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Oct 4, 2010
by: alexandersanders
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Gay Marriage

    Intolerance, in many shapes and sizes, has been an issue this country has faced since 1776. The most recent of which includes the rights of homosexuals, who are currently unable to marry one another. This intolerance for gays can be summed up by Micheal A. Jones who writes,


"The Minnesota Catholic Church has made their priorities clear. They're not interested in placing a campaign against poverty, against hunger, against violence, or against homelessness at the top of their 2010 priorities. Instead, they want to focus on the issue of same-sex marriage, and telling gay and lesbian couples that they are a threat to the fabric of humanity."http://gayrights.change.org/
 


He writes this as a supporter of gay marriage, however, and has a very biased opinion. Although he feels that gays are being treated unjustly, the feeling is not mutual.
 

"In May, a proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman was introduced in Congress"http://www.americancatholic.org/News/Homosexuality/default.asp


       As you can see many people, including the bishops of the Catholic Church, view it not as unjust but as something that can only be experienced by a man and woman. These different views on what is intolerance and what isn't continue to drive a wedge through the gay community and those who do not support their right to be married. The future of gay rights is unknown, but one thing is for certain; not everyone will win when it comes to same sex marriage.

 
  In order to find both points of view on this subject, i first read the You Decide website and found who supported and who didn't support gay marriage. Then when i went to google, i searched for those particular views on the matter. I found that when i typed catholic church and gay marriage in the same search bar i got completely different views than when I just searched gay rights.

 

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Alexandersanders, It's

Submitted by AnnieL. on Sun, 2010-10-10 23:42.

Alexandersanders,

It's interesting that you chose sources related to the Catholic Church, as you so eloquently point out the hypocrisy between the two comments by Michael A. Jones. But I must say that I disagree with your comment, "Not everyone will win when it comes to same sex marriage". The only loss I see suffering at the time is that of same-sex couples who are losing their constitutional rights. There are no tangible effects that heterosexual couples have suffered as a result of same-sex couples being together. This matter should not be viewed as a competition where one side will emerge the winner but rather an opportunity for our society to progress and become accepting of others views. It would have been interesting to note what gay men and women in the Catholic Church feel about the issue. Just wondering, why did you choose to only cite Catholic sources? I look forward to your reply.

- AnnieL.