I wonder if these protesters realize that many of the arguments they're making now, their parents and grandparents used to try to block interracial marriages. In many cases, that wouldn't bother them.
I wonder if these protesters realize that many of the arguments they're making now, their parents and grandparents used to try to block interracial marriages.
They do, but they rationalize it by claiming that since being gay is an unnatural and immoral choice and being black is just happenstance, it's OK to make the same arguments because they're right now and they were wrong then.
Short answer: moral NIMBYism. It's like blocking one's ears and eyes: "If we don't let gays get married, then they'll see the error of their ways!"
Longer answer: gay marriage squicks me out a little, and more importantly, is an offense against God, but, as nightskyre much more eloquently said in his post, I make an effort NOT to impose so-called-"Christian" morals on my fellow citizens.
It's also what sets me apart from most so-called "fundamentalists", who want us to be a "Christian nation".
When topics like this come up in politics, I have to remind myself that it's about giving equal protection to people who I don't agree with, not about forcing people to (externally, at least) do what's right. Which is really what the two sides of this issue come down to - just like "pro-choice" and "pro-life", they're not truly opposite positions, they just have opposite effects.
wish more fundamentalists were like you. It's still all weird to me, though.
"Hi, your thoughts on sexuality squick me. God finds it abominable, and it's one of the reasons you'll be burning in eternal torment. Really, everything that you think important is a wretched hubris -- I can't even give you credit for the things you get right because you do it for the wrong reasons. You're a failure as a human being. But let's not talk about that. Instead hang out in this living room, and let's chat all nice-nice about this and that."
Sorry to bomb-throw, especially in someone else's journal. I just... I dunno, it really bugs me. I can play it all cool and social too. I can sit down with, say, you and pretend that you don't think that everything I hold dear is superficial and that my life as it stands is a failure. It seems... dishonest, somehow. Am I misrepresenting matters?
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In many cases, that wouldn't bother them.
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They do, but they rationalize it by claiming that since being gay is an unnatural and immoral choice and being black is just happenstance, it's OK to make the same arguments because they're right now and they were wrong then.
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"How dare you suggest I'm a racist!" and beat the outrage drum some more.
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Family family family, and lock the gays and 'ethnics' in a deep dark hole.
... of course, they learned it from watching us.
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Woe is me.
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Longer answer: gay marriage squicks me out a little, and more importantly, is an offense against God, but, as nightskyre much more eloquently said in his post, I make an effort NOT to impose so-called-"Christian" morals on my fellow citizens.
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And that is what I consider most important.
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When topics like this come up in politics, I have to remind myself that it's about giving equal protection to people who I don't agree with, not about forcing people to (externally, at least) do what's right. Which is really what the two sides of this issue come down to - just like "pro-choice" and "pro-life", they're not truly opposite positions, they just have opposite effects.
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"Hi, your thoughts on sexuality squick me. God finds it abominable, and it's one of the reasons you'll be burning in eternal torment. Really, everything that you think important is a wretched hubris -- I can't even give you credit for the things you get right because you do it for the wrong reasons. You're a failure as a human being. But let's not talk about that. Instead hang out in this living room, and let's chat all nice-nice about this and that."
Sorry to bomb-throw, especially in someone else's journal. I just... I dunno, it really bugs me. I can play it all cool and social too. I can sit down with, say, you and pretend that you don't think that everything I hold dear is superficial and that my life as it stands is a failure. It seems... dishonest, somehow. Am I misrepresenting matters?
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