Apparently, gay marriage has recently become a hot topic for debate in the wonderful southern land of Australia. Anti-gay marriage types have subsequently held a rally in the capital city, Canberra, to express their opposary view to men marrying men, and women marrying women.
Not particularly surprising or rant-inducing news in itself. But some of the comments from frontline protesters were simply ludicrous. I mean, there was the usual drivel about how same-sex matrimony will lead to paedophiles marrying children, God flooding the earth in a fit of wrath, and all heterosexual marriages crumbling into dust. But then there was weirdly out-of-control hysteria from the antigays:
"The Australian reports that Ms Hagelin added that there is “no greater evil” than gay marriage supporters."
"Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce said his four daughters could be prevented from marrying if gay marriage is legalised."
...Christians are in a “war for the future of the human race”.
Wow. That's some good crazy.
The utter hysteria that comes from the mouths of some antigay activists is concerning. I mean, "no greater evil"? Seriously?! Will these people stop at nothing to try and convince us that same-sex marriage is actually a big deal?
This is a key point, actually. The reason for all the crazy is that more and more people are developing a "meh, why not" attitude towards same-sex marriage, after recognising that if you don't want to marry someone of the same sex, then SSM legislation doesn't affect your life in any way ever. This is a worry for anti-gay marriage activists, who make a living out of convincing people that their silly discriminatory views on gay people should be sanctioned by law, and so they are resorting to hyperbole, hysteria and downright lies in order to further their cause.
So in a sense, we should rejoice. The antigay cause is a dying one, and from what I've seen, as the next generation of politicians takes the helm, there will be no room for institutionalised heterosexism anywhere in the West. Hooray!
Not particularly surprising or rant-inducing news in itself. But some of the comments from frontline protesters were simply ludicrous. I mean, there was the usual drivel about how same-sex matrimony will lead to paedophiles marrying children, God flooding the earth in a fit of wrath, and all heterosexual marriages crumbling into dust. But then there was weirdly out-of-control hysteria from the antigays:
"The Australian reports that Ms Hagelin added that there is “no greater evil” than gay marriage supporters."
"Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce said his four daughters could be prevented from marrying if gay marriage is legalised."
...Christians are in a “war for the future of the human race”.
Wow. That's some good crazy.
The utter hysteria that comes from the mouths of some antigay activists is concerning. I mean, "no greater evil"? Seriously?! Will these people stop at nothing to try and convince us that same-sex marriage is actually a big deal?
This is a key point, actually. The reason for all the crazy is that more and more people are developing a "meh, why not" attitude towards same-sex marriage, after recognising that if you don't want to marry someone of the same sex, then SSM legislation doesn't affect your life in any way ever. This is a worry for anti-gay marriage activists, who make a living out of convincing people that their silly discriminatory views on gay people should be sanctioned by law, and so they are resorting to hyperbole, hysteria and downright lies in order to further their cause.
So in a sense, we should rejoice. The antigay cause is a dying one, and from what I've seen, as the next generation of politicians takes the helm, there will be no room for institutionalised heterosexism anywhere in the West. Hooray!
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