Today.
While walking in circles at my job, I overheard some of my more " conservative" co-workers doing what they do best, gay bash. They complained for awhile about how it is a sin and all that, but what really got me is when they got into the whole marriage deal. Now then, for those of you without a dictionary at hand, here are a couple definitions for you.
Love-A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
Sexual passion.
Sexual intercourse.
A love affair.
An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
Marriage- : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law -see also DIVORCE
2 : the ceremony containing certain legal formalities by which a marriage relationship is created
Now then. Since the main argument I hear, except for the usual religious one, is that a marriage is a union between a man and a woman as defined by Webster. Ok. Fine. I can live with that. Though Webster was a bit biased with his definitions. By the time Webster was about 22 he could recite the Bible word-for-word, so of course that would be how he would define it. I can even live with that. But what I do not understand is, how come, by the definition logic, can I fall in love with another guy, but I can't ask for his hand? I know this topic is kinda banal at this point in history, I just felt I should throw my hat into the ring and see what happens.
Also, form a religious standpoint, at least some religions, divorce is a sin. "This is the person god has decided to be your mate, if you divorce her then you are saying that god was wrong!". This is a direct quote from a pastor in central Va. I'm not going to get into a god debate right now, just a gay/love/marriage one.
Final thought on the matter. If being homosexual/gay/lesbian/queer(whatever title you choose) is a sin, and we're all going to hell, why not at least let us go there the same way hetero sinners do?
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Side note, happy birthday little miss kats! I'm sorry for your loss, but may you find happiness and peace in the coming days.
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