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NOS2Go4Me,Mar 22 2006, 02:09 PM Wrote:What are they celebrating? What could they possibly celebrate that anyone else has no need to draw attention to?

Do we have a "straight couples" parade? What about a "single, lonely guys" parade? How about "I only made it to 2nd base" parade? It's because that while these things go on in life, and happen to everyone (that it actually applies to), we don't need to throw it a party. But that's what they do... the obnoxious ones parade up and down, screaming loudly how much they love being gay. Good for them. It doesn't mean that their actions will change the minds of the overwhelming majority of the world's population.

a ) why bother having parades for the olympics, st patrick's day, christmas, world youth day, or for any other event that could just as easily be 'celebrated' inside your home? It just seems you're upset at the gay parade, not the fact that people are celebrating something that doesn't need to be celebrated. I've met more obnoxious people at the Taste of the Danforth than at the pride parade. You're basing your judgement on a couple of news clippings and youre prejudice against that lifestyle.

b ) The majority of the world doesn't really care. The majority in Canada, Denmark and a few other countries voted for it. Your majority is based on an American consensus.

Quote:They crave the media attention so that they can draw more people in to believing that it's right when ultimately, biologically, it's not.

and whats wrong with it? we let fat people live, we let downsyndrome kids to get married, we let dwarves marry each other... and all of these groups greatly outnumber gays and lesbians, yet we don't intefere with their happiness. Should we apply your draconian measures of biological appropriateness against these people as well?

Quote:Sparky - obviously, this post has created more FUD than it was intended to. I refuse to support anything that aggressively attacks the institution of marriage to the best of my knowledge. I don't care if Ford does it, Subaru, whoever. Families can be created a number of ways, but kids are created in only one natural way - with a mother and a father. Being a father yourself, I don't see why you're so open to the destruction of the institution of marriage.

well, so far you have a right wing christian organization telling you it's bad.. State some actual research that shows gay marriage ruins the institution of marriage.

Do you own any DVDs? any with a celebrity in it? how many times has that celebrity been married? How many kids idolize these celebrities? How many children are growing up in a society that believes marriages are disposable convenience items?

Now how many gay marriages have there been? How many kids are aware of this?

chances are you are, by your choices as a consumer, directly encouraging those people who are doing the most damage to the institution of marriage.

And they even get their own award shows, parades, AND sidewalk memorials!

Quote:So, really, I was supporting the institution of marriage without really caring about who was doing the attacking. If Ford wasn't supporting their movement, then good for them.

Advertising is business. I don't care who makes money off of what, nor would I limit the ability of someone of an alternate sexual persuasion to make money. My convictions are very clear - do as you will, but leave marriage alone.

I didn't have time to RTFA... what I read in the thread is that Ford was giving cash to special interest groups that are actively attacking the definition of marriage. I don't support said re-definition, hence I replied to the negative. I also didn't sign the petition.

Does that quench everyone's thirst for knowledge?
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so you based your decision on a couple biased news clippins and your own fear of what these groups are doing to marriage?