I'm curious as to what you mean, specifically by this. Who is offending others? The homophobes? The homosexuals? John Cena?shootthebandit said:(or offend others)
People also have the right to criticise, question, and condemn. "Why is this an issue?" is not an unfair question.Johnny Impact said:People have the right to be offended.
Freedom of expression means freedom to criticise.
I take the other thrust of your argument, however. I don't really care what people think of me so much as what they might do to me. Or, in some cases, already have.
Actually, it's for jobs they're currently otherwise being disqualified from. I can see why that might be a touchu subject, though.MagunBFP said:These days in many countries popular opinion holds that white males should be disadvantaged to allow black people and women to get the jobs they may have been passed over for in the past. Employers who do this are considered Equal Opportunity Employers who support Affirmative Action.
You mean like we've already changed it from a property exchange, included monogamy, discouraged sex outside of marriage, changed who can get married, redefined it to allow people of different races and faiths to get married, changed it into a religious institution, removed the capacity of family members to marry, etc? Hell, same-sex marriage isn't even all that new a concept, except for the legal benefits side.MagunBFP said:To include gay relationships into Marriage would be changing marriage.
Yeah, we wouldn't want to redefine this sacred institution which is completely carved in stone.
Fun fact: Romans actually had a lot of policies against gays. Homosexuality could cause status loss and even pre-Christianity could have legal repercussions if you didn't do it with certain people of lower classes. That's right, the Romans had a series of "it's not gay if..." rules. Greeks weren't always pro-gay, either.Angelous Wang said:The Greeks and Romans their gods had no rules on this stuff and you can see lots of examples of homosexuality in the ruins of their art and cultures.
I mean, the monotheistic Abrahamic religions didn't help, but it's not like everything was great until the evil Christians came along and ruined it for the gays. Even then, the "no homo" thing doesn't start to show up within them until what? 4th, 5th century? I honestly forget, but I think there's a point in there somewhere.