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<p>Golani, make sure to go to a diverse college. I am not trying to be rude - you will truly learn and grow from the experience. It is important to actually meet people with different views, face to face, and learn to live with them.</p>
<p>I am not a bigot, i am not a xenophobe, and i am certaintly very openminded.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with diversity, this has to do with values.</p>
<p>Again why should I be forced to recognize a union of two gay people as marriage. They can have their own private ceremonies, or they can make up a different word, or havea different marriage licensure procedure, but unless the majority of america decides to let gay people marry i am against it because it will be a forcing of ideas on me. I am being very openminded right now, if you take true look at the definiton of the word. I am openminded to religion, to the majority, to the small homosexual minority</p>
<p>No, if you are openminded, you will realize that two gay people marrying has absolutely no effect whatsoever on your life. None. As I said before, if you don’t like it, turn your back. I guarentee no one will force you to attend a gay marriage ceremony.</p>
<p>What has much more effect or influence on your life are serious concerns like global warming, the misbegotten war, health care costs, etc.</p>
<p>It is you who is being closeminded to my concerns, closeminded to my religious values, infact ur being closeminded to just a little more than half the nation. Really what I say is very fair it takes everyone into account. If the majority of america does not want to be forced to recognized the combined union of two homos. , they should not have to, likewise if homos. want to marry then they should do it in a way seperate from straight people-different procedures, different licensures etc…This is really fair and openminded to both ways</p>
<p>It is you who is being closeminded to my concerns, closeminded to my religious values, infact ur being closeminded to just a little more than half the nation. Really what I say is very fair it takes everyone into account. If the majority of america does not want to be forced to recognized the combined union of two homos. , they should not have to, likewise if homos. want to marry then they should do it in a way seperate from straight people-different procedures, different licensures etc…This is really fair and openminded to both ways</p>
<p>It is you who is being closeminded to my concerns, closeminded to my religious values, infact ur being closeminded to just a little more than half the nation. Really what I say is very fair it takes everyone into account. If the majority of america does not want to be forced to recognized the combined union of two homos. , they should not have to, likewise if homos. want to marry then they should do it in a way seperate from straight people-different procedures, different licensures etc…This is really fair and openminded to both ways</p>
<p>It is you who is being closeminded to my concerns, closeminded to my religious values, infact ur being closeminded to just a little more than half the nation. Really what I say is very fair it takes everyone into account. If the majority of america does not want to be forced to recognized the combined union of two homos. , they should not have to, likewise if homos. want to marry then they should do it in a way seperate from straight people-different procedures, different licensures etc…This is really fair and openminded to both ways</p>
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<p>That’s probably the scariest thing yet I’ve read on cc and that’s saying something. :)</p>
<p>my bad my pc is a little messed up i guess</p>
<p>golani, though young, AM, is entitled to his opinion. Just because he is opposed to gay marriage does not make him a bigot, closeminded, or xenophobic. I will keep repeating this until it clicks with you.</p>
<p>EK: golani’s non-acceptance of YOUR dogma is HIS problem? Anyone opposed to your opinion has a problem?</p>
<p>Also, you can keep chanting that “it’s no big deal” until the cows come home. Some people are not buying. ;)</p>
<p>What about our impending theocracy? More important, right? 
Oh wait, there is none. (Sorry to resort to juvenile sarcasm, but what did happen to our grave fears of a fundamentalist takeover of a couple of weeks ago?) :)</p>
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<p>You’ve read it incorrectly. It doesn’t matter what yours or golani’s opinion is if the law passes. I am not saying his opinion doesn’t matter at all - I am saying that society does not conform to your standards, and if the govt. (democracy) decides one way, all you must do is turn your way. You can continue to have your own opinion even while the government has another.</p>
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<p>And see, I actually see nothing wrong with that. But again, we are not in their shoes so we do not know why they feel slighted by this suggestion.</p>
<p>Right, agreed, so let the majority decide. Should we force people to recognize gay marriage or not? either way someone leaves happy the other can still have his opinons but he must turn his way. Also gay marriage wouldnt be so unappealing to many if it was seperate from straight marriage, if the laws governing it, the boards, etc were different, even if it went by a different name</p>
<p>Everyone knows that gay marriage will not pass any referendum in any state (see California), which is why the courts have to push it through. For those of you who think this is democracy, think again.</p>
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<p>You must realize that whether gay marriage is approved or not, it is not forcing you to think one way or another - or recognize it. If gay marriage passes, you will not be forced to accept it. You can stand out on a hill and condemn it all you want. The fact remains that it will be legal. If gay marriage doesn’t pass, gay people can continue to complain all they want, but the law will be different.</p>
<p>If gay marriage passes what? Certainly not a VOTE.</p>
<p>It will not become legal in this country any time soon. My regrets. ;)</p>
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<p>I can think of quite a few things the courts pushed through (contrary to popular opinion) that turned out to be right. The problem is, we cannot see the issue in retrospect because we are living in it - we are part of it. When society today looks back at some of the social restrictions on certain peoples, most think “I can’t believe people were like that back then. I don’t understand why they felt like they were better than them.” Ultimatley for the gay community, I think, it probably comes down to equality and feeling like they are not on the same <em>level</em> as other people.</p>
<p>Edit: HH, I have a question. If it were discovered that homosexuality was genetic, would you change your opinion on gay marriage?</p>
<p>HH, it isn’t my dogma. As I said, I have no horse in this race. </p>
<p>Gay marriage doesn’t affect me personally one way or the other…I am one of those terrible liberals in a long term marriage…but I am a family values person after all, though it doesn’t fit with your frame of thinking, most likely.</p>
<p>Allowing people to live their lives, in pursuit of their own indivudal happiness, is a right in the US. Whether or not you like it really shouldn’t be a concern.</p>
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<p>Lmao…</p>
<p>If I can’t speak for the “black community,” certainly you can’t speak for the “gay community,” brand_182, can you? Once again, civil rights is not analogous to gay rights, no matter whatever which way you want to twist it.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a horse in this race, let things lie then. No one is being persecuted, contrary to the misguided belief of some misbegotten “protectors.”</p>