civman110
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I oppose gay marriage for several reasons.
1) Marriage is a religious term between a man and a woman and has been for 1000's of years in every religion. Out of respect to religious people they should have chosen a different term.
To try to redefine marriage to include something that is determined to be sinful by all major faiths is highly offensive and disrespectful.
However, the argument was turned into "we want the same common law rights and couples benefits, inheritance ect., so we need the word marriage." Which was really a dishonest argument because they could have had equal rights with a civil union. However, at the time it didn't seem like a big deal to me. Whatever, let them get married. If they want to do it it doesn't mean I have to believe in it and I agreed they should have equal rights.
But it didn't end with marriage. Now they are forcing their beliefs on everyone. They can't just live and let live.
2) I believe children do best when they are raised in an environment with a strong male and female influence. There is a lot of psychology to support this. Children have a strong need for both biological parents. Not that I am entirely opposed to gay people adopting children. I think a loving gay parent is much better than an abusive hetero one, but I believe an environment with both biological parents is best.
3) They want to force deeply religious people to violate their beliefs and be forced to cater/host/photograph gay weddings.
4) The regularly trash Christianity and Christians and label them as bigots although plenty of them support gay rights.
5) They are forcing teaching about gay marriage in school which is against people's religious beliefs.
6) It's constantly intentionally shoved in your face on tv. With gay sex scenes and public displays of affection. I don't have a problem with gay people on tv if it just happens that way naturally, but it's being intentionally put on tv and shoved in your face 24/7. Gay sex scenes are just totally over the top. It's very irritating. I'm not gay and I'm not part of the gay community. I don't fit in there, I can't relate to it, and it makes me uncomfortable out of natural sexual instinct so why would I want to be forcefully exposed to it 24/7/365. No straight person wants to watch a gay sex scene! That is just not what I am attracted to. I don't even like seeing hetero's being affectionate in public.
I don't watch BET, the Spanish channel, or Native channel for the same reason. It is not what I am accustom to. It's not because I don't like these groups. I just don't fit in with that group and I can't relate to it, so don't force it on me thinking I eventually will grow accustom to it. I won't and I can't because I'm heterosexual.
7) In my town gay rights activists made a big fuss because the Mayor wouldn't replace our country's flag with the gay pride flag to show his support. T
hey labelled him a bigot, but the reality was he wouldn't replace the country's flag with any flag no matter what it is. This kind of behavior is very common. If you don't support hem 100% your a bigot. It's childish and adversarial.
8) Now it's no longer gay rights it changed to LGBT and now LGBTIQ. It just keeps getting more and more extreme every passing day. Now they want to be able to choose their gender and what bathroom they use regardless of their biological make-up. You can't choose your gender sorry. You're born how you are born. There is no such thing as identifying as a man, or woman. You are what you are until you get a sex change. It's become one big slippery slope.
People need to conform to society at least a little. Society also has to be accepting, but that doesn't mean anything goes.
Gay marriage was just the narrow end of an even bigger wedge and that is why I no longer support it.
1) Marriage is a religious term between a man and a woman and has been for 1000's of years in every religion. Out of respect to religious people they should have chosen a different term.
To try to redefine marriage to include something that is determined to be sinful by all major faiths is highly offensive and disrespectful.
However, the argument was turned into "we want the same common law rights and couples benefits, inheritance ect., so we need the word marriage." Which was really a dishonest argument because they could have had equal rights with a civil union. However, at the time it didn't seem like a big deal to me. Whatever, let them get married. If they want to do it it doesn't mean I have to believe in it and I agreed they should have equal rights.
But it didn't end with marriage. Now they are forcing their beliefs on everyone. They can't just live and let live.
2) I believe children do best when they are raised in an environment with a strong male and female influence. There is a lot of psychology to support this. Children have a strong need for both biological parents. Not that I am entirely opposed to gay people adopting children. I think a loving gay parent is much better than an abusive hetero one, but I believe an environment with both biological parents is best.
3) They want to force deeply religious people to violate their beliefs and be forced to cater/host/photograph gay weddings.
4) The regularly trash Christianity and Christians and label them as bigots although plenty of them support gay rights.
5) They are forcing teaching about gay marriage in school which is against people's religious beliefs.
6) It's constantly intentionally shoved in your face on tv. With gay sex scenes and public displays of affection. I don't have a problem with gay people on tv if it just happens that way naturally, but it's being intentionally put on tv and shoved in your face 24/7. Gay sex scenes are just totally over the top. It's very irritating. I'm not gay and I'm not part of the gay community. I don't fit in there, I can't relate to it, and it makes me uncomfortable out of natural sexual instinct so why would I want to be forcefully exposed to it 24/7/365. No straight person wants to watch a gay sex scene! That is just not what I am attracted to. I don't even like seeing hetero's being affectionate in public.
I don't watch BET, the Spanish channel, or Native channel for the same reason. It is not what I am accustom to. It's not because I don't like these groups. I just don't fit in with that group and I can't relate to it, so don't force it on me thinking I eventually will grow accustom to it. I won't and I can't because I'm heterosexual.
7) In my town gay rights activists made a big fuss because the Mayor wouldn't replace our country's flag with the gay pride flag to show his support. T
hey labelled him a bigot, but the reality was he wouldn't replace the country's flag with any flag no matter what it is. This kind of behavior is very common. If you don't support hem 100% your a bigot. It's childish and adversarial.
8) Now it's no longer gay rights it changed to LGBT and now LGBTIQ. It just keeps getting more and more extreme every passing day. Now they want to be able to choose their gender and what bathroom they use regardless of their biological make-up. You can't choose your gender sorry. You're born how you are born. There is no such thing as identifying as a man, or woman. You are what you are until you get a sex change. It's become one big slippery slope.
People need to conform to society at least a little. Society also has to be accepting, but that doesn't mean anything goes.
Gay marriage was just the narrow end of an even bigger wedge and that is why I no longer support it.
