The current state of marriage is the reason why dating is so difficult.

The Atheist Speaks wrote:

Some atheists are against "Marriage Equality." Here is what one man said:

"The primary evolutionary purpose of a man and a woman is to propagate the species and raising children.

Homosexual men are more than twice as likely to spread HIV and other STDs than straight men, which applies to lesbian woman too. Homosexual men and lesbians are much more likely to have serious substance abuse problems."

Sources:

Gay Men and Substance Abuse: A Basic Guide for Addicts and Those Who Care for Them - available at Amazon. "Can I blame gay culture for my drug addiction, please?"

http://marksking.com/my-fabulous-disease/can-i-blame-gay-culture-for-my-drug-addiction-please/

Lesbians and Substance Abuse

http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2010/Lesbians-and-Substance-Abuse/

That's my opinion!!!

Our constitution protects individual freedoms - you can’t just ban everything that may be harmful to someone.

markschultz30 wrote:

If this is true, this is as much a breakthrough as the discovery of penicillin:

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/iran-new-vaccine-could-cure-homosexuality-and-pedophilia/

I hope they'll succeed in bringing the costs of the vaccine down, so that even poor people can be cured.

That vaccine would really hurt the catholic church:) And yes I am aware of this source:)

The question to me though is given that that vaccines causes gayness(

) will the cure rate of the new one result in more or less gay people?

Hampton Willaby wrote:

R1200:

Yes please respond to remarks made by Secular Reasoning or myself. You are in a tougher situation than most although I have relatives and friends that are extremely gay. Some of my former girlfriends are now married to each other!

Actually I have more reasons to feel strongly than you do!

Sure. In order:

Secular Reasoning #1: I don’t agree that gay marriage changes (the net result of) procreation negatively. I know a number of gay/lesbian couples who have children (through the school my wife works at) provided via various means like sperm donors or surrogates.

Secular Reasoning #2: I don’t agree that gay marriage equals “sexual love” any more than hetero marriage does. Many hetero couples elect not to have children at all as is the case with 3 of my 4 siblings. I assume they have sex with their husbands/wives yet nary a single offspring! And the polygamy slippery slope analogy makes no sense to me.

Hampton Willaby: Again, I simply don’t agree that gay marriage hurts us in any way. My own sister in law and her wife, now together for 38 years, cared for foster children that no one was willing to take. They took their own 3 daughters to volunteer each week at a soup kitchen, They are far more religious that I am. There are good and bad people all over the world but I just don’t believe that a persons orientation is what makes them good or bad.

(if it matters, I'm male and have been married to my wife (female) for 34 years)

MikeDitka85DaBears wrote:

The Atheist Speaks wrote:

Some atheists are against "Marriage Equality." Here is what one man said:

"The primary evolutionary purpose of a man and a woman is to propagate the species and raising children.

Homosexual men are more than twice as likely to spread HIV and other STDs than straight men, which applies to lesbian woman too. Homosexual men and lesbians are much more likely to have serious substance abuse problems."

Sources:

Gay Men and Substance Abuse: A Basic Guide for Addicts and Those Who Care for Them - available at Amazon. "Can I blame gay culture for my drug addiction, please?"

http://marksking.com/my-fabulous-disease/can-i-blame-gay-culture-for-my-drug-addiction-please/

Lesbians and Substance Abuse

http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2010/Lesbians-and-Substance-Abuse/

That's my opinion!!!

I know a whole lot of people who are against inter-racial relationships. When stating this opinion they cite as the primary reason that there are many people who are prejudiced against inter-racial relationships and multi-racial children so it wouldn't be fair to the multi-racial children of these couples. They claim that they themselves are not at all prejudiced. They say this with a totally straight face and do not appear to be aware of the fact that they are against inter-racial relationships because such relationships will have to deal with prejudice from people who do not accept inter-racial relationships. In fact, they seem to have convinced themselves that they oppose inter-racial relationships for the good of the inter-racial couples.

Many folks on this thread remind me of such people.

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"Hey, gays live shorter lives! Therefore we are only looking out for the gays' best interest by denying them marriage and by offering them therapy to switch their orientation!"

Meanwhile, this:

"Researchers of what’s been deemed as “the first study to look at the consequences of anti-gay prejudice for mortality“ have discovered that lesbian, gay and bisexual people living in less open-minded communities have a shorter life expectancy.

The Columbia University study, which was published online in the Social Science & Medicine journal, found that lesbian, gay and bisexual people in communities with high levels of anti-gay prejudice lived an average of 12 years less than their counterparts in more accepting environments. "

You do realize that eventually we can all become mixed race? Indeed the world has made great progress in this area.

As for myself and most other people, we do not mind at all seeing a black man with a white women. That is a common occurrence and there are many, many mixed race children created via this inter-marriage or living together arrangement.

I wonder what percentage of people are okay with inter-race marriage? Would it be 80%? 85% Perhaps even higher than that?

The point most people have been making on here is that race equality is not close in any form to "marriage" equality.

One would have to have a very thick skull to not see this, so I know that you are just in denial.

Guilt is the problem of the user. It's the problem of the sinner (Yes, myself included). That is what makes gays live shorter lives and not the fact the 40% of the population rejects their lifestyle.

It is a fact that many gays cannot have sex without doing heavy drugs first. The same is not true of blacks having sex with whites.

By the way I have had several black girl friends and girlfriends of other races. There is beauty in all women. I do not have a problem with that. I do have problem with porn addiction which to my mind is the worst addiction of all.

The homophobic article was probably less than 100 words.

Of course if you live in a bad environment you will die early. How stupid can we get?

Your stats on child abusers in the C Church are wrong.

The C Church is guilty of not just abusing children but nurturing and protecting abusers.

My post above had nothing to do with child abuse. The atrocities of the C Church go back centuries and involve genocide, torture, etc etc.

They have no moral high ground whatsoever.

The question is not why so angry, it's how the f**k do people like you not see that.

Yes, and how many subjects were involved in the homophobic study? Over how many years did it take place?

How many cities were involved? It was obviously a very limited research study.

The other 2 articles which were about drug abuse and homosexuality were over 1000 words long and defined their resources at the end of each!

MikeDitka85DaBears wrote:

The Atheist Speaks wrote:

Some atheists are against "Marriage Equality." Here is what one man said:

"The primary evolutionary purpose of a man and a woman is to propagate the species and raising children.

Homosexual men are more than twice as likely to spread HIV and other STDs than straight men, which applies to lesbian woman too. Homosexual men and lesbians are much more likely to have serious substance abuse problems."

Sources:

Gay Men and Substance Abuse: A Basic Guide for Addicts and Those Who Care for Them - available at Amazon. "Can I blame gay culture for my drug addiction, please?"

http://marksking.com/my-fabulous-disease/can-i-blame-gay-culture-for-my-drug-addiction-please/

Lesbians and Substance Abuse

http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2010/Lesbians-and-Substance-Abuse/

That's my opinion!!!

What the passing of The Gay Marriage will do is divide the churches. Some churches will have to become more

disciplined. It actually will be a good thing in some ways as far as religion goes.

Churches will have to become better but some will go the other way and everyone will see it. At the moment (2018) most churches stand against gay marriage. But some denominations of those churches are riding the fence. They will have to decide.

I do not have a crystal ball and do not know what it will do to countries that have made this horrible decision.

They say that everything is a combination of good and bad.

What feels bad today, may be good tomorrow and vice versa. See how the colors fit together.

At least that is how I am trying to look at it.

Why do you use C Church?

the Netherlands and came into force in 2001. As of 20 December 2017, same-sex marriage is legally recognized (nationwide or in some parts) in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico,[nb 1] the Netherlands,[nb 2] New Zealand,[nb 3] Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom,[nb 4] the United States[nb 5] and Uruguay

So as of 2017, 26 warped countries chose to allow the gay marriage.

However there does not exist a legal marriage in all the world. Only God determines if it is legal!!!

A substantial percentage of the posts on this thread sound like they are written by mentally ill people - virtually all of the homophobic crowd. Not sure if there is even more than one of you posting - the posts sounds suspiciously alike and are clearly the work of a diseased mind(s).

I will pray for you.

Mr. Wrong wrote:

wtfunny wrote:

Your stats on child abusers in the C Church are wrong.

The C Church is guilty of not just abusing children but nurturing and protecting abusers.

My post above had nothing to do with child abuse. The atrocities of the C Church go back centuries and involve genocide, torture, etc etc.

They have no moral high ground whatsoever.

The question is not why so angry, it's how the f**k do people like you not see that.

Why do you use C Church?

Are you afraid to denounce the Roman Catholic Church?

Well you shouldn't be. However the Catholic Church did start many things that make our society great.

*The Catholic Church championed the cause to make education available to everyone. Prior to the church's introduction of education for the common man, education was reserved only for the nobility. The very essence of health care and caring for the sick emerged through the church, through religious orders, in direct response to the value and dignity that the Gospel assigns to each and every life.

The current Catholic Education System alone SAVES American taxpayers $18 million dollars per year.

Source: Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly; Beacon Publishing 2010

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I'm not saying that we didn't have some bad Popes! We had some really, really bad ones. But the church today

is not the same one as in 1000 A.D.

Wow-zers!!! wrote:

A substantial percentage of the posts on this thread sound like they are written by mentally ill people - virtually all of the homophobic crowd. Not sure if there is even more than one of you posting - the posts sounds suspiciously alike and are clearly the work of a diseased mind(s).

I will pray for you.

The homophobic article had about 100 words, virtually no research, a small group study, and no listed resources.

That should tell you something.

I can use a lot of prayers. Pray for me. Pray FAST for our country!!!

I will also pray.

Wow-zers!!! wrote:

A substantial percentage of the posts on this thread sound like they are written by mentally ill people - virtually all of the homophobic crowd. Not sure if there is even more than one of you posting - the posts sounds suspiciously alike and are clearly the work of a diseased mind(s).

I will pray for you.

Homosexuals are mentally ill.

Let's get back to what this thread is supposed to be about.

Here are some ideas a couple can use to save their marriage:

1. Long Separation (Like 9 months w/o seeing each other)

2. Sleep Laboratory

3. We took a Tantric Sex Workshop

4. He enrolled in a Husband Boot Camp

5. I installed a stripper pole in the bed room.

All of the above have worked for couple who were married for more than 10 years.

Remember that marriage should not be based just on feelings.

Fulton J. Sheen wrote:

Wow-zers!!! wrote:

A substantial percentage of the posts on this thread sound like they are written by mentally ill people - virtually all of the homophobic crowd. Not sure if there is even more than one of you posting - the posts sounds suspiciously alike and are clearly the work of a diseased mind(s).

I will pray for you.

The homophobic article had about 100 words, virtually no research, a small group study, and no listed resources.

That should tell you something.

I can use a lot of prayers. Pray for me. Pray FAST for our country!!!

I will also pray.

I will pray for you.