well we had some guest priests come to our church in the past couple weeks. As much as I love the priests we regularly have, the gues priests seem to always want to push some sort of agenda. This past mass it was how, basically, Obama is morrally lacking because he supports stem cell research and how, if you support it too, you must be a bad Catholic. Last time, it was to uphold the sanctity of HETEROSEXUAL marriage.
My parents asked me what I thought about the whole thing and, when I told them honestly, they got mad. I mean dissapointed and shocked, though they shouldn't be:
Car Ride with dad:
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Dad "It's just so... unnatural. There's no way you should put it on the same level as heterosexual marriage"
Me "Well, you can be assured that homosexuality is not a choice or practically no one would BE homosexual. After all, who wants to intentionally make their life harder on themselves. Therefore, it's decided outside of the individual's own will... so it's natural. People have been gay for millenia. Besides, it's not like allowing homosexual marriage is a cry to ask you to embrace the homosexual lifestyle, it's just a request not to oppress a minority who wants nothing more than to have the same opportunity at normality as the rest of the world."
Dad "But they aren't normal. It's insulting to heterosexual marriages to call something so disgusting 'marriage'"
Me "That's nothing but biggotry and ignorance dad. You know very well, even if you DON'T support homosexuality that allowing one group one thing does not mean you're taking away anything from the other group. Whether gays an marry or not, you still can. And you should also know from history and the Civil Rights movement that we CAN'T just call it something different. As soon as you differentiate two things in the law as different, they become separate. And if they are separate, they can become inherently unequal. "
Dad "Exactly. All they want is to abuse the legal system to take advantage of the rights that should be reserved for REAL marriages."
Me "It's only not a real marriage because you are blocking it from being a marriage. How can you legislate against love?"
Dad "WHAT!?! Kyle, let me ask you something: what does a marriage mean to you."
Me "It should mean that two people who love each other more than anything else in the world decide to take the next step and become united legally, normally living in the same house. It doesn't make a difference what the genders, races or socioeconomic statuses of the two people are."
Dad "now you're just being difficult...."
*arrive at location*