this isnt against you, but I don't understand your comment. I do favor equality, but I favor it in the sense that the government should insitll the benefits of marriage upon EVERYONE, whether theyre married or not. Which is why I think marriage should be abolished as a whole. And why I don't think fighting for marriage is the best thing to do.
I just don't see being homosexual as being "unique" or "different". I mean, yes, there are homophobes out there who see it that way, but I don't know. I know there are better things to be doing than fighting for marriage. We shouldn't even have to fight, because pretty much we are no different. So I think you saying bieng gay is beautiful is the same as a straight person saying being straight is beautiful.
i think what your saying is totally correct.it doesnt make you a better person but in the sense of another topic such as helthcare for all...who can argue with that. i think everyone should have the best..that it shouldnt be reserved for people who are basically going to be fucking the same person for the next 50 years of their life. marraige is basically all that, a few kids, one sided fighting and a domestic violence suit waiting to happen. to some its more but others less and if gay people want to be different and unique then why stride for the sameness that us heteros wish to keep sacred? its really trite and unecessary becasue in the end were all going to die and the next generation will be stuck with the same exact0 struggle. end of story.
I don't think that uniqueness is (or should be) the dominant factor in queerness. I mean, with 10% of the population being homosexual, it isn't viewed as a such a huge difference in people anymore. Straight people are actually in the minority, globally, when compared to homosexuals and bisexuals. I support what you're saying, Brandon, but I also think that part of what you're saying serves as that division that creates social inequalities between homosexuals and heterosexuals
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"Why should one group of people be viewed as above the others for something that it had no control over?" Did he ever say that queers were better than straights? WHile he did say we were "above" gender roles, that doesn't make queers better or worse than straights, we're just different. It seems like you almost misread what he was saying. He wasn't implying that queers are better, "more unique" or anything like that, simply that marriage is assimilation, and assimilating is dangerous to ANY minority culture, because it will ultimately erase what makes them unique.
I appreciate that the responses to this are really mature. It's really nice to have a healthy conversation. The way you put it, I agree that perhaps I misread what he was saying. My interpretation of it was that from Brandon's point of view, the non-queer culture had already assimilated, and therefore had sort of forefeited the sense of uniqueness that the queer community still posessed. I agree that in not assimilating, the queer culture is fighting the loss of uniqueness, but I don't agree that the non-queer culture is fully assimilated and therefore has lost uniqueness. I'm sorry if I offended you or Brandon, and I agree with you. I just misinterpreted it as being a generalization about a group of people.
I also think that the word minority in and of itself is dangerous, just because it has an implication of being dispowered, and I would never want to think of my queer brothers or sisters in that way.
no, i was not saying the heterosexuals aren't unique. heterosexuals are unique in their own way, as are queers. EVERYONE is unique in their own way. but if we assimilat, our culture will slowly dissapear.
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Obviously, I agree with everything you said. Duh. This is why we're soulmates.
APAG needs to do an anti-marriage action. like, NOW
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What happened to being a human being, and being no different than everyone else? What happened to being EQUAL?
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Taty xx
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Did he ever say that queers were better than straights? WHile he did say we were "above" gender roles, that doesn't make queers better or worse than straights, we're just different.
It seems like you almost misread what he was saying. He wasn't implying that queers are better, "more unique" or anything like that, simply that marriage is assimilation, and assimilating is dangerous to ANY minority culture, because it will ultimately erase what makes them unique.
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I also think that the word minority in and of itself is dangerous, just because it has an implication of being dispowered, and I would never want to think of my queer brothers or sisters in that way.
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And queers aren't only amazing people. Queers are still humans and can be and sometimes are assholes just like non-queers.
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