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Originally Posted by willravel
I'm pretty sure gay marriage is only legal in Vermont, which makes gay marriage illegal in 49 states. Also, many major churches have made it their mission to "educate" the public about how immoral and evil homosexuality is in God's eyes. Have you ever seen a gay couple walking down the street holding hands and acting even a little bit like a couple? They get dirty looks from a lot of people, and are treated with disrespect.
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There's no such thing as "gay marriage". Gays can get married just like other people.
And for your second point, are you denying the right of a church to preach their religion? There's a lot worse being done in the name of religion than trying to alter someone's behavior.
As for the whole "dirty looks and disrespect", I've seen people with mowhawks and piercings get the same treatment? Where's the outcry for their rights? Or what about the dirty look you would get for picking your nose? The nosepickers have had their rights trampled for too long, we must defend their right to pick! Some hetero couples get dirty looks for acting like a couple-we must free the unattractive from the tyranny of inpulchritudiphobes! Give me a break
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The fact is that we live in a different world that existed durring the time of slavery. There have been advances. Thankfully, most people understand that racial bigotry is wrong, or at least they are exposed to such morals. In the currrent social climate, there are people who are regarded as less than equal. Those people just happen to be homosexual. When guy44 made his apt comparison, he mentioned white people said that black men were inherently lustful. So lustful that they couldn't control themselves. Then he compared it directly to claims from sexual bigots that homosexuals are so lustful they can't control themselves. The comparison deals with groups that are being activly worked against by lwas and society, and the comparison can't be coincedence. It doesn't trivialize civil rights, it celebrates their one success, and predicts the success of those same civil rights groups over this newer form of bigotry against homosexuals.
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It does trivialize the entirety of the civil rights movement. There is no apt comparison. One group is defined by their actions, another by innate biological differences which they can neither control nor mitigate. There are no laws working against homosexuals. If society has anything against homosexuals, it's because they do not approve of homosexual behavior. They are treated as less than equal by people who disapprove of their behavior. Many other forms of behavior cause people to treat them as less than equal, yet only homosexuals seem to want their behavior elevated. I have no problem with homosexuals trying to make their behavior more accepted; likewise I have no problem with groups trying to make homosexual behavior less accepted. It's up to the efforts of each of these groups to contribute to the debate and determine the social acceptance of homosexual behavior. I'm just showing that one of the tools of the homosexual propaganda side is not only false, but insulting. The difference between the "gay rights" struggle and the civil rights struggle is the difference between being shot with a water pistol and being shot with a 9mm. For anyone to think otherwise just shows how far civil rights really have to go in America.