Silly excuses against gay marriage/gay rights/gay
equality/gay anything make me so mad. I've heard so many of them, and so here I've chosen to put some of the ones I hear quite regularly.
- Leviticus 3:17 “It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood”
Ban bacon immediately, folks.
There should be a clear distinction between religion and law. Under no circumstances should “but the bible says so!” be a legitimate reason for something to be against the law.
1. “It’s in the bible!”
No. I thought we’d had enough of
religious laws. Religious laws are unjust. Not everybody follows your religion,
the bible should not be the be all and end all of laws. When you start
following religious laws, you start implementing drastic things such as:
- Leviticus 3:17 “It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood”
Ban bacon immediately, folks.
- Leviticus 19:28 “Ye shall not make any
cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the
Lord.”
Sorry, tattoos are now forbidden.
Sorry, tattoos are now forbidden.
- Mark 10:11-12 "And He said to them,
'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against
her; and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is
committing adultery.”
Henry VIII was familiar with this one.
Henry VIII was familiar with this one.
There should be a clear distinction between religion and law. Under no circumstances should “but the bible says so!” be a legitimate reason for something to be against the law.
2. “Homosexuality produces no offspring”
We really don’t need any more offspring.
Everyday 5,760 more children become orphans[1].
We don’t need more offspring. There are already too many kids without homes or
families. Same-sex couples can help with this issue. They can give these kids
love and a home they would otherwise not have. The fact being gay leads
to no offspring is a good thing for the world as a whole.
Also, if you won’t allow partnerships that
don’t produce offspring, should a sterile man be allowed to marry a sterile
woman? They won’t be able to produce any offspring. The argument is invalid.
3. “Kids raised by a same-sex couple don’t
turn out right”
Generally the argument here is that a child
needs one of both genders in order to shape them. The Archbishop of Singapore
argues that children will not find their identity without two oppositely
gendered parents. This just seems ridiculous. How many single parent families
exist? Last time I checked my dad raised us on his own and my brother and my
brother and I turned out fine. Neither of us is struggling to find our
identities as a woman or man.
4. “Being gay is unnatural”
So are shoes, but you wear them.
Also, “Over 1000 species have been shown to engage in same-sex mating and pair-bonding.”[2]. That's so unnatural.
Also, “Over 1000 species have been shown to engage in same-sex mating and pair-bonding.”[2]. That's so unnatural.
5. “Kids shouldn't be shown homosexuality,
they won’t understand it”
Hold up. Did your parents ever have to
explain to you what being straight is? Of course not. Exposing kids to these
kinds of things from a young age decreases the chance that they will be
homophobic when they’re older, it may seem weird to kids that have been
sheltered from the real world, and that is the fault of the parents. Don't alienate those growing up questioning their sexuality. Kids are
some of the most accepting and open-minded people. Show them homosexuality, and
they won’t need to understand it, just like kids won’t understand what being
straight is about. They’ll accept it.
6. “Marriage is a holy union between a man and
a woman only. Gays already have civil partnerships”
Firstly, marriages are hardly holy anymore.
How long was Kim Kardashian married for? 72 days? How holy. 50% of first
marriages in the US end in divorce[3].
Also very holy, isn’t it?
Why should it be between a man
and a woman? Everything seems to always come back to the fact it’s religion
that’s preventing gay marriage. Christianity says marriage should be between a
man and a woman, but I thought we’d separated state and church? At the end of
the day, to the government, marriage is just telling the state you are a
couple. Applying religion to marriage is out of date.
7. “Being gay is a choice”
If sexuality is a choice, fall in love with
someone of the same sex.
This source phrases the idea that there
needs to be a gene for something to be acceptable perfectly: “Autism is also
not associated with a single gene, but we’d hardly claim that it is not
biological, or that children choose to be autistic.”[4]
Honestly, I’m all for religious choice.
Hold whatever faith you want, but it’s honestly infuriating when religion gets
in the way of people’s rights. Of course it’s not all religious people, of
course it’s not only religious people, but it seems like many of the arguments
against it stem from religion.
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