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10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.



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Citing the freedoms protected by the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the United Church of Christ (UCC) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, NC today arguing that the state’s law defining marriage as being between a man and a woman was unconstitutional. The suit argues that the law prevents UCC ministers from performing their religious duties. North Carolina not only prohibits same-sex couples from obtaining a marriage license but it also goes a step further by making it a criminal offense for ministers to conduct a wedding without determining first whether the couple has obtained a license to marry. Ministers who violate the law can face as much as 4 months in jail.

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Republican Official Says Gays Should Be Purged From GOP, Blames Homosexuality On Satan

I find these fundamentalists to be frightening!  Like something from the dark ages!

A new candidate for a Michigan seat on the Republican National Committee wants gays "purged" from the GOP and claims homosexuality is a "perversion" created by Satan himself.

Mary Helen Sears of Houghton County in the state's Upper Peninsula, elected vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party's 1st District last year, posted a rant in April on the Schoolcraft County GOP website -- preceded by a warning asking readers to "please use your discretion before taking any decisions based on the information in this blog."

In the post, Sears claimed that homosexuals prey on children, argued that "Satan uses homosexuality to attack the living space of the Holy Spirit" and advocated that Republicans "as a party should be purging this perversion and send them to a party with a much bigger tent."

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Hawaii is now the 15th state to legalize marriage equality

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Ryan Langenegger, the man in question, was beaten defending his friends, Joshua Foo and Jacob Gellinger, at a late night eatery. The three had attended a popular drag show earlier, and Gellinger was wearing a dress.

According to Langenegger, three men in the PepperJax Grill were staring at Gellinger, so he and his friends decided to leave. The men followed Langenegger, Gellinger and Foo into the parking lot, and one of them kept saying “Should I? Should I?”

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Just Because He Breathes: Learning to Truly Love Our Gay Son

On the night of Nov. 20, 2001, a conversation held over Instant Messenger changed our lives forever. Our 12-year-old son messaged me in my office from the computer in his bedroom.

Ryan says: can i tell u something

Mom says: Yes I am listening

Ryan says: well i don't know how to say this really but, well......, i can't keep lying to you about myself. I have been hiding this for too long and i sorta have to tell u now. By now u probably have an idea of what i am about to say.
Ryan says: I am gay
Ryan says: i can't believe i just told you


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Anti-gay protester: The white race needs more white children

A man protested the Kentuckiana Pride Festival Parade on Friday in hopes of saving “the white race.”

In a video uploaded to YouTube, John King of savewhitepeople.com explained that homosexuality was wrong because it prevented people of European descent from procreating.

“I’m here to stand up on behalf of the white race who needs white children, and also everybody in this world who is normal,” he said. “Homosexuality is a perversion that must be stopped because it is effectually a form of birth control on our race.”

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Cheney family 'delighted' as lesbian daughter marries partner

Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has married her longtime partner, Heather Poe.

The couple, who live together in Virginia and have two children, were married Friday morning in Washington, D.C., according to the Daily Caller, a news site co-founded by Neil Patel, a former adviser to the former vice president.

"Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized," the Cheney family said in a statement. "Mary and Heather and their children are very important and much loved members of our family and we wish them every happiness."

The Cheneys are perhaps the most prominent Republican family to embrace same-sex marriage.

Dick Cheney has long believed that the question of same-sex marriage should be left to states, but he also supported an effort by the George W. Bush administration for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

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Catholic Cardinal Authorized $20K To Pay Off Pedophile Priests, Then Railed Against ‘Immorality’ Of Gay Marriage

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has led the charge against same-sex marriage, describing gay and lesbian unions as “unjust,” “immoral,” and unnatural. “This is a very violation of what we consider natural law that’s embedded in every man and woman and we’re really worried as Americans that it’s going to be detrimental to the common good,” Dolan said in a radio interview in June, as New York prepared to legalize marriage equality. “[W]e still worry about the detrimental effect upon society, upon culture, and certainly upon our individual churches.”

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