Comments on: In Defense of Discrimination http://www.redbloodedamericangirl.com/in-defense-of-discrimination/ Americans have a duty to save the tradition of liberty in America. Free speech, individual rights, and American values are under attack. Fight for what Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:40:31 -0500 hourly 1 By: tijja http://www.redbloodedamericangirl.com/in-defense-of-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-22 tijja Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:05:35 +0000 http://www.redbloodedamericangirl.com/?p=79#comment-22 There is no defense for discrimination. I have a hard time believing how hard some people try to rationalize their prejudice. Even if marriage is not a “right” but, in legal terms, a privilege and a contractual obligation....that just highlights how one group of people is being told this is a privilege or contract they CAN have or enter into and another group is being told for WHATEVER reason they cannot have the same privileges or contracts. That is discrimination or prejudice...no fancy words can change that simple truth. Eating isn't a right...just a privilege. So would it be right then to tell one group of people they cannot have access to food or contract for food? Hmmm. I have a feeling that the gay community cares little about the word marriage. What they care about are those nine specific statutory distinctions you alluded to. To say this debate comes down to a single word is naive and to act as though that word should somehow be sacred and unique to one group of people is nonsensical. I am a married heterosexual and I see NO reason to keep marriage limited to only couples like me. It frankly baffles me when other people do feel that they should have a choice in the matter. Are heterosexuals and homosexuals different. No, not in my mind. I am not black. I never have been and never will be a black person so does that make a black woman different from me? Different enough to warrant separate laws and different access to societal privileges? Heck NO! I could have a gay twin that shares my exact DNA and yet somehow they are different from me based soley on the person they choose to love and marry? Ridiculous!! Gay people want the same rights and privileges heterosexuals have. They don't want to destroy the marriage union, they want to be included in it. I find it incredibly sad frankly that some people have to have a word that means heterosexuals ONLY. Sad that they can't see bigotry for what it is. There is no defense for discrimination. I have a hard time believing how hard some people try to rationalize their prejudice. Even if marriage is not a “right” but, in legal terms, a privilege and a contractual obligation….that just highlights how one group of people is being told this is a privilege or contract they CAN have or enter into and another group is being told for WHATEVER reason they cannot have the same privileges or contracts. That is discrimination or prejudice…no fancy words can change that simple truth. Eating isn’t a right…just a privilege. So would it be right then to tell one group of people they cannot have access to food or contract for food? Hmmm.

I have a feeling that the gay community cares little about the word marriage. What they care about are those nine specific statutory distinctions you alluded to. To say this debate comes down to a single word is naive and to act as though that word should somehow be sacred and unique to one group of people is nonsensical. I am a married heterosexual and I see NO reason to keep marriage limited to only couples like me. It frankly baffles me when other people do feel that they should have a choice in the matter.

Are heterosexuals and homosexuals different. No, not in my mind. I am not black. I never have been and never will be a black person so does that make a black woman different from me? Different enough to warrant separate laws and different access to societal privileges? Heck NO! I could have a gay twin that shares my exact DNA and yet somehow they are different from me based soley on the person they choose to love and marry? Ridiculous!!

Gay people want the same rights and privileges heterosexuals have. They don’t want to destroy the marriage union, they want to be included in it. I find it incredibly sad frankly that some people have to have a word that means heterosexuals ONLY. Sad that they can’t see bigotry for what it is.

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