I really don’t understand what irks people about gays or lesbians getting married. Ok I get where the religious people get their views from but why should be illegal in the constitution of a country? Isn’t there supposed to be separation of church and state? In America it is pretty much legal to be gay but some states, e.g New York, still don’t allow marriage???Im confused. They’re already dating and doing “other” things…not like anything will change when they get married. Delaying the inevitable guys!
Anyway that’s another argument….
Recently my home country has been hit with the gay debate because a male couple took it upon themselves to challenge the laws by getting married (a traditional marriage not a legal one). And because my country is so conservative,same sex marriage (or same sex relationships for that matter) are against the law so they have been arrested and now await trial.They face 14 years of prison and more if proof that the marriage has been consummated is found.
Amnesty International has said the men should be released because their arrest infringes on their human rights (one shall not be discriminated in regard to their gender,religion,sexual orientation etc). One of the websites of a popular Malawi Newspaper published the story and what baffled me was the comments!
Omg there are some dumb short sighted people out there!Some of the comments are funny,others just piss you off. Its akin to arguing with a 5 year old. They don’t have the mental capacity to carry a well thought out argument with you. If you’re gonna be against something and publicly proclaim your position,PLEASE SPEAK SOME SENSE!!!Otherwise I may as well be talking to a monkey.
The overwhelming theme of the arguments against gay marriage (or gays in general) was that Malawi is a God fearing nation and we do not partake in such “unclean” acts. Ha! Do they count married men dating young girls as God fearing?What about the illegal prostitutes that walk the streets at night? What about the number of witch craft cases you hear about in the papers?? What about the AIDS statistics that our country is blessed with? Are those the results of the behaviour of God fearing people? People really need to wake up.
Then there were those racist ass holes who somehow find a way to blame it on white people.Ugh,I won’t even address that.
Then some others seem to think gayness can be spread like a disease. My we have come a long way haven’t we?! And to think this is the year 2010, smh.
Then others seem to think gay people just “change their minds” one day and become gay.If that’s the case then everyone should be able to do that right?But when you ask these people who say that whether they can decide to be gay tomorrow they give u a disgusted look and spit profanities at you. So why then do they think other people would do that? Their logic fails me.
Evidently my country is not ready for such changes.These are the type of buffoons who attack people and kill them simply because they are gay. Backwards behavior. We’ve still got a looooooooooooooooong way to go….
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