I kind of doubt that. Rather, I think their chief motivation lies in the fact that elections are coming up and this is a great way to gain massive quantities of voters and backings by numerous organizations in one fell swoop.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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You know what blows my mind? The amount of misinformation being passed along here. First off equating Homosexuality with the treatment of Blacks in this country really crosses a line here. That was discrimination...but Homosexuality is a deviant behavior. No Homosexuals were taken from thier land, brought here and made to work as slaves. So giving someone rights based on a deviant behavior is just political correctness gone mad.

What's the next lobby/movement going to be... will pedaphiles be the next group to DEMAND the right to practice thier behavior openly?...sorry but this is wrong anyway you cut it. And don't call me a bigot, you have your opinion and I have mine and don't try to pass off your thoughts as facts, they are not.

T2

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Wow. Are you really comparing !@$ people with paedophiles? Thats pretty next level delusion.


Edit: And as if the word !@$ is filtered out on the forum. Pathetic.

Indeed!

Same-sex sodomists are such......pinnacles of society.





Arjay

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Bigotry
A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing race, ethnicity, religion or spirituality, nationality, inter-regional prejudice, gender and sexual orientation, homelessness, various medical disorders particularly behavioral disorders and addictive disorders.

That's the definition. It's up to the individual to say if the shoe fits.

Gridlok

Give me a break...again you try to state opinion as fact...definition listed below says nothing about sexual perversion! Now I don't care what you do behind your closed doors, however, that does not mean you are given rights based on it...I stand by my previous post and you all say you have open minds...an open mind is not a sheep who follows whats popular...it is called character suggest some of you on here could use some...

World English Dictionary
bigot (ˈbɪɡət)
— n
a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race
[C16: from Old French: name applied contemptuously to the Normans by the French, of obscure origin]

'bigoted
— adj

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What time is it? It's Fender Time.

I can see this whole discussion taking a bad turn. I don't believe it's any of the governments business to decide on issues like g-a-y marriage or abortion for that matter. These things are a personal matter that should be decided between the individuals involved and their creator, their god or whatever they worship. Could be a bag of Doritos I don't care. We are in no position to decide what constitutes "sin". As long as no one is bothering myself or my family it's all good. Extremists in every sense are dangerous. Not just !@$ extremists but add political and religious too. More people die because of religious beliefs than the Kama Sutra.

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Life...... It's sexually transmitted and always fatal

A !@$ gene? Again it looks as if science is used to justify some sort of action. If somebody does something bad, we just get science to state that it's this or that gene that caused such action. That way we don't have to be responsible for our own actions.

BTW, God didn't create this !@$ gene. I personally don't think such a thing exists. But to answer the thought about God letting this !@$ gene occur . . . It is ALWAYS man that corrupts the system. The system was created perfect. We screwed it up . . . then we go to science to "prove" we aren't in control and the cause is "biology."

Just my thoughts. Notice that I haven't berated anyone here. I've simply stated my thoughts in a respectful manner . . .

The system was never perfect. There are always anomalies and birth defects. I was an example of birth defects. I was the Forrest Gump in my neighborhood with the leg braces. We need a new political party called, "Stay The Frig Out Of My Personal Business Party". Why does this site censor the word G-A-Y?

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Life...... It's sexually transmitted and always fatal

Perhaps "kweer" is more politically palatable......?

Arjay

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AMEN! I'm basically Libertarian in political views. And I feel our current GOV has gotten way to big, corrupt, and Big Brother-ish.

Time for a revolution at the ballot box to get some sanity . . .

Fact is, there are lots of Financial advantages to being a married couple. Sense same sex marriage would provide same sex couples the same advantages as heterosexual couples, Naturally they want in on the advantage. In My mind if same sex marriage is legalised and OK. All other forms of same sex unions should be honored. In other words If A Good Friend and I wish to cohabit-ate, Let us sign the proverbial dotted line and enjoy all the privileges and addvantagse offered to other couples of the same sex. Why then must we be homosexual to qualify. (LOVE IS THE MOTIVATOR) for some folks and (MONEY MOTIVATES OTHERS). What then does Sexuality have to do with anything
----Danny, My guitar cant tell the difference anyhow.

Wow, everyone seems to really be passionate about this issue. I was just playing devil's advocate and did not realize it was such a big deal. With that said, I am not about to sit here and pretend to know how it feels to want to be in a same sex marriage or the inner workings of the homosexual mind. I will have to depend on you guys for this. Always remember, I may not be IN LOVE with you, however, I will always love you my fender friends.

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If people are happy, not killing or causing misery to anyone. Then what right does anyone have to judge their sexual behavior?
Really.

I wonder how many anti this and anti that people are parents. I was quite homophobic till the birth of my first child. Looking at her one evening all I could think was that nothing she could do could change the way I feel about her. No life choice *yes I'm still bass ackwards enough to believe it's a choice*, no crime, no nothing. Eight years on I still think that.
One of those moments where you do quite a lot of growing up in quite a short space of time.

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No no and no

I'm surprised this topic has made it this far without Brad catching it...

Anyways, I don't have anything against homosexuals, in fact, I have a friend that's one (and he's a pretty cool guy too, great musician). One thing I don't like it when someone who's homosexual is hitting on me... that really bothers me.

I'm pretty religious too, but I'm still one of the least judgmental person that you will ever come by... My views of marriage will be christian, but I'm not going to get all uptight just because someone has different views than me...

I'm not trying to come off as a bigot, but here's a serious question: when did they discover a "homosexual gene?" What chromosome is it on and where? I mean, I can imagine (for example) a male have a mutation or deletion (let's say a change to the SRY gene on the y chrom), that can lead to physical abnormalities, as well as psychological altercations, but is there seriously a !@$ gene?

...sorry just rambling...

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