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Originally posted by bridge of love
you kept going to Cathecism after confirmation, didn't you?
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I'm really confounded by why people are so in a fervor over gay marriage.
They say every 12th or so person is gay, so at the outset, gays are a very small percentage of society. Gays have been around forever - its not like they are a sudden new social construction. Hell, they're obviously at least as old as the Old Testament.
So what we have is a small fraction of law abiding citizens who belong to a social demographic as old as recorded time asking the state to recognize their union so that they will enjoy the legal protections (tenancy by entirieties, survivorship rights, etc...) that married couple receive. From an utterly rational persepective, what's the concern?
The argument that allowing gays marriage rights or protection for their private sexual conduct is a slippery slope has never been buffered by a stitch of supporting data. I have seen not one study which proves or even suggests that the uncloseting and acceptance of gays will cause more gays. Last I read, it ain't contagious.
Pardon my ignorance or naivete on this issue, but I keep reading about it on the front page of my NYTimes and keep wondering "With all the problems to focus on in present society, why the fuck is this issue front and center of page one every day?"
