WHAT ABOUT...

Gay marriage? Seems like everyone is talking about it. (Although it doesn't seem to be much of an issue yet in the seemingly-endless presidential campaign. Least not so far anyway).

Let's look at the issue:
and remember, it's YOUR opinions and comments that I want.

FIRST: Marriage between two consenting adults. Why should this be an issue?

I am the first person (Bear) to say that the Church has an ABSOLUTE RIGHT to decide who and if they want to marry. OR NOT! If they wanna marry two squirrels, fine. OR NOT! That's fine too. (Mental image: 2 squirrels. YECH, but to each his own nuts I alus say).

BUT...WHY WHY WHY?

WHY is this an issue with our society at large?
Marriage...consenting adults. Hmmm.

See, there is a difference between a marriage CEREMONY (A ceremonial thingus you see), and a marriage LICENSE. One has a religious connotation, the other a civil or secular one.

As long as it's TWO PEOPLE (Bears are allowed too), who are consenting (NO FIREARMS INVOLVED...sorta takes the fun out of it but oh well), and it's merely a joining in order to make a commitment statement AS WELL AS guaranteeing their rights under the US CONSTITUTION to be able to have all of the rights and privileges as accorded to EVERYONE ELSE, whose business is it anyway?

I THINK that is what INALIENABLE RIGHTS MEANS! RIGHT?
NOT the old saw about..."JUST US FOUR AND NO MORE!"

It wasn't right to exclude blacks from the rights of citizenship accorded to everyone in American society, NOR jews, NOR Asians, nor blondes...(although...hehehe).

You oughta be able to just go down to the Clerk's office, fill out the paperwork, and get your license.

If no CHURCH wants to provide you with a CEREMONIAL privilege, I say $#&% them. You're still married.

This seems SO simple, but...

BOTTOM LINE: The STATE should NOT be mixing in to the church by mandating who and what THEY can marry. NEITHER should the CHURCH be mixing in by trying to force restrictions on who can obtain a marriage license. SEPARATION, folks. SEPARATION.

I love the arguments against too. Don't you? Why, it would RIP ASUNDER the ENTIRE FABRIC of our civilization and undermine the core of our society. (Like we would have time for that). Why it would make a mockery of the VERY IDEA of marriage. DOOM MARRIAGE FOR GOOD. (I'm sorry sweetie, but the rest of you are already doing a bang-up job of that all by yourselves. You don't NEED Gay people's help....and trust me, gay mean and women WON'T help you keep screwing up marriage either. WE be too busy getting it RIGHT!).

THEN THERE IS:

Gay people? Married and having babies? GASP! ALL THEM BABIES GROW UP TO BE PERVERTS!

Okay, let me reiterate. Like YOU PEOPLE are doing so well?
And, just WHERE ARE all the current crop of perverts coming from, anyway? HMMM, sweetpea? Beyond that, research statistics PROVE that children of homosexual parents do not grow up to BE homosexual at a rate even equalling the general society at large. SO THERE!

FEARMONGERING. I just love it. 290 million doofuses in this country jest a quivery in their knickers because of 30 million doofuses who SIMPLY WANT TO BE FREE to BE..and to be EQUALLY treated in the eyes of the law. Kinda a constitutional thingy, right Bubba?

Look, Heterosexuals outnumber Homosexuals mightily. Gays are outgunned too. (MARY! PUT THAT HAIR DRYER DOWN...you might hurt sumbuddy).

Besides, WHAT in the HELL you got to fear? You don't want to BE gay? Fine. NOBODY WANTS you to be anyway. WHO ASKED YOU? Gays like hotties with style and taste. Giggle. Yes, YOU...with the 4x4 spouting fumes in my cute as hell face...and spitting yecch all ovah the huntin' dogs. Who wants YOU to be gay? NOT ME, Homey. You can jest be straight ALL YAH WANNA. Won't hurt MAH feelies any.

OH, it would just open the door to all them polygamists.

Like we are about to be overrun with people who want 180 wives and 932 children. Have you noticed how much it COSTS? To keep up ONE wife and 2.5 children?

VERY FEW are THAT stupid.
I REITERATE. CONSENTING ADULTS. Not like that Jeff's idjit and his cult. No 80 year old forcing marriage upon a 12 year old. That ain't polygamy. That is insanity. It's also perverted. IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL!

So that argument really ain't one. Won't hold watah.
Besides, I think it says TWO consenting adults. More than that it gets too confusing...and Bears confuse WAY too easily for that crap. Giggle.

"I want him tonight." "NO, IT'S MY TURN!" "YOU TWO. IT'S MY TURN...BEARRRRRRRRRR."

Hmmm..
Perhaps Ah wath a bit hasty.

"OH HONEY, I got the kids shoes for school today. $9,242,68.
Okay. My original statement stands.

ANYWAY!
You know what?
I'm sorry, but I don't give a flying finger WHO you are or what your beliefs are. YOU DON'T have the right to dictate to me WHO I can marry. If you're a church, you have the right to prevent me from doing it in your church, but you are on dangerous MORAL GROUND when you deny me from getting a license and having a CIVIL ceremony.

As long as there is no coercion, and it's not a matter of marrying out of your species, (Or marrying in the nude in the town square at high noon...but what a wonder that would be),
TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MAH OWN, as that old song lyric goes.

I AM SICK TO DEATH of self-righteous bigots trying to ram their idea of morality down other people's throats. If you notice, JESUS CHRIST didn't even do that. He had more sense...and his father was backing him up too.

You don't have to be gay. I don't have to be. Neither of us have to be ANYTHING but what and WHO we truly are. 'BOUT time we started PRACTICING...REAL...CHRISTIANITY, rather than some religious interpretation of what SOME PEOPLE THINK...God wants of us.

Last time I looked, MY GOD is a God of Love, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 2:20). How about trying THAT for a change.

THAT'S MY OPINION!

RIGHT GANG?

Agree? Disagree? Wanna elaborate?

GO FOR IT. Here's your chance, as usual.

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