Same-sex marriage took more than two decades of activism to reach Hawaii, but the first ceremonies happened in only minutes.
Glad to see more states granting first-class citizenship to same-sex couples. It's been such a non-issue here in Canada for a while I had to look up when exactly we legalized same-sex marriage. Apparently we are technically the first country to 'legitimize' it, according to wikipedia: Almost makes me feel patriotic. On a side note, I wonder how many gay people are now going to be getting the nudge from family and friends. Anyone in a long term relationship has probably had someone close to them ask the old, "So when are you two gonna ..." with a sly wiggle of their left hand.The decision by the Ontario government to recognize the marriage that took place in Toronto, Ontario, on January 14, 2001, retroactively makes Canada the first country in the world to have a government-legitimized same-sex marriage
35 years! 32 years! Wow! That's so inspiring. I can't see how you can dismiss gay marriage when you see actual couples, actually together for over 30 years.The newlyweds are Donna Gedge and Monica Montgomery (together for 35 years and counting), Paul Perry and Gary Bradley (11 years), Saralyn and Isajah Morales (four years), Shaun Campbell and Tony Singh (five years), Richard J. Rosehill and Shawna P. Okami (32 years) and Keola Akana and Ethan Wung (six years). Each couple had their own officiant.
It's a fools errand to look for logic behind why people dismiss the right for two consenting adults to love one another openly. I firmly believe that when my children are older they will look at those that oppose equality for lgbt people as the bigots and hate monger's that they are. The history books will treat them as we treat the champions of slavery and racism. I'm glad Hawaii was able to pass this, I wish my state of North Carolina would follow suit. -I'm not holding my breath but I'm still hopeful.I can't see how you can dismiss gay marriage when you see actual couples, actually together for over 30 years.
Simply grant the religious people God's existence and the logic kinda makes sense. I understood it as something like this: Eternal suffering is the greatest suffering someone can endure. Since this suffering is so great, you owe a duty to everyone to save them from this suffering. When you sin you are more likely (/will depending on who you talk to) to suffer for eternity. You thus owe a duty to someone to keep them from sinning. Sex with someone of the same gender is a sin. Thus, you owe a duty to everyone to keep them from having sex with someone of the same gender. Not that I agree with all that, but it makes sense why believers of this are so resistant to the idea of same sex marriage. And other then that I agree, I dont get how this one sin is made out to be the sin that will ruin one's chance of getting into Heaven. Hopefully I'm right, because when I discussed this with my extremely christian friend, he told me I was going to hell. Thanks, friend haha.
But I agree with you, shit doesnt make sense to me since
The existence of God does not equate to homosexuality being a sin or even that "sin" exists. There is a HUGE leap from there being a creator to there being a creator that has set up arbitrary rules that it cares deeply about. "Don't eat pork, no tattoos, don't round the corners of your hair or beard, etc." -Ridiculous stuff and all of these things are more clearly forbade than homosexuality in the bible. It's not worth taking these people seriously, I'll not do it anymore or ever again. I'm sick of pretending that the people that ascribe to this stuff aren't delusional.Simply grant the religious people God's existence and the logic kinda makes sense
-Nope, nothing simple about that.
This is great and all, and I'm happy that we are starting to recognize same-sex marriage, but what we really need to do is redefine what constitutes a family.