Actually, I would hope people would. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right. If you're offended by what someone says, get over it; government censorship is intolerable.
Currently my wife and I are enduring pretty much unending harassment from her douche bag of an ex-husband. I'd love to just ignore him but given my step-daughter is in the middle of this whole mess (and he seems to have no compulsion to not use her as a weapon to abuse my wife, no matter what the emotional damage he inflicts on her in the process) that seems to not really be a reasonable response.
I'm in a bit of quandary about how to deal with this. If it was 100 years ago, I'd have long ago taken my glove and slapped his face and invited him out to the dueling grounds. I could give into my lizard brain that tells me to go push his teeth down his throat but I find myself constrained by the society where the weak and cowardly have been pretty much given carte blanche to abuse other people with little recourse.
To me the question is where does the line of "freedom of speech" becomes an invitation to get away with complete BS that not so long ago would find you at the receiving end of a well justified beat down. I see this as just another symptom of our Political Correctness run amok society.
This has been my view for many years. The easiest and cleanest way to end this debate once and for all is to separate the idea of religious marriage and civil marriage. Calling them different things would be a great start.
Start with "Civil Union". You go to the government to get this done and is required of everyone who wants the legal benefits of "marriage"...tax benefits, estate, joint work benefits...whatever. This should be 100% available to EVERYONE, regardless of their sexuality, race etc.... You want to hook your car to other persons locomotive to form a family train... you do this. Slight add on, churches should never be able to perform this function. PERIOD. You want this, off to city hall with you.
Marriage, and lets call it that since its a very well established religious ceremony, is something you do when you want to be paired up before whatever giant spaghetti monster in the sky you care to believe in. Its got nothing to do with the government at all and the individual churches can have complete control over the rules of who can or can not be married. The Pope says no lesbians getting married, then tough luck lesbians, you cant be married in the Catholic church, no crying about it, no suing anyone. You don't like it then don't be Catholic or lobby the Vatican to get the giant spider to change the rules. By the way, this state should give you exactly ZERO benefits in terms of tax benefits, estate rights, work benefits etc.... you want that, you need to go have a civil union too.
You put that system in place and you completely end all teeth grinding and picketing and right wing religious nutjobs freaking out in the street about fags getting married and it making jesus cry.
It should also end all teeth grinding and picketing and gays and lesbians freaking out (very justifibily) in the street about them being treated as second class citizens.
This would be the first decree issued from my office after I'm appointed supreme logical dictator of the Earth.
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Actually, I would hope people would. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right. If you're offended by what someone says, get over it; government censorship is intolerable.
Currently my wife and I are enduring pretty much unending harassment from her douche bag of an ex-husband. I'd love to just ignore him but given my step-daughter is in the middle of this whole mess (and he seems to have no compulsion to not use her as a weapon to abuse my wife, no matter what the emotional damage he inflicts on her in the process) that seems to not really be a reasonable response. I'm in a bit of quandary about how to deal with this. If it was 100 years ago, I'd have long ago taken my glove and slapped his face and invited him out to the dueling grounds. I could give into my lizard brain that tells me to go push his teeth down his throat but I find myself constrained by the society where the weak and cowardly have been pretty much given carte blanche to abuse other people with little recourse. To me the question is where does the line of "freedom of speech" becomes an invitation to get away with complete BS that not so long ago would find you at the receiving end of a well justified beat down. I see this as just another symptom of our Political Correctness run amok society.
This has been my view for many years. The easiest and cleanest way to end this debate once and for all is to separate the idea of religious marriage and civil marriage. Calling them different things would be a great start.
Start with "Civil Union". You go to the government to get this done and is required of everyone who wants the legal benefits of "marriage"...tax benefits, estate, joint work benefits...whatever. This should be 100% available to EVERYONE, regardless of their sexuality, race etc.... You want to hook your car to other persons locomotive to form a family train... you do this. Slight add on, churches should never be able to perform this function. PERIOD. You want this, off to city hall with you.
Marriage, and lets call it that since its a very well established religious ceremony, is something you do when you want to be paired up before whatever giant spaghetti monster in the sky you care to believe in. Its got nothing to do with the government at all and the individual churches can have complete control over the rules of who can or can not be married. The Pope says no lesbians getting married, then tough luck lesbians, you cant be married in the Catholic church, no crying about it, no suing anyone. You don't like it then don't be Catholic or lobby the Vatican to get the giant spider to change the rules. By the way, this state should give you exactly ZERO benefits in terms of tax benefits, estate rights, work benefits etc.... you want that, you need to go have a civil union too.
You put that system in place and you completely end all teeth grinding and picketing and right wing religious nutjobs freaking out in the street about fags getting married and it making jesus cry.
It should also end all teeth grinding and picketing and gays and lesbians freaking out (very justifibily) in the street about them being treated as second class citizens.
This would be the first decree issued from my office after I'm appointed supreme logical dictator of the Earth.
Next problem please.