starcraft said:
You're not treated like a second class citizen in this respect. There is a great misconception amongst some people in this thread that homosexuals have less rights than heterosexuals. This is false. I as a heterosexual man have the right to marry any heterosexual woman that will have me and is not already married. A homosexual man has exactly the same right. They don't have the right to marry someone they're attracted to. Your argument is false, they don't have equal rights. Equally, neither of us have the right to marry another man, even if we were so inclined. Our rights are exactly equal. See above. You have the right to marry someone you're attracted to, gay people don't. What supporters of the homosexual marriage movement are advocating are in fact more rights. False. This is a massive simplification, but think of attempting to gain access to a women's club. For whatever reason, you really wish to join the club. They have nice facilities, a pool, and a buffet. But the club wont let you in without an enormous fight. Even if you get in, it will probably not be due to them changing their minds, but due to the modern powers of the day (the courts for example) overriding the old institutions that set up that womans club. There's a difference between a private club and a legal contract. Clubs are allowed to discriminate if they're privately owned businesses, but the government should not be allowed to prohibit gay people from marrying someone they're attracted to. Regardless of whether you eventually get in or not, why haven't you asked yourself, do you really want to be part of a club that doesn't want you as a member? To fall under the dominion of an institution that doesn't want nor ever intended for you to fall within it's boundaries in this instance? (that being marriage) But perhaps most obviously, why have you not realised that across the street is a different club featuring identical facilities, under a different name and a different institution? (that being civil unions) One set up to protect your rights, in such a way as too not spit in the face of the traditions the members of the women's club have spent so long building? Marriage isn't a club, it's a right. Bad comparison. |
