Good job America.
Equal rights, political correctness, yadda yadda yadda.... I was going to say at least we won't have to hear about people arguing about that in the news. It seems like something from a few generations back. Marry whoever you want. I don't care.(They've got the not-actually-Confederate flag to ban to solve the world's problems now. )And then this...https://gawker.com/alabama-county-stops-issuing-marriage-licenses-all-toge-1714220263Haha. Not really discrimination if they just stop offering the service all together I guess. Way to go Alabama.
Well, my dad used to say, if someone believes he's a woman inside the body of a man, why doesn't there seem to be anyone who believes he's a dog inside the body of a man?Perhaps in the future, it's okay to marry your dog, too.
Well, my dad used to say, if someone believes he's a woman inside the body of a man, why doesn't there seem to be anyone who believes he's a dog inside the body of a man?
As a man trapped in a womans body, which is in turn trapped in a mans body, I feel that I am well placed to respond to your dad: "Shut up"
Because humans have a higher intelligence than dogs, and we don't typically think in their way of "I like treats and I like being petted and I like to run".
Perhaps your dad could actually do some research on transgenders before making a narrow minded statement such as that.
There's a difference between loving Sushi and being indian than being transgender.\
Just as sexuality isn't a choice, just as it is an innate part of who we are, gender applies in this manner. Some people are born male and feel male, some people are born female and feel female, some people are born male and feel female (and vice versa).
To equate this to the simplistic dogs view (after all, dogs don't pray to any higher power, nor do they kill for fun, torture for fun, or engage in cannabilism most of the time, as we humans do) is ridiculous. We as humans (though we've gone and squandered our gifts pretty badly) have brains that are capable of many things, and sometimes by accident of birth you're born male and feel female inside.
The main people opposing these people happen to be (and this is fairly objective; if you look at the people stopping transgender rights it's mainly) religious folk. They object because their holy book teaches them that it is wrong- perhaps because it was written over a thousand years ago before we had the knowledge of these things, haha.
(will make a second post tomorrow addressing your points)
I've always substituted the golden rule for "Don't be a dick".Pretty simple stuff.
My issue with the golden rule, "Treat others as you would treat yourself" (though I've heard "as you want to be treated", and that works fine) is that the entire thing just seems really flowery and all sunshine and rainbows. I prefer the more concise clear language- and it also closes the loophole of "Well I engage in self mutilation, so I can I walk up and stab this dude?" caveat (though that one hardly seems to come up anymore.
Ahh forget it. It was just really funny hearing about the dog thing. Don't take my viewpoints way too seriously.
"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" or whatever. Come on, you now what I was trying to say.We can't be moralistic about other cultures, as my father once taught.
(will make a second post tomorrow addressing your points)I've always substituted the golden rule for "Don't be a dick".Pretty simple stuff.My issue with the golden rule, "Treat others as you would treat yourself" (though I've heard "as you want to be treated", and that works fine) is that the entire thing just seems really flowery and all sunshine and rainbows. I prefer the more concise clear language- and it also closes the loophole of "Well I engage in self mutilation, so I can I walk up and stab this dude?" caveat (though that one hardly seems to come up anymore.
Without prejudice. Ok enlighten me. I have never really understood what this 'Gay Rights' is all about. What don't they get that we heterosexuals are getting already? As far as I know gay partners have always been treated equal, they have a recognized civil partnership living as a couple treated with the same rights as married heterosexual couples? I'm fine with that, So what more can they want? Why do they make they single themselves out and make a special case?
I remember hearing about the slippery slope of what happens when two guys or two girls could marry....People would also marry dogs or animals. ...Except we can't ever be sure for sure an animal wanted to get married. They can't communicate that to anyone for sure.Polygamy. That would be interesting. I wouldn't mind hearing about that in the news just for the entertainment value. Instead of marriage is between a man and woman (however they're determining that), I would think marriage is now between any two people. But then there are the polygamists. So... What about a marriage of three people to keep it small? Or a hundred on the other extreme?
I don't rightly care what people do so long its consensual. The only thing that bothers me pretty much, and read before someone throws me a chair is the following argument;"Gay is unnatural" or some stuff along that lines."Animals do it too, its in nature" or something like that.Right? But then we have the classical argument of:"Don't do that (i.e eat certain way) you're not an animal! ""Humans are better than animals for X or Y"So which one is it? The only thing that bothers me is the excuse/argument/whatever. Can we just accept that people love/lust the same sex and move on?
Topic: Gay rights 