It looks like Chick-fil-A is in hot water over their position on gay marriage. I happened to be glancing at petitions on Change.org and found this -- Yes, Chick-fil-A Says, We Explicitly Do Not Like Same-Sex Couples As far as I'm concerned, Chick-fil-A has the right to support or not support whatever they choose. Honestly, I was just a little surprised such a large company would find themselves immersed in such a controversy that has nothing to do with their business.
I agree that any business has the right to support whatever they choose. On the subject of gay marriage, I would like to get the government out of marriage regulation altogether. There's no good reason to require taxpayers to subsidize government approval of relationships. What's next? Government-sanctioned BFF registrations?
I know, I don't get it - the whole idea of needing a "license" anyway. LOL, I had no idea what a BFF registration was. Is this what you're talking about?
Chick-fil-a gets my vote on this disapproval of gays in marriage. Lets face it no other animal in the mammal family except us has a relationship with another sex because they cant reproduce. The only way I could see this going on in the mammal family was if there were no other groups to survive and they were same sex. Its all in their head. Something caused them to act that way. Anyways a business can say and do as they like.
I suppose this may bring Chick-fil-A business from those who oppose gay marriage, counteracting the other people that will be boycotting them... Aaah, thanks. LOL.
Have you ever been to the zoo, or a pet store? I used to work in a pet store and there was at least one incredibly gay dog there. Your argument about the impossibility of reproduction would only be true if every animal in the same species was light in the loafers. If only some of the animals are gay, the species survives. Plus, how do you explain the existence of flamingos and poodles? I don't consider two people of the same sex capable of being "married," but I don't buy the argument that there aren't any gay animals.
I lol'd at the BFF stuff, haha. securesite - you're mistaken. It is well documented that there are occurrences of homosexuality in monkeys (amongst other intelligent creatures, such as penguins and dolphins) in the wild. Beyond that - you're clearly pretty uneducated to state fiction as fact and claim it's all in a person's head. Could you make yourself love another man, somehow? Could you have sex with him and call it making love? No? Then how the fuck could anyone else do so, or the reverse? I support gay marriage provided no churches are forced to marry anyone they don't want to. Marriage is, these days, about the government recognizing two people as being in a life long relationship. If it doesn't effect you in any way, shape or form, why should you care?
That's just the thing. It does affect people when the government does the recognizing of marriage because: 1) Unless the license fees pay for the entire marriage regulation program, it requires taxpayers to subsidize recognition of the relationship between people. 2) It often results in other taxpayer subsidies, for things like preferential tax breaks and other government benefits which discriminate based on marital status. Therefore, instead of enacting gay marriage laws to make everybody equal, I would favour abolishing all marriage laws, which would make people just as equal. Let people be free to choose how they solemnize their own relationships, and whether they wish to recognize the relationships of others.
Gays shmays , if they decide to support anti-gay marriage guys let them , it's their money after all . Boycotting them would be just as silly as boycotting a gaybar . As for the whole thing of gay people being married here's the deal . Unless nature itself will change things are always gonna be like this : Gay & gay : We're married . Straight person thoughts : Ya an I'm Santa
Law Dude - I don't disagree with you. Really I just wish their wasn't this double standard. Apoc - I don't think nature has to change. There just has to be a tiny bit more good and love in people. I have faith one day more people will realize that love is important and shouldn't be judged if it is between consenting adults. What you do in your bedroom is your business. What if someone started to discriminate not only against gays but against, say, folks who like leather and spanking? It's the same thing. Private sexual acts with a partner that defines one sexuality. I wouldn't take that lying down. Pun intended.
Discrimination is basically likes and dislikes taken to a new level . When logic and laws start being driven being driven by likes and dislikes that's when we have a problem . Otherwise likes and dislike are human nature . Just my 2 cents (totally overworking now so not a lot of time to think)
Your statement sounds like their shouldn't be laws relating to likes and dislikes, and that all discrimination is a form of like and dislike. The problem there is that women dislike rape, thus it's illegal. Maybe you like rape. Does that mean the government shouldn't get involved and make laws? It's complicated but at the end of the day people who care what others do when it has ZERO effect on them are, at BEST, narcissists.
Sorry didn't meant for it to sound like that , as i said i'm posting in a rush . I'm just saying that sometimes in our fight against discrimination we exaggerate an some of those exaggerations (which are natural and expected) get taken a bit to far . Laws must defend all of the citizens , no exception . More on the subject latter .... Please don't be mad at me *puppy eyes*
Hey - sorry - I haven't been online much today at all, and not at DP, as the heat is insane and I'm trying not to burn up my poor computer. It's like 104F right now >.<' I wasn't mad, it's cool - you know how it is, just very passionate as far as equal rights and such goes. Seriously, it's too hot to think straight right now >.<'
although I'm a brave man! but yeah have to be care. Here I'm at work so it's a secure area for me. I think it's not fair considering privilege for married persons in compare of singles when they pay same tax and same role in society. Should we have such extravagant obligation because of society acceptance and these privileges? I guess homosexuality is a feeling like heterosexuality and also as I see gays are less offensive and are almost harmless. In my country people don't abhor gays but don't consider same dignityand personality for them anyway.