The gay blogger was blastg the "bigots"--those who voted California agast legalizg gay marriage. Hypocr even, he said, pecially blacks who voted 70% to 30% agast. "Now you are discrimatg agast another mory--gays," he wrote. He implied that the majory thought of gays as ls than human. This was my rponse to his rant: I…
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE, AN OXYMORON
- GAY MARRIAGE IS AN OXYMORON
- SOCIETY CAN ACCEPT GAY MARRIAG, TOO
- SOCIETY CAN ACCEPT GAY MARRIAG, TOO;OVERTURNED RACIAL LAW
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- FAY JUDGE: GAY MARRIAGE LIKE 'JUMBO SHRIMP'
- RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE–AN OXYMORON, BIBLILLY SPEAKG
- “ORTHODOX” GAY MARRIAGE AND THE PATH TO DTCTN
GAY MARRIAGE, AN OXYMORON
Throughout history, marriage has been fed as the unn between one man and one woman; legalizg gay marriage won't change that * gay marriage an oxymoron *
But one may feel the same affectn for one's homosexual iends and relativ as for any other, and be genuely pleased for the happs they rive om relatnships, while opposg gay marriage for prcipled reasons. But for many, s practice pends on a trick of gnive dissonance that allows people to believe the Juo-Christian moral orr while acceptg, often wh genue regard, the different liv of homosexual acquatanc.
GAY MARRIAGE IS AN OXYMORON
That is why, though homosexuals may believe that they are merely seekg a small expansn of the fn of marriage, the majory of Amerins perceive this change as a radil nstctn of the stutn. Some make the nservative argument that makg marriage a civil right will brg stabily, an end to promiscuy and a sense of fairns to gay men and women. Siarly, the argument that legal marriage will check promiscuy by gay mal rais the qutn of how a "piece of paper" will do what the threat of AIDS has not.
Legalizg gay “marriage” would leave society stroyed, bee the fay is the basic cell of society, and if I stroy the fay or unrme , I am stroyg society.
SOCIETY CAN ACCEPT GAY MARRIAG, TOO
It mak no sense to legalize "gay marriage" as is impossible to ll that a "marriage" sce is by fn between a man and a woman and for the purpose of procreatn. A Kentucky judge has raised eyebrows after makg a seri of bizarre remarks on the subject of same-sex marriage ― spe of the fact that he’s apparently led favor of gay and lbian upl a seri of adoptn s. ”Dpe his apparent distaste for same-sex relatnships, however, Philpot said he has disvered “a phenomenal love” for LGBT people that he “didn’t have back the old days, ” and that “half the adoptns I do are for gay people.
” Meanwhile, Peack Panache blogger Tim Peack offered fat praise for Philpot, llg the judge “one of a handful of anti-gay judg who checks his opn at the door. Opn|Society Can Accept Gay Marriag, Too ADVERTISEMENTMarch 28, 1996See the article s origal ntext om March 28, 1996, Sectn A, Page 24Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the ArchiveThis is a digized versn of an article om The Tim’s prt archive, before the start of onle publitn 1996. Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived the Edor:In "Gay Marriage, an Oxymoron" (Op-Ed, March 23), Lisa Schifen argu that marriage is a lifelong pact between partners mted to sexual exclivy and the creatn and nurture of offsprg.
Schifen would ny the benefs even to those gay upl (whose existence she acknowledg) who have children, while paradoxilly assertg that "society has wisely chosen not to differentiate between marriag" grantg licens regardls of a heterosexual uple's child-rearg tentns. Only "a trick of gnive dissonance" allows "the Juo-Christian moral orr" to tolerate homosexuals at all, she readg her straed arguments agast gay marriage, I nclu that her pacy for gnive dissonance Ms. Schifen is send to ECKENWILER Chigo, March 27, 1996A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 24 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Society Can Accept Gay Marriag, Too.
SOCIETY CAN ACCEPT GAY MARRIAG, TOO;OVERTURNED RACIAL LAW
Opn|Society Can Accept Gay Marriag, Too;Overturned Racial Law ADVERTISEMENTMarch 28, 1996See the article s origal ntext om March 28, 1996, Sectn A, Page 24Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the ArchiveThis is a digized versn of an article om The Tim’s prt archive, before the start of onle publitn 1996.
Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived the Edor:Re "Gay Marriage, an Oxymoron" (Op-Ed, March 23): Lisa Schifen is rrect that a majory of Amerins are unprepared for gay marriage. Schifen, many opponents of terracial marriage argued that the urts were upholdg somethg that was nsistent wh nature and wh the Juo-Christian time, however, the lgs were vdited, as gay marriage will one day be vdited, as an sential step to fulfillg the promise of jtice on which this untry was COPITHORNE Berkeley, Calif., March 24, 1996A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 24 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Society Can Accept Gay Marriag, Too;Overturned Racial Law.
A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. Dozens of other activists received ath threats om an obscure anti-gay group that claimed rponsibily for the killg of Grigoryeva, who was stabbed repeatedly and showed signs of strangulatn.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
“Our society really looks up to what the ernment do, so any kds of public actns promotg homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, many people may perceive as a ll for actn.
A Fay Court judge who routely pris over gay adoptns said that gay marriage is an “oxymoron” like “jumbo shrimp” or a “magnificent Chihuahua. ”Appearg before a relig group, Fayette Circu Court Judge Tim Philpot said he lov homosexuals but their relatnships are “sterile” and “jt entertament. 8, Philpot lled the Supreme Court’s cisn last year legalizg gay marriage “pretty close to sane” and warned that “there is no qutn that polygamy is on the way.
”► WATCH VIDEO: Judge Philpot's ments beg at the 41-mute markPhilpot, a former state senator, said that the worst impact of gay marriage is s effect on children. ”Lexgton lawyers who have reprented gay clients Philpot’s urt say he has been fair to Ewg, who said he’s reprented hundreds of people before Philpot, said: “I have never seen him base a cisn on a ligant’s sexual orientatn. ”Keh Elston, who has handled gay adoptns Philpot’s urt, said he has asked “a few more qutns of gay and lbian clients than he asks to some of the straight clients I have had” but that none of them were “out of bounds or appear to reflect his personal bias.
FAY JUDGE: GAY MARRIAGE LIKE 'JUMBO SHRIMP'
”Josh Mers, chairman of Lexgton Fairns, said he had never heard of anyone beg discrimated agast Philpot’s urt bee they are gay or said he is ncerned about some of Philpot’s statements “but he has a right to say whatever he wants to say. Heyburn II, after strikg down gay marriage bans Kentucky, fend his lg a public bate wh his email, Philpot said he has been speakg about marriage to promote his new novel, "Judge Z: Irretrievably Broken, " about the ath of straight marriage the Uned Stat.
"As I say the book more than once, the greatt tragedy is not that gay people want to get married — is that straight people don’t want to get married, " he said.
Speakg before the Asbury Society, which advot “absolute surrenr and obedience to J Christ” and is not affiliated wh Asbury Theologil Semary, Philpot said “half the adoptns I do are for gay people. ”He also said “homosexual s” is no worse than “heterosexual s” and that the latter may be worse bee of the lns of babi straight people “brg to this world who are neglected and abed by parents who don’t re. ”But Philpot said his 25-mute talk that gay marriage is “really very illogil … kd of like a dog show I was watchg a few years ago where the announcer said that was a magnificent Chihuahua.
RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Ernie Fletcher – he said an terview wh the Herald-Lear that the gay liftyle was a “stctive liftyle” and that is a “behavr, ’s not geic. ”In 2013, a Herald-Lear op-ed piece, he nounced a feral urt lg California throwg out that state’s gay marriage ban and the Supreme Court’s lg validatg the Defense of Marriage Act.
GAY MARRIAGE–AN OXYMORON, BIBLILLY SPEAKG
”In his talk before the Asbury Society, Philpot said he was offend by the Supreme Court’s gay marriage lg 2015 bee the urt said “there is no ratnal basis for you to thk that marriage is between a man and a woman. A fay urt judge whose ntroversial ments about gay marriage recently ught the public's attentn wants state lawmakers Kentucky to help put a stop to quickie divorc for upl who have children.
“ORTHODOX” GAY MARRIAGE AND THE PATH TO DTCTN
"►READ MORE: Teachg tolerance part of mock electn►READ MORE: Ballot selfi get the OK KentuckyPhilpot didn't talk much about gay marriage Friday, although he did reerate his belief that the greatt tragedy isn't that gay people want to get married but that straight people don't want to marry.
Comments he ma to a relig group Wilmore, Ky., last September — cludg statements that pared gay marriage to an oxymoron, such as a "magnificent Chihuahua, " and that the Supreme Court lg legalizg gay marriage was "pretty close to sane" — drew attentn to Philpot, who has prid over gay upl' adoptn Friday's meetg, Philpot — a former state senator himself — stuck around to give legislators pi of his new novel on marriage and fay urt, which is lled "Judge Z: Irretrievably Broken.
Dozens of other activists received ath threats om an obscure anti-gay group that claimed rponsibily for the killg of Grigoryeva, who was stabbed repeatedly and showed signs of 2017, reports of extrajudicial arrts, torture and killgs of gay men the republic of Chechnya drew ternatnal year, Andrei Vaganov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, a uple raisg two adopted children, had to flee Rsia after a doctor reported them to police and thori opened a crimal se. Adoptn by same-sex upl is banned Rsia, but Vaganov had applied as a sgle Olenichev, a lawyer wh the Comg Out gay rights group, said there are stanc of tolerance by some urts.