College_geek
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I read in my college newspaper today an article from the Associated Press about a rally against gay marriage that took place in Boston. Apparently some of the people were holding signs that said things like "Let the people vote", "Marriage, ancient, sacred", and "Homosexuality is not normal".
Now, after I got over my outrage at such a thing, it got me thinking. Where have these people been for the last few decades? I started to chuckle a bit at what these signs said.
"Let the people vote": Well, according to that AFA poll (hahaha), even if there was a vote for it, it seems that there would be a good chance that it would go through for gay marriages. Also, as much as I like the people to have a say when something that is restricting is place on us (umm...how about the Patriot Act?), but to allow everyone to decide what is constitutional? Yeesh, that's what the judges are for anyway. I also thought, "hey, if the people were allowed to vote back a century or so ago, they probably would've voted that black people 'aren't a whole person' and don't have the same rights as white people, and as we all know, that is definitely not constitutional."
"Marriage, ancient, sacred": Sure marriage is ancient, but over the last century or so, I don't think it's so sacred anymore, and gay marriages wouldn't really ruin its "sacredness" any more than it already is. Marriage is pretty much a joke to most people now, since divorce rates are 50% and such. So many married couples don't even last one year. It's sad. That's sacred? Like someone said on this board not too long ago, it would probably decrease the divorce rate some, if same-sex couples were allowed to wed.
"Homosexuality is not normal": Where have they been in the last 20 years? In a cave? Homosexuality and bisexuality is a very normal thing, as people who had been hiding it for years finally feel it's safe to come out about it, and from a media point of view it has become a normal and very common thing. Do these people think that there weren't homosexual people centuries ago? Oy.
Okay, that's all I have to say for now. I just felt the urge to write down my thoughts. Feel free to ignore me.
Now, after I got over my outrage at such a thing, it got me thinking. Where have these people been for the last few decades? I started to chuckle a bit at what these signs said.
"Let the people vote": Well, according to that AFA poll (hahaha), even if there was a vote for it, it seems that there would be a good chance that it would go through for gay marriages. Also, as much as I like the people to have a say when something that is restricting is place on us (umm...how about the Patriot Act?), but to allow everyone to decide what is constitutional? Yeesh, that's what the judges are for anyway. I also thought, "hey, if the people were allowed to vote back a century or so ago, they probably would've voted that black people 'aren't a whole person' and don't have the same rights as white people, and as we all know, that is definitely not constitutional."
"Marriage, ancient, sacred": Sure marriage is ancient, but over the last century or so, I don't think it's so sacred anymore, and gay marriages wouldn't really ruin its "sacredness" any more than it already is. Marriage is pretty much a joke to most people now, since divorce rates are 50% and such. So many married couples don't even last one year. It's sad. That's sacred? Like someone said on this board not too long ago, it would probably decrease the divorce rate some, if same-sex couples were allowed to wed.
"Homosexuality is not normal": Where have they been in the last 20 years? In a cave? Homosexuality and bisexuality is a very normal thing, as people who had been hiding it for years finally feel it's safe to come out about it, and from a media point of view it has become a normal and very common thing. Do these people think that there weren't homosexual people centuries ago? Oy.
Okay, that's all I have to say for now. I just felt the urge to write down my thoughts. Feel free to ignore me.