NY Top Court Rules AGAINST Gay Marriage

[Straw]

Originally posted by threejs

Since everybody seems to dance around Bear Bryant's scenario's a few posts back without actually giving a reason as to why they are wrong, I will offer this one.

 

Let's take the bi-sexual person. According to current law, they can marry a person of the opposite sex. Same sex proponents want that person to be able to marry their same sex partner. Assuming same sex marriage was legal, wouldn't we be infringing on this person's "right to be happy" if we forced them to choose only 1 person to marry?? Would we be intolerant and bigoted too?? Why would same sex marriage be okay and polygamy be taboo?

 

We know the line has to be drawn somewhere. We just dont agree on your line. Its that simple.

[threejs]

I don't have a problem with that. I just wish someone would say "why" they draw the line at a particular point. Most people try to force same sex opponents into justifying their point of view and then attack it vigoruously. Yet when it's time for them to draw the line at another point, they don't/won't give a valid reason for why they think that way.

[Middle]

The War on Drugs, prohibition, raising the drinking age, sodomy/sex laws of old... They all went really well, people always follow them well, and they were great ideas.... right.

 

I just don't ever see any law mandating morals to be effective. If this gay marriage stuff is to come to law then put it to a vote from the people. Majority rule, get rid of it, ban it, whatever. But don't touch my constitution, and don't get mad when judges do their job calling them "activists" (when that's really their job).

 

What grinds my gears is when folks act like marriage is sacred. Right, and that's why we have a horribly high divorce and infidelity rate in America, along with shows that promote superficial relationships leading up to serious commitment, and "normal couples" who can't raise their kids any better than they raised themselves as adults.

 

If you're against it for religious reasons, great, that's your lifestyle and by your rights you are guaranteed that opinion. If it comes down to a vote there's no problem in someone voting to ban it because of their beliefs. That's what voting is all about right?

 

Either way it won't really affect me, but I just hate to see such a fight for something so trivial and meaningless while other bigger, more important things are thrown by the wayside for political gain.