GAY Weddings

[Romance]

Yes, I'm straight. Just because someone's lifestyle choice is not my choice I don't feel that I have the right to say who a person can fall in love with. it's not my place. Both these men have been my friends for years. The 2 main groups that are harassing them are mormons and baptists. NO i'm not bashing those groups just stating fact.
....small minds ughh

[cassiesmom]

I have a friend who has been with his partner almost 20 years. We used to laugh over the observation that their partnership has lasted longer than some marriages of some of our mutual friends. We still say that, but we don't laugh as much about it any more; it's hard to see any friend's marriage or relationship fail. These two are in it for the long term, though.

[Catty1]

Romance - have those two religions denounced them publicly, or is it a few members of the congregations that have decided to harrass them?

There are fanatics in every religion, and I am just wondering if these idiots you refer to are not representative of the whole bunch - and whether some of their peers might be quite embarrassed at the prejudice being shown.

[Romance]

The Baptists seem to think they can pray them better or some such silliness, but the Mormons have been the worst. I'm not sure what their congregational population is but there are a whole bunch of them that are very very nasty. also very vocal hurling insults out loud in public.
I'm going to the wedding, and have decided that I'm no longer going to pretend i don't hear the hurtful words thrown at my friends, I'm going to take a stand...a loud one if necessary.

[IRescue452]

I wouldn't miss it for the world. They need all the support they can get.

[lvpets2002]

Thank you & I agree with you sirrahved..

Choose by the way YOU feel, not by the way you think others might react. If you want to go and support the couple, then do it.

[kimlovescats]

Karen, couldn't this be moved to the Dog House? Seems appropriate for that area to me!

[mike001]

Good for you Romance. We have so many gay couples in the town next to us, they go about their business and don't bother anyone, something I can't say for a lot of other people that consider themselves better than them. Who cares, they are human beings same as us.
Didn't you say you were from around T.O or somewhere nearby? You must remember the poor teenager who was tied to the fence post of an old abandoned farm somewhere in that area, can't remember the place, but it was winter and a bunch of other teens who had been harassing him tied him and beat him up, middle of winter, he was found dead....Those kids got a slap on the wrist, had the parents taught them as youngsters about equality this would have been prevented.
As for Mormons , I have friends who live near a Mormon community, they are holier than thou through and through. Catty, no, it's not just a small number. These people think that they will someday become gods themselves, they preach that God used to be a man from another planet, God is married to his goddess and has spirit children, there are 3 levels of heaven-telestial, terrestial,and celestial---my girlfriend told me a lot more but this goes to show how narrow minded a whole village can be. All these things can be found in any Mormon bible .
Their beliefs are their own and I don't hold their teachings against them or anyone, but to purposely be cruel to gays is another matter.
I learned that everything God created has beauty--didn't God create gays, or humans, no matter what lifestyle they choose?

[joycenalex]

kim, why are you asking for this thread to be moved to the dog house? i'm asking b/c i'd like to understand your point of view

[Romance]

I thought the dog house was for jokes? I certainly do NOT think prejudice of any kind is a joke. Kim? why do you think this is a humorous thread?

[Catty1]

If you read the sticky at the top of Dog House, you will see it was created for topics that may be controversial.

There was a member that posted a LOT of jokes there, as separate threads, and when THAT was discussed, well, it DID belong in the Dog House!

Just my opinion - the question that Romance asked certainly belongs in General. There have followed some discussions of a couple of different religions, etc.

If it gets testy and heated, I think it pretty much will make it to DH. But Kim, you might want to PM Karen directly. This thread is a bit long now, and a PM may get the question to her more quickly.

Just a thought.

[Karen]

I thought the dog house was for jokes? I certainly do NOT think prejudice of any kind is a joke. Kim? why do you think this is a humorous thread?

No, the Dog Hous is not for jokes, it is for anything that might be controversial, which includes politics. Jokes were only put in the Dog House if they were even a little bit offensive, or had to do with politics. As Gay Marriage is a controversial subject, I will move this into The Dog House.

[kimlovescats]

I don't wish to comment on the subject, I just feel it is controversial and does belong in the Dog House. When you open up things that are controversial, and then it goes even further into religious views / preferences, it gets more intense and potentially hurtful! It's easy to avoid the Dog House if you find discussing "issues" to be upsetting!

Thank you, Karen!
Kim

[caseysmom]

Guess I differ, I don't even think its controversial, well the controversial part is the closed minded folks that think its controversial.

[jackie]

Guess I differ, I don't even think its controversial, well the controversial part is the closed minded folks that think its controversial.

Well obviously it is somewhat controversial if the original poster is in a dilemma to go or not.


I am glad you finally came to a decision Romance and I hope you have a great day. Lots of luck to your friends in their married life.