Gay marriage

[JellyDonut]

Look at Netherlands only 12% of same sex married couples actually bothered to marry.. Tradition is tradition people should understand that choice sometimes comes at a price and what the majority of individuals believe shouldn't be labelled as bigots or homophobes because in reality an opinion is an opinion and you can't change that

Majority? You should really get that checked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Australia#Public_opinion_polls

only 12% of same sex married couples actually bothered to marry

lol

[Russ]

My old favourite thread. Bans handed out. Will clean up thread in a sec

Why would anyone NEED to get married?

And yeah, that's fine, you can adhere to an objective system of morality without trying to persuade other people of its correctness. You're in the minority, though, and you're losing for a reason - because you are objectively wrong. You're just too stupid to recognise it.

Objectively wrong?

[JellyDonut]

Huh, my post got deleted

[Lasercookie]

Huh, my post got deleted

Restored it, looks like it got removed accidentally in the clean up.

[JellyDonut]

Oh okay. It wasn't that big of a deal. I was just wondering because I wasn't there when something happened

Thanks regardless

[Will Sparks]

I don't get why people don't just let others do their thing.

How does two people getting married affect us?

If you don't like the sight of two people of the same sex getting married, don't go when invited.
If you don't like seeing two men or two women kissing, just close your eyes/turn away.

I don't get why people are so against this, it doesn't even affect us.

It's not like being gay spreads a disease or something actually serious

[HighLatency]

From the words of a awesome NZ politician

"The world will not end, life will go on"

[Jay.C]

Wow gay marriage is even legal in Texas now, Australia needs to lift its game.

[pi]

Love how everyone on fb is turining their dps into rainbows, can't recall this happening when Ireland approved it in a referendum...

Anyway, good move, old Tony's gonna get dumped if he doesn't follow suit.

[Alter]

As much as I'd be in support of a change, I don't have a strong feeling that the current government will be following suit at the moment. After the next federal election, however, I could envisage such a change happening. In my opinion, it's simply a matter of time at this point.

[achre]

Great victory. Is everyone ready for the next big obstacle?

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/gay-marriage-decision-polygamy-119469.html#.VY5bkUYWlQJ

[Aaron]

Love how everyone on fb is turining their dps into rainbows, can't recall this happening when Ireland approved it in a referendum...

This really annoys me as well. Where was everyone when this occurred?

However, 100% in support of gay marriage (and have no religious background). Bring it on in Australia!

[MonsieurHulot]

Love how everyone on fb is turining their dps into rainbows, can't recall this happening when Ireland approved it in a referendum...

Anyway, good move, old Tony's gonna get dumped if he doesn't follow suit.

There was no app to change the pictures after the Irish referendum, but Facebook created one specially for the US decision.

[pi]

This is going to be controversial, and call me cynical or a h8er or whatever, but I think the whole switching dps thing is really superficial. I bet 90% of people doing it have done shit all to actually support lgbtqia rights (especially not in the US lol) and are just taking the moral high ground just because they can or because it's suddenly "trendy" to do so. As  said, call me cynical, but I find that frustrating. /rant

[heids]

OK, I'm going to make the hardest post I've ever made, by going against the flow of this thread.  Let me firstly say that to come out as a 'homophobe' is actually extremely difficult; I'm not being a hater, just trying to deal with my honest opinion (I have severe internal conflict over this issue).  Please... don't jump to conclusions or judge me too harshly.

As a Christian, I personally believe that homosexuality is wrong.  For someone like me who absolutely hates 'judging' anyone or saying anyone else is wrong, this is an extremely hard thing to believe.  It's a real struggle, but when I read the Bible, I can't help but believe that God made male and female, with two totally different complementary roles which also have symbolic meaning.  And that God thinks that homosexuality is evil.  (Yes, I did a huge project on this in school, where I thoroughly examined the opposite interpretations of Bible verses, I haven't randomly jumped to this conclusion).  Which I find very difficult to come to terms with, given that my society believes totally the opposite.  But since I believe that the Bible is true, I also believe this - again, not mindlessly, it is a struggle.

I didn't say this to try to prove my beliefs.  Just wanna show that those 'judgmental religious haters' don't ENJOY judging others, aren't all aged 50+, don't jump to conclusions without a real struggle, and do care about others.

I suppose I believe that humans are like sheep - like pi, I think that dp thing is totally superficial, because people will always follow the 'done thing', the trend, no matter what.  I 300% agree with his post. 
In everything, it's not the people that tag on to trends that I respect, but those with the guts to go against the flow (not out of stubborn, closed-mindedness though).  When society used to stigmatise gays, almost everyone did so; now society stigmatises those who don't support gay marriage, almost everyone will do so.  I'm really struggling to stick to my opinion no matter what everyone else thinks.

</rant> (far longer than intended), and I'm prepared to cop the flack.