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[No Maam]

That's actually my favorite one. That gay marriage will break up the family unit or some shit. Like married gay couples will break into houses and show off their gayness in front of unsuspecting families to the point that they drive them crazy lol

I do that all the time, don't you ? :P

[Kaiolino]

My five year old cousin told me what lesbians were a couple weeks ago. When I asked her who told her that, she said her sister did (9 years old). It was sweet. But the best part was that she was so casual about like. Like, they're in love just like the prince and the princess in the Disney movies! They are both girls??? Okay, whatever.

[Thousand Lion-chan]

I remember when I was very young and I was watching the Ellen DeGeneres show. I remember the episode where Ellen came out of the closet, my first introduction to the possibility of different sexual orientations and how I felt about that. Basically I was like "erm okay so? Whatever, who cares, Ellen is funny!" No judgmental thoughts or even encouraging thoughts like it's okay to be gay or anything entered my head. It was just she's gay, okay can we move on to the funny now? Like it's the most natural thing in the world and I just simply never thought about it before.

I like to think that's the natural reaction of all children who haven't been tainted by homophobic sentiments.

[Cyan D. Funk]

That's actually my favorite one. That gay marriage will break up the family unit or some shit. Like married gay couples will break into houses and show off their gayness in front of unsuspecting families to the point that they drive them crazy lol

It's true; on saturdays I go from door to door in a rainbow-colored suit and tie to give people pamphlets on the "Rainbow Road" to happiness.

I've gotten into a few turf wars with Jehova's Witnesses I'll admit, but anything to spread the Word!

[Monkey King]

That's actually my favorite one. That gay marriage will break up the family unit or some shit. Like married gay couples will break into houses and show off their gayness in front of unsuspecting families to the point that they drive them crazy lol

I don't even get why people talk like this, those kind of arguments are all "This will happened when it happens", as if it hasn't already happened. What do these people think of the places that have it? Four years now where I am, do they avoid crossing those borders?
And Kaiolino's country has had it for over a decade!

You can't say what will happened as if it's a hypothetical! It's not hypothetical! It's happened!

[TakinawaTonfa]

The joke here is that the current average divorce rate among straight couples actually breaks 65% while almost every gay couple that I know is happily together, lol.

[Gliblord]

What do these people think

Well there's your problem right there

[Md-Martin]

I wouldn't say it's just the City that is tolerant to these sort of things. In my High School on Long Island there is a surprisingly high amount of openly gay students. Most people simply don't care.

Now how they feel about Dominicans, that is an entirely different issue.

[Monkey King]

I wouldn't say it's just the City that is tolerant to these sort of things. In my High School on Long Island there is a surprisingly high amount of openly gay students. Most people simply don't care.

Now how they feel about Dominicans, that is an entirely different issue.

When did anyone say NYC was the only part of the Northeast that is tolerant. You losers didn't even have it until last year!

[Gliblord]

Iowa beat us all to the punch

[RPGJay]

I really wouldn't use the word tolerant, acceptance or acknowledgement would be better. Tolerance implies you're just sort of dealing with it begrudgingly.

[Monkey King]

Iowa beat us all to the punch

Netherlands actually. And by quite a long time.

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[Thousand Lion-chan]

The joke here is that the current average divorce rate among straight couples actually breaks 65% while almost every gay couple that I know is happily together, lol.

This one that pisses me off the most because it's the most personal for me. Apparently gay marriage will break the sanctity of marriage. Because heterosexual couples haven't done that well enough already? How many children have come from traditional family units and have suffered either because of abuse or neglect or because mom and/or dad couldn't keep it in their pants resulting in a messy divorce? I should know because my sister and I both come from the latter. Sanctity of marriage my ass.

Netherlands actually. And by quite a long time.

Next Fifteen States to Watch!
-Hawaii
-Oregon
-Maine
-Rhode Island
-Delaware
-New Jersey
-Pennsylvania
-Colorado
-Illinois
-California
-Nevada
-Ohio
-Wisconsin
-Minnesota
-New Mexico

And because judging by the other thread people don't get this.
The fifteen states to NOT watch.
-Texas
-Louisiana
-Mississippi
-Alabama
-Georgia
-South Carolina
-Oklahoma
-Utah
-Arkansas
-Tennessee
-Kentucky
-Kansas
-North Carolina
-Arizona
-Missouri

What about the rest?

[Jejune]

Nice to see Obama actually saying he supports gay marriage. I would hope that it influences our Prime Minister to become more open about the issue, but it probably won't. We have the lamest atheist for a PM. :P

[TakinawaTonfa]

Sanctity of marriage my ass.

Sanctity was lost a long time ago when we got that onslaught of God-Awful reality shows including Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? and Married by America.

[Nobodyman]

Maybe they should work on outlawing adultery. I think that does more harm to the "sanctity" of marriage than any gay couple.

[Sakonosolo]

But that would affect quite a few politicians. We can't have our glorious leaders being affected by laws. That's crazy.

[Gliblord]

This one that pisses me off the most because it's the most personal for me. Apparently gay marriage will break the sanctity of marriage. Because heterosexual couples haven't done that well enough already? How many children have come from traditional family units and have suffered either because of abuse or neglect or because mom and/or dad couldn't keep it in their pants resulting in a messy divorce? I should know because my sister and I both come from the latter. Sanctity of marriage my ass.

They would respond that the reason the divorce rate is skyrocketing is because Satan's grip is tightening and society is becoming more godless and depraved, which is the only reason gays are being tolerated. Acceptance of gays and more divorces are both symptoms of America's slip into godless liberalism; next step is concentration camps for God-fearing Christians, and, of course, the Mark of the Beast through brain microchips.

The end is nigh, who cares about homosexual heathens' happiness? They're beyond salvation.

To anyone who thinks I'm exaggerating, take a look-see at the disastrous consequences of evangelicals in Uganda

[RPGJay]

Sanctity was lost a long time ago when we got that onslaught of God-Awful reality shows including Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? and Married by America.

I'd love to see a show like that dropping any pretense of subtlety.

"Money Spreads Legs: Golddig your way to the top"

[Gliblord]

I'd love to see a show like that dropping any pretense of subtlety.

"Money Spreads Legs: Golddig your way to the top"

That would probably air on the Learning Channel alongside I Sexed a Chupacabra and A Scold and a Slay: Hitgrannies for Hire