Melissa Etheridge to Stop Paying Taxes Due to Prop 8

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

Homosexuality is not the same thing as or comparable to incest, or polygamy, or bestiality, or whatever the f*ck else you want to throw around. This is not a matter of opinion, and anyone who tries to argue otherwise is wrong. These are just more excuses to try and justify a bigoted, antiquated train of thought. Enough.

And just because the government says something does not make it right, or true. For the longest time the government said black people couldn't vote either. This isn't even an argument; we know it's not legal, that's the whole point of the issue. And no, civil unions are not the same thing, and homosexuals should not have to 'settle' for them. 'Seperate but equal' is not equal.


In California it was, before they had themselves a little do-over and had Prop. 8 'eliminate' that right.

Maybe, but homosexuality and heterosexuality are not the same, either. And before you talk about 'rights', know that in medieval times, local lords in Britain (and probably everywhere else) had the right to blind and/or castrate anyone they caught poaching on their estates, no legal process required except the lord's command. Also, in Italy until 1981, it was legal for a husband to kill anyone he caught in bed with his spouse. I'm sure some people were upset when those rights were taken away too.

And I find the idea of homosexual being "second class citizens" laughable. They have the exact same rights everyone else does. They were never enslaved, were never denied the right to vote, were never forced to live in poverty, etc. There is no inherent right to marry anyone you want. Get over it.