11-14-2008, 01:52 PM
Duchess Wrote:Why can't these people marry & be allowed to have the same rights that straight couples are afforded ?...Why is it even anyone business ?...Many of these people are couples that have been in many years long, commited relationships, they are monogamous to each other, some have even adopted children and are giving them loving, happy homes...You don't hear about them on the evening news because of spousal abuse, neglecting their children, being on the welfare dole, etc...Why is it even an issue, damnit !...Personally, I feel that they are entitled to everything I am and I couldn't care any less who they like to do the wild thing with in the privacy of their homes...I just don't get it.
The whole thing smells of the "First they came for the Jews" poem. Of course with USA being 86% Christian; there was no way the majority of voters were going to show any level of compassion or concern for gay Americans. So they voted to remove the right to be married for gays on a State by State basis. What groupis next to lose a right?
Example (though unrealistic): Christians think the Jews caused the death of Jesus. What if there is ever a vote on the table to take away some right that only affects Jews? Of course that wouldnot go well for the Jews.
The majority could just continue to pick off minorities one after another. That is NOT what USA is supposed to be about.