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For those of you who are not comfortable with the issue of homosexuality or same-sex couples....those of you who oppose ALL legal recognitions of same-sex couples....do you feel you are ALLOWING gays to exist?
One Pennsylvania state senator feels the citizens of Pennsylvania are ALLOWING gays to exist.
Quote:
Leach: How would he [Eichelberger] want to encourage stability in gay couples?
Eichelberger: I wouldn't. I mean they can practice whatever sexual activity they like to practice, but there's no reason to give them special consideration. We don't give them special consideration in Pennsylvania for any reason. Why in the world would we allow them to marry?
22:05
Leach: How would he want to encourage stability in gay couples?
Eichelberger: There is no reason to encourage that type of behavior in Pennsylvania.
24:20
Eichelberger: That comes back to the definition of family and that's where we differ. We can call all kinds of things families. I mean, we can say a 3 party marriage is a family, or 7 or 8 people or marrying younger and younger children these days .
25:00
Host: Are you saying that by their very nature homosexual relationships are dysfunctional?
Eichelberger: [Pause] Ummmm. I guess I would say that. I would say that.
38:50
Eichelberger: This changes the definition of marriage, allowing same-sex, and then like I said, 5-10 years from now it'll be polygamy, marrying younger people, it'll be whatever...It won't be a 6 year old, it'll be a 15 year old, then it'll be a 14 year old, then it'll be a 13 year old.
49:40
Leach: Should our only policy towards [same-sex] couples be one of punishment, to somehow prove that they've done something wrong?
Eichelberger: They're not being punished. We're allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We're just not rewarding them with any special designation.
Source:http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11678/existgate-pennsylvania-gays-allowed-to-exist-and-start-a-facebook-group (broken link)
Another question: Do you feel granting legal recognition to same-sex couples is SPECIAL designation or the right thing to do? Why or why not?
For those of you who are not comfortable with the issue of homosexuality or same-sex couples....those of you who oppose ALL legal recognitions of same-sex couples....do you feel you are ALLOWING gays to exist?
One Pennsylvania state senator feels the citizens of Pennsylvania are ALLOWING gays to exist.
Another question: Do you feel granting legal recognition to same-sex couples is SPECIAL designation or the right thing to do? Why or why not?
It is arrogance and ignorance from the detractors that would suggest we are not worthy to live, and that we should be grateful that we are alive and not burned at the stake, or fed alive to dogs, like they used to do to us (or hanged, like they currently do in Iran). The perspectives since those times haven't changed much with many people, but the laws, fortunately, have.
Every gay or lesbian should be insulted and enraged by such comments from this "senator." We must carry that fire and passion within us always, and never forget that we must be fighters in the face of stupidity, bigotry, and malevolence. I only hope there will come a day when such rhetoric will not be tolerated, and will be grounds for immediate reproach and ejection from such an appointed political post.
Well what a caring individual. Now why hasn't he been stoned to death? I mean, why not, his ideas come from those nether years, why not do unto others, yes?
Problem is gays force themselves upon you. Went to Disneyland a little while back- family place right-lots of kids around right. Well there in the parking lot waiting for the tram there are 2 lesbians making out. Do what you want in the bedroom but neither myself nor my kids want to see this type of behavior in public and no I did not see any straight couples doing the same thing to the degree that these gays were doing. Gays want respect well act respectfully.
Problem is gays force themselves upon you. Went to Disneyland a little while back- family place right-lots of kids around right. Well there in the parking lot waiting for the tram there are 2 lesbians making out. Do what you want in the bedroom but neither myself nor my kids want to see this type of behavior in public and no I did not see any straight couples doing the same thing to the degree that these gays were doing. Gays want respect well act respectfully.
give me a break... if all the gays in the world were conducting themselves this way.. you'd be surprised to see so many gay people around you...
this lesbian couple is no different than some 22 yo straight couple sucking face at a bus stop, in a restaurant, or at the zoo... because it happens.. and I'd venture to say.. MUCH more than the gays doing it...
grow up
give me a break... if all the gays in the world were conducting themselves this way.. you'd be surprised to see so many gay people around you...
this lesbian couple is no different than some 22 yo straight couple sucking face at a bus stop, in a restaurant, or at the zoo... because it happens.. and I'd venture to say.. MUCH more than the gays doing it...
grow up
Exactly. You took the words right out of my mouth, no pun intended.
Well what a caring individual. Now why hasn't he been stoned to death? I mean, why not, his ideas come from those nether years, why not do unto others, yes?
He's a heterosexual. There seem to be different standards for heterosexuals, especially heterosexual men.
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