03-23-2006, 02:34 AM
NOS2Go4Me,Mar 22 2006, 11:18 AM Wrote:darkpuppet,Mar 22 2006, 11:08 AM Wrote:I always joke around that we need more advocacy groups and parades for straight white males in the 25-35 year range... but the fact is, we don't need advocacy groups to stand up for our rights.
To say that you don't want to support a group that doesn't support your lifestyle choices is a very obvious sign of intolerance and bigotry. I'm not even going to candy coat it for you. I don't know why you're so intolerant of people who make different choices than yourself.
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Maybe I wasn't quite clear. I'll attempt to illustrate it a little better for you.
I have gay family members. While I don't "enjoy" the life they lead, I still care for them the same as any other family member. I'll defend them the same as any other family member.
However, there are certain fundamental things about said practices that I do not believe are natural, and as such I don't believe that certain long-standing definitions that are held by a vast majority of the world's population should be changed willy-nilly because a relative handful say so.
So, if I choose not to support a company because they support groups that go against my beliefs in life, that's my personal right... my right to choose who I do and don't patronize with my hard-earned cash.
Call me whatver makes you feel better, but you have no right to tell me that I can't choose. Just as I would never tell anyone who is gay or lesbian who they can or can't be with or what they can or can't do with their life, I don't see what gives you the right to tell me I can't choose not to support Ford.
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true, it's your choice to support or not support companies as you deem fit. But seriously, there are far worse things to boycott a company for than something as trivial as this.
Considering how broad a definition marriage has (outside the minority christian bible thumper crowd) globally, gay marriage is neither willy nilly, nor problematic. I think it's a problem because people make it a problem.
What do I care who's married to who, I'll still be the 5th wheel at couple's dinner night.
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