I don't know why people have to be such homophobes.
What are you so afraid of anyways?
Just let other people live their lives and go right on living yours.
We all have the right to the pursuit of happiness. What right do you have to hinder that persuit of a person you may not even know?
America is based on freedom of religion, which also constitutes freedom FROM religion if one so chooses.
Separation of church and state was something the founding fathers valued deeply.
Religion was to have no place in government.
I think that is made pretty clear, as Thomas Jefferson himself said actually said "In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own" and "Christianity neither is, nor ever was, part of the common law."
There are no laws against all-you-can-eat buffets, against eating pork, men having long hair, or wearing clothing made from two kinds of fabrics.
You have every right to hold your own beliefs.
But enacting a law forcing people to live according to those beliefs is just wrong.
Just because gay marriage is allowed doesn't mean you have to get one.
You can be against gay marriage on a personal standpoint, but vote for it because you believe in freedom and personal choice.
It doesn't matter what you say, if you choose to enforce a law that takes away such a central right, you do not stand for freedom.
You stand for repression. You stand for discrimination. You stand for hate.
It is discriminatory legislation.
Maybe you are for civil unions for same sex couples, just not marriage. Keep them separate, but they can be equal.
After all, history is proof of how well these sorts of things work. I mean there was nothing at all wrong with the "separate but equal" schooling and facilities for African Americans, right? Worked just as well, and totally fair.
There is nothing wrong with believing homosexuality is wrong, as long as you don't hatefully shove it in other people's faces with a federal/state law. That is a terrible infringement on freedom.
Being against something, fine. Its respectable to have your own beliefs and stick by them. But when you are hateful, I have to wonder what it is you are so afraid of. Trying to repress the feelings you have within your own self? Maybe its time you come out of the closet....
