times over. It is no longer between one man and many women, slaves, and raped girls from other tribes. It is a legal and social contract that became thought of as religious, because churches were the auditor offices and record keeping institutions of the day. Churches WERE the government, essentially.

We don't have to call it a "human right" to know unfair when we see it. We as a society have come to respect these legal transactions as the only way to properly legitimize something all of us will call a "family." Some people will have been with their significant others for decades, and mothers, fathers, and grandparents still introduce them as "my son's 'friend.'" Older generations are resistant to legal gay marriage because, in their programmed minds, they will now HAVE to recognize that this is a "legitimate" (word having the same root as "legal") family. They will HAVE to introduce that person as "my son's husband, John," or "My daughter's wife, Mary."

And when they do, they will get the fudge over it and move on.

[Hellbound Alleee]

I feel I have to point out that no gun, bomb, stick, brick or harsh criticism will ever "rip apart" a belief. No one can possibly "take away" a belief from someone, even if that belief is that gay people should be executed (Uganda, and several preachers I've heard lately) or that black people are inferior, or that Jesus was the son of God. Beliefs are not sacred things and we don't have to believe that all beliefs are equally valid. They are not.

Of course we should not hurt each other physically, and fire bombs are only ammunition for the "victim's" side morally. Don't do it. But don't go pretending that criticism of a belief equals oppression.

[CharlieWhiskyMike]

Tom´s family won't deal with the love of his life but they were eager to take his money.

For enough money the most homophobe so called christians will sell their beliefs. Not all will do it but the most.

[Bitch Boy]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

The Bible (both old and new testaments) were written by a person; imperfect, biased, and a slew of other words that reflect the fallibility of the human being.

[Skittles]

@Raven
It is a human right in the respect that marriage is both a legal contract giving certain tax benefits and legal rights, while at the same time a social status signifying a couples commitment. If one human being has the right to do something then any other human being should have that same right. It's not as if the right to vote should only apply to straight white dudes. The right to marry, vote, speak freely, and many other rights are considered human rights because we as a society defined them as such.

[Searabbits]

It's not just in America, New Zealand is gearing up to put same-sex marriages to vote. :D

Legalizing gay marriages <--- Has opinions on both sides, some are interesting, some are bizarre (oh noes if the vote goes through, that means I'm going to become gay! >.>')

If the vote does go through, I'm going to be so proud to be a kiwi. And if it doesn't, I'll just mutter angrily to myself in a corner... or rant online <.<

[Mike]

Gays already have the right to marry; they can marry anyone they want, who is of the opposite gender. That's what a marriage is.

If they want to be together, fine, but don't call it a marriage because it's not.

[Skittles]

@Mike
That is a really lame troll attempt dude, seriously it's sad.