Quote:Originally posted by Joker582@May 22 2012, 09:15 AM


I apologize for the religious statements being brought into it, you stated you were a Christian and I believed you wouldn't have done so if it didn't really matter to you to state.

If you go to a gay bar, as a man, expect to be hit on by other men there who are going to obviously assume you are gay.

I will agree that it is natural for a man and a woman to reproduce, but what exactly does that have to do with marriage?

If we want to argue reproduction here, which I am quite certain you are not doing but I wish to make this known that there ARE options available for both gay and lesbian couples.

A lesbian couple can procure semen from a sperm bank, have in vitro done and have a child that way, it is not exactly natural but is a possibility, albeit an enormously expensive one.

As for a gay couple, that becomes a bit more difficult as you would have to have a surrogate mother willing to carry the baby, can be done naturally by her having sexual intercourse or can be done in vitro as well.

In either case, you end up with two human beings perfectly capable of raising a child as well as any heterosexual couple can and I would also like to point out that several studies have been done on children of same sex couples and the vast majority of them do not turn out to be homosexual themselves despite the lifestyle their parents partake in.

Lastly, sure, I understand where you are coming from. I as a matter of fact have two gay cousins, one male and one female. I haven't spoken to the female in quite some time. Not due to the fact I don't want to because I do, but because she lives so far away.

The male came out to me and my parents, the day before my wedding as he was invited and the invitation was for him and his significant other. I could tell he was apprehensive about coming out but I looked him in the eyes and told him.

"It doesn't matter a fucking bit to me, you are and always will be the same person to me. The one I spent my summers with catching frogs, snakes and fishing back home. You being gay changes nothing. You bring your boyfriend if you want to, because if anyone has a problem with that then they arent welcome at my wedding"

As it turns out, at my wedding, my wifes uber christian uncle kept looking over at them and shaking his head and eventually I went and spoke to him.

"I see what you are doing and I don't like it. He is MY family and I accept him. He won't be asked to leave, but you keep up what you are doing and you will be"

I don't stand for any of that bullshit, no matter where it comes from.

Sir you are a classy person, good for you. Acceptance is key to life in the modern world, it is very important to keep an open mind and be willing to listen to people's opinions without judgement, gay people should be allowed to get married, there shouldn't be anything restricting people who love eachother from getting married.