Quote: wannabuyamonkey said: Not once do I see the posture of agknoledging that the opposition may have some legitimate concerns and an attemt to answer those concerns rather than dismiss them.
Being as respectful as possible here....we have so much more at stake here. For hundreds of years, gay people have been opressed, humiliated, hunted and murdered (yes, even in present day America). You will need to forgive the lack of respect, and the pointing of fingers at the obvious targets. Your 'legitimate' concerns as you refer to them echo the 'purity' of not letting interracial couples marry for 'legitimate' reasons. Don't think this is a half assed request, disregarding the well being of others. It is the product of so many influences...from the afformentioned bigotry, to the self consuming gay culture that has festered in the absence of legitimicy.
We want equality. Your marriage wont be any more or less than it already is by letting me and my boyfriend marry. It will merely allow us to address eachother as equals.
i think it's because you have so much at stake that it would be best not to threaten those in teh majority by saying they deserve to be devalued. No one will assist in lifting someone up to a position of power if they think that person will stab them in teh back. Martin Luthor King Jr,'s words inspired many whites to back teh cause of civil rights and he didn't didn't do it by threatening to use equality to get back at whitey. Perhaps you think the Black Panthers message was more legitimate than that of Dr. King, but his sure had a much stronger effect.
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