Because at least there was an "against" argument that was not entirely based on bigotry.
AND HEEEEEEEEEEERE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMES THE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINI'm going to replace single words to change this argument to something about black marriage.
Complete with logical fallacy!
When blacks stop acting like they're different and crying for attention because of it
First point of interest. Homosexuality is a relatively recent phenomena in pop culture. People have always been gay, but have never come out of the closet with it, so to speak. Once gays started coming out, it caused a shockwave to society, which, like anything else, has caused backlash. Remember the olden days when there was bloodshed over whether or not 0 should be considered part of the canonical number system? Anything that goes against the norm and shakes things up is going to cause fighting. In the civil rights movement, it was black people's rights to freedom. People were lynched in the streets for the color of their skin, something they were born with and couldn't help. For the most part, they were quiet. Most of the fighting about civil rights for blacks was actually from white people using them for political leverage. The northern states saw it in the civil war era as a perfect opportunity to slam the southern states and gain economic control. The southern states were fairly dependant on their slave labor to keep the economy up. True, most families in the south didn't have slaves because slaves were expensive. However, large plantation owners who owned most of the wealth controlled the power of the dollar and needed the cheaper labor to stay in business. Know what that reminds me of more than gays? Illegal immigrants. Why aren't we fighting for their rights? They're good, industrious, hard-working people who benefit the economy and deserve at least minimum wage to support their families. Off of that tangent, we return to the civil rights era. At this point, nobody was fighting for blacks, and protests were far and few between. Northern states once again felt more for their African-American brethren than southern states, because at that point in history it had become ingrained that blacks were inferior. Martin Luther King Jr. was one influential man who was a part of that group, and knew how to fight for peace and rights. He was like a passive voice of reason in a raging Metallica concert of bigotry.
Now we have gay people fighting to change religious code of conduct and for tax benefits. They are not fighting for freedom. They are not fighting for life. They are not fighting for liberty. They are not fighting for the pursuit of happiness. They are fighting for the almighty dollar. Idealist gays will tell you they're fighting for love, but why should the government define love for anyone? The government tends to screw things up more often than it helps. I am absolutely 100% against gay couples being married. It's a religious ceremony and allowing it to happen is completely sacrilegious.
HOWEVER that's not to say that gays cannot still have civil unions, which would be the same thing, tax benefits and all, just without the religious stigma attached. Equality? Is it equal to stomp my religion into the ground? Why should the term marriage be so important? God does not approve of homosexuality. It's spelled out clear as day. God also says to hate the sin and love the sinner. We should do everything in our power to help our homosexual brethren and get them equal rights that everyone else gets, which in this case is just a tax break. However, at the same time, homosexuals should agree to turn down the dramatics a few notches and take it to legislators. As long as you can not get yourself into a tizzy over the fact that not everybody is going to support gays, and can hold yourself up high with confidence, and can really make a difference in society, then people will respect you, and people will act accordingly for you.
How come when someone has an issue with black marriages someone blames it on religion?
That's not even a valid point, the bible says nothing at all about race aside from gentile/samaritan/jews. In the old testament jews were only to marry jews, but the Samaritans came to be because of interbreeding with the local nation, of which I cannot recall.
If I lived in California I have to say I would vote yes to prop 8. I don't think a marriage between two black people makes any sense.
Your fatal flaw in this comparison is comparing race to sexuality. Race is melanin in your skin, sexuality is psychological differences in the brain. We've brought up the raising a kid argument before. No matter what you try to say, there will be negative psychological affects to any child raised by a homosexual couple, if nothing else because society deems it wrong. So the couple is gay but completely straight-edge otherwise. Normal, happy couple, perfectly capable of raising a child as well as any straight couple. Where does the problem lie? Children. Eventually your kids will have to face up with society, and if schoolkids find out you have gay parents, no matter who you are, you're going to be teased to hell and back again until you're almost done with highschool. Want to know what causes school shootings? Bullying. Gays wanna homeschool their kids to prevent that? Go for it, just be aware that you're costing your kid social skills that will be critical later in life in the workplace, and perhaps even sheltering the kid so he becomes a party animal and gets in trouble during his college years. The point is, no matter how you go about it, society's gonna kill that kid until society's ready to let it live.
I'm not against blacks, I don't mind blacks, I've had black friends before and still do.
Perfectly valid statement no matter what the context, you're reaching far.
Face it, being black is abnormal-it's not natural.
See two statements above. Society has a set of rules you have to follow if you wish to stay within its boundaries. And in this day and age, defying society is asking for your right to life to be revoked.
In short, try harder. Every argument has two sides. Anyone foolish enough to not realize this has no right arguing in the first place.
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