Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Originally posted by: FiddleDD
Maybe its something like this...For instance
There is a "gay pride" parade...maybe some people might think it infringes on their rights to have the fact that 2 men (or women) have sex with each other...thrown in their face...
Because really the whole argument is about sex...
I don't walk around with a t-shirt that says..I'm having sex with my husband..lets all have a parade in the middle of San Fran to show our pride of having sex and loving each other...
Would the gay population in San Fran be amlicable to that? I doubt it...
I've been to a lot of gay pride parades, and I have yet to see one where gay couples were actively copulating in public. And you know what? If they were, we have laws against that. We have laws against straight couples copulating in public too...
And since when is a relationship only about sex? I know a very large group of elderly lesbian women; I don't doubt they have sex, but I refuse to believe they have sex regularly. Are they no longer in a relationship if the sex dries up? Isn't the whole point of a relationship to be with someone you love? Sex is a bonus, it's not the sole reason to get together. So celebrating relationships in public isn't just about sex; it's about celebrating the rights of anybody to fall in love with whoever they please.
And on that note, I've been to a lot of gay pride celebrations, several with my girlfriend. I didn't have people tell me to leave because I was straight; people were glad that I was able to support their relationship and they supported mine. It's not like gay people are out there trying to turn everyone gay; they merely want recognition that their relationships have just as much validity as everyone else's. If you threw a straight march that had equality as an underlying principle, I don't know a single gay person that would hold it against you. If, on the other hand, you held a straight march because "those queers are corrupting the youth and this is what real love is"... well, then you'd probably be met with some hostility.