Is it possible to oppose gays in today's society?

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Denly

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Over the years I have come to accept the differences and I am OK with it as long as they don't hit on me. I have a many gay friends and I have no problem with their right like marriage.

The ONE thing I still can't decide is right to adapt children, I don't know if there will be any effect for children that grow up in gay family.
 

feralkid

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I guess it depends on how much you value the opinion of society and your general region. Believe me this topic is discussed in our area, not because there is a hatred to gays...but because we find it offensive that you are labeled a bigot for not embracing this new trend. It's funny...this can be applied to other topics that I won't go into. I guess put the tinfoil hat on, there's a conspiracy somewhere. I'll openly say it, I don't approve of the gay movement....only because the way it's being shoved down my throat. Your love life and sexual preference should be a private thing and I'll respect that. You want to march in the open and tell me I need to accept your preference or be labeled....go ahead and label me then. I blame social media....we air all our dirty laundry and if you don't agree, you're the bad guy. Fine by me.



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gorcorps

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The only thing I'm against is what a public stance it's become. Such things should be private, regardless of if it's hetero or homosexual. Why this country has made it such a big deal to support something that's private I don't know. Every time I see a straight person rainbow-ize their facebook picture, it sounds the same to me as a white person making sure you hear that they have black friends. Good for you, and the fact that you feel like you have to tell everybody just means you care more about how people view yourself then what you're actually supporting. You can support in silence, and you can vote for anything that helps equality without telling everybody what a good job you did.

I wish we could get past this "I support this/that" thing and just be people, without the dividing lines. When you draw a circle around a certain group of people to support them for a certain reason, that's just another way to segregate them. Sure it sounds positive on the surface, but you've still isolated a group of people based on some reason that shouldn't matter in 2016. One could argue that with no support things would be even worse which may be true, but there has to be a happy medium somewhere.
 

Perknose

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i'd probably go if i got an invite to my cousin's.

but when i didn't i was like, eh ok, a whole lot of awkward just got avoided.

What's awkward about an open bar at the reception and all the wedding cake you can eat? It's not like you have to kiss the bride, you know. ;)
 

Homerboy

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The ONE thing I still can't decide is right to adapt children, I don't know if there will be any effect for children that grow up in gay family.

What, are you afraid it's going to rub off (no pun intended) on the child?
 

dank69

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Evolution needs change and change comes from reproducing and adapting. I couldn't agree with the idea that less possibilities for adaptation are a bonus for evolution.
It still doesn't explain why men act like woman and woman like men.

You have to understand that a large portion of what constitutes "acting like a man or a woman" is a social construct. Teaching boys it is wrong to cry. Teaching boys it is wrong to play with dolls. Teaching girls it is wrong to like sex. Teaching girls they have to "act like a lady." All of that melts away once you realize it is bullshit.
 

elitejp

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Over the years I have come to accept the differences and I am OK with it as long as they don't hit on me. I have a many gay friends and I have no problem with their right like marriage.

The ONE thing I still can't decide is right to adapt children, I don't know if there will be any effect for children that grow up in gay family.
the children will more likely become gay
 
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elitejp

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You have to understand that a large portion of what constitutes "acting like a man or a woman" is a social construct. Teaching boys it is wrong to cry. Teaching boys it is wrong to play with dolls. Teaching girls it is wrong to like sex. Teaching girls they have to "act like a lady." All of that melts away once you realize it is bullshit.

As is being gay a social construct. No evidence no gene no nothing has definitively said that you were born gay. But if you put people around that like what the media is doing you get an explosion of people all of a sudden being born gay even though they are mature adults.
 

Linux23

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What I don't understand is who decides to be the pitcher or the catcher? Do they take turns? Does it hurt?

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elitejp

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Outside influence will definitely encourage a person to be one way or another

Get around drug addicts and you will most likely begin messing around with drugs. Hang out with alcoholics and you will most likely start drinking.
 

dank69

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Outside influence will definitely encourage a person to be one way or another

Get around drug addicts and you will most likely begin messing around with drugs. Hang out with alcoholics and you will most likely start drinking.

So you just need a little encouragement to start sucking dick full time?
 

Homerboy

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What I don't understand is who decides to be the pitcher or the catcher? Do they take turns? Does it hurt?

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What I don't understand is why all people can think about when they think about homosexuality is "the sex". There is more to a relationship that fucking. As for "does it hurt", you realize tons of heterosexual couples engage in sodomy too, right?
 
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damn, so many ignorant motherfuckers...
Tell me, exactly, how 2 men or 2 women who like/love each other affects your day to day activities.
Other than that whole 'icky' stuff :rolleyes:
 

elitejp

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LOL you can't be fucking serious.
I will tell you one thing that those children are likely to become: accepting of of people.
I don't remember the last time I met someone who said they couldnt accept homosexuals as a friend. What I do see is that we disagree with calling this normal. And I don't need anyone trying to force me into agreeing with that lifestyle.
 

Homerboy

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I don't remember the last time I met someone who said they couldnt accept homosexuals as a friend. What I do see is that we disagree with calling this normal. And I don't need anyone trying to force me into agreeing with that lifestyle.

WTF does that have to do with the influence of a same-sex couple raising a child?
 

elitejp

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damn, so many ignorant motherfuckers...
Tell me, exactly, how 2 men or 2 women who like/love each other affects your day to day activities.
Other than that whole 'icky' stuff :rolleyes:
It affects society when business's are closed or heavily fined because they don't want to host a gay wedding. Or when schools and media try to teach my children that this is normal. So it does affect people.