I’m weighing in on the same sex marriage debate…
A friend of mine received this brochure in the mail today, she cried. I got mad.
People say marriage is between a man and a woman… why? for children? I can’t have children without medical intervention – does that mean I shouldn’t be married? Or does that mean I should marry the petri dish my baby will be created in? What about those poor people who desperately want children but can’t have them, are they not allowed to be married?
If you’re not protesting for religious reasons, then you’re protesting because you just don’t like gay couples. You’re a bigot. It’s the same as being a racist, but it covers more things… go ahead… try that on and see how it feels.
And to those protesters that bring Religion into it?
The Bible is a great guide, but God didn’t write it. He was ‘translated’ by the prophets – and we all know that things get lost in translation.
I’m not telling you to discard your faith, I’m not telling you that believing in something is wrong, I’m just telling you to use the brain God gave you and put some common sense into the things you say and do.
God judges us when we die. It’s not your job. Your job is to live your life the best way you can.
People who get married don’t always love each other. People get married for money and security, because they’re lonely, because ‘it’s just time’, for citizenship… if anything is going to ruin the institution of marriage it’s not going to be because two people who love each other just so happen to be the same gender.
You learned and teach your children that it’s wrong to hate people based on the colour of their skin.
You learned and teach your children that it’s wrong to hate people based on their religion.
You learned and teach your children that it’s wrong to hate people because of their physical or mental disabilities.
You learned and teach your children that women and men are just as important as each other.
How is this any different?
There are more important, more worrisome things to concentrate your energy on – abuse, neglect, starvation, homelessness, aged care, disabled care, women’s reproductive rights… the list goes on. Two people who love each other getting married? Sooooo not a problem.
Stopping same sex marriage isn’t going to make children’s lives any better, and spreading this kind of thing around is just going to create another generation of fearful and hateful bigots.
As you can see from the picture – they didn’t proof read, using effect instead of affect… the inside is pure propaganda www.stand4marriage.org.au and samesexmarriage.org.au if anyone is interested in reading the bile these ill-informed bigots are spitting out.
If you don’t (and I don’t blame you) I’ll give you a general over view – basically they think that people choose to be gay. That teaching young children that there are other family types other than ‘Mum, Dad and baby” is starting ‘systematic indoctrination’ and ‘early sexualisation’.
They believe that ‘homosexual indoctrination programs’ exist in high schools in the form of LGBT support groups and fundraisers, that educating children about different sexual attractions and choices will desensitise them to sex acts that they consider wrong – oral sex, mutual masturbation and the use of sex toys. They cite that statistics on ‘homosexual’ STDs, health and relational dysfunction are hidden and that school libraries are full of explicit and pornographic materials.
“The Little Black Book – Queer in the 21st Century” was made available to high school students in Massachusetts and caused an uproar, because of the use of colloquial language, pictures of erections (to show proper condom usage) and explanations of different kinds of sex acts including fisting, rimming and urination (as part of explaining how STD’s are transmitted and what the risks are).
This isn’t in my comfort zone at all, and yes it’s explicit – but almost every teen has access to the internet, or knows someone who does so you can sure as hell assume that they know more than you do about sexual variety, but only the basics on sexual safety.
This is the reason the brochure was distributed, they’re protesting same sex marriage because they think children will be more at risk from being more informed. That’s a different issue entirely in my opinion.
I’m not condoning promiscuity or hypersexualisation of teens/tweens and children, in fact I’d love it if Bratz dolls were never invented, that there was no such thing as a baby bikini, that miniskirts and high heels for 5 year olds didn’t exist and that thong underwear wasn’t a choice for girls under 18. Sticking your head in the sand isn’t going to make it go away – but it is going to put people in danger from lack of education.
Stopping same sex marriage isn’t going to turn back the clock, it’s just going to make it that much harder for two people who love each other to be happy.
My mother in law thinks that ‘the gays’ want same sex marriage for the financial benefit… what financial benefit?
My niece probably just wants to know if she can marry her girlfriend and live happily ever after, just like the rest of us.
