One straight man's thought on gay rights: "One man, gay or straight can marry can marry one woman, gay or straight...there is no right that's taken away from you."
This was an opinion stated on the show Real Momentum during it's documentary of Gay republicans, "Elephant in the Room."
One Gay republican had rallied a small group of gay activists to appose a state amendment to ban gay marriage. While on a radio show, the host opposed this gay man's position by stating, "One man, gay or straight can marry can marry one woman, gay or straight...there is no right that's taken away from you."
My jaw dropped…I was confused at first, he was partially right; I could marry someone of the opposite sex just like a heterosexual person, but does that mean we’re equal?
Immediately I say, "No, not at all!"
Did this heterosexual imagine what this would sound like if the situation were reversed? What if gay was normal and hetero was the minority; gay was accepted, straight was not. "We have the same rights; you can marry anyone of the same sex you want."
I ask, "Does that sound equal to you?"
When will we be able to marry the person we wish? Only when silly ideas about equality and stereotypes have diminished
1 comment:
I think it might be interesting to use inter-racial marriage as a good comparison. Not too long ago, actually when I was about your age, there were laws in some states that outlawed inter-racial marriage. So, using almost the same argument you could justify it.... Men, whether they are white or black can marry women. Women, whether they are white or black can marry men.
So, when Mississippi decides to outlaw inter-racial marriage, they were not eliminating a black man's right to marry. They were not eliminating a white woman's right to marry. There's no racial bigotry at all since whites and blacks have the very same rights.
So, let's now turn that over to gay people. If you're saying that there is no descrimination against gay people because they are allowed to get married (albeit to the opposite sex), then you are using the same logic the bigots in Mississippi used to keep black men from marrying white women. In other words, you're a bigot.
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