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45 Comments on “Why Straight People Should Support Gay Rights”

  1. 1) Marriage has never been a religious institution, it was always a civil contract between two people.
    2) Anti-miscegenation laws were ruled unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia, and churches and all states that still had those laws on the books were forced to comply, it will the be same way with same-sex couples.
    3) Not only must the same-sex couples receive the same benefits, but also the same title, anything less and it is implied that they are less of a couple.

  2. You don't have to agree with it, let alone respect their actions, but you MUST respect their rights to do whatever the fuck they want, so long as no one else is being harmed. I don't if my neighbors are gay and neither should you, but, I will get involved only when I have good reason to believe what is going on is abusive. Sexuality is NOT a choice, the only choice in the matter is the choice of who you have sex with.

  3. The whole debacle over "same-sex-marriage" is nothing more than a hot-button-issue. You have the right not to agree with it, but you MUST respect fundamental human rights, otherwise, you are on the same side of history as Nazi Germany was.

    Besides, I can assure you, most of the arguments for and against same-sex marriage are very similar to those for and against interracial marriage, where anti-miscegenation laws were ruled unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia, June 12, 1967.

  4. Additionally, the precedent set by Loving v. Virginia is that you cannot legislate who one can love, so it CAN be used as a argument FOR same-sex marriage.

    It doesn't matter if your black, white, gay, or straight, all that matters is that you are human, and nothing can take that away from you. Before you respond, please, put yourself in the position of a man seeking a husband, would you want your rights to marry the love of your life to be denied?

  5. Please imagine yourself in that position, as a man seeking a husband. If you still hold the same views, then nothing will make you change your mind.

  6. You may be born with gene-expression that would be indicative of someone being attracted to someone of the same sex, but doesn't take effect until the next generation. It's something known as "epigenetics".

  7. 1) No, my bringing up the tradition is to show how the concept has always been understood since people seem to think marriage has always been understood as between any two people who love each other. That was a clarification. That wasn't my argument though.
    2) Have you ever taken a philosophy course? There are social constructs which meaning can be changed according to to society applying it. Then there are things such as abstract objects which always have the same nature regardless…

  8. … of how a society applies them. Such things are like "persons". A desk is not a person regardless if a society that has a pantheistic view defines it to include a desk. I think marriage is like this. Sure, our society can define the word "marriage" however it pleases. But, I think then the concept of marriage will no longer be a part of that term. The word is meaningless without the concept. That's why I am against redefining the term. We have no other term for such a wonderful concept.

  9. Marriage has always been a social contract. You are right in the desk not being a person even under the loosest definitions. Marriage is a union between two people of legal age, regardless of either's gender.

    I can understand being concerned that the term might be redefined, but that is not justification against same-sex marriage.

  10. See you are just arbitrarily defining a word. That has never been true. The concept of male and female (which we call marriage) has always been a unique union and blind to age. But, that is not my point. My point is that I think the concept has an essence to it, namely heterosexuality. Therefore, to ask why same sex marriages can't exist is like asking why married bachelors can't exist. It's an oxymoron. If I am right, then there are no rights be taken or given. Marriage just is what it is.

  11. Marriage has been around long before any of the mainstream religions even existed, so yes, it WAS a CONTRACT. You can't compare a married same-sex couple to a married bachelor, it's an invalid comparison, it's like comparing a computer screen to that of a standard four-function calculator. There is nothing about marriage that is sacred. It may have a certain essence to it, but only because society gave it that essence. There are rights being taken away when same-sex couples are denied marriage.

  13. Actually, gays (mostly lesbians) do not contribute in sexual play with one another. A lot of them will actually do stuff to their body privately, so the interweb says that is so don't ride my ass if I'm wrong. But I can tell you I have a lot of gay friends, none of them really are SEXUALLY attracted to one another, in fact some are A-sexual.

  14. I think your gay friends are special, because the interweb I found said that over 90% of same sex couples engage in sexual activity with each other and are physically attracted to their partner. Considering that approximately 1.5% identify as asexual, this sounds right on the money.

  21. I was an ally before i examined my own sexuality. why should i or anyone else subscribe to the bible if they don't believe? the argument that the bible says being gay is wrong only applies to believers in the bible. I can go have as much hot gay sex as i like because i don't believe in your god or bible.   beyond that how does gay marriage affect you in any way? if I go enter  a consensual sexual relationship with another guy, how does it affect you in any way? 

  22. Someone mentioned that there is already "equality" for LGBTQ people which is an incredibly false statement. Supporting LGBTQ rights is more than marriage, it's freedom from violence, positive media exposure, helping those who are forced into mentally damaging "conversion" therapies, homelessness and so on so forth.

  23. This is sacrilegious. My take on it, if someone wants to be gay, great for them, but stop trying to try and get everyone to accept it. What gay people basically do is try and force their beliefs on everybody so they'll feel accepted by the rest of society. How do you think Christians feel with all this crap circulating all over the place? You don't think they feel pressured? Of course they do. It's someone's choice to be gay, and they should be able to make that choice, but people who don't support homosexuality shouldn't be crucified when they simply disagree with someone being gay. As dramatic as this video is, I'm not convinced of anything. In my most of my classes, the majority of the people speak out in favor of homosexuality, and I'm usually the one that's supporting the underdog.

  27. I want to talk about something. Pansexuality and I quote from the wiki "Pansexuality, or omnisexuality,[1] is sexual attraction, sexual desire, romantic love, or emotional attraction toward people of any sex or gender identity.[2][3] Self-identified pansexuals may consider pansexuality a sexual orientation,[3] and refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and sex are insignificant or irrelevant in determining whether they will be sexually attracted to others" this means that they can be attracted as well to transmen, transwomen, intersex people, androgynous people, and everything else. Now I want to get to the meat of my discussion. If a pansexual male falls in love with a straight woman, does this make that male straight? If a pansexual male falls in love with another pansexual male, does this make both males gay? Now you may be asking the question, well what does this have to do with homosexuality. It's simple, pansexuals are not criticized like bi-sexuals and homosexuals, yet they can engage in sexual relations with the same sex, their choice is not based on gender attraction but more of a personality attraction. Which then opens up this mindset: Humans label things as wrong or right by their beliefs, what is "socially accepted" and what is not. Lets take murder for example killing someone is considered bad, evil, a morally unacceptable action, but is it wrong? Yes it is unacceptable to society, to law and this is where the argument of but is it truly wrong is valid. There are no written rules of the universe, only what is written by man. On a world that was not created by us, so can we as humans truly say that Anything in the world is right or wrong? Only by what we believe in our minds. So can you with a clear conscious honestly say that homosexuality, or any sexuality other than hetero is wrong? Only by your belief, it cannot be proven wrong or right. I am open to any and all criticism, I welcome all arguments as long as they are constructive and not insulting to anyone.  

  30. While I'm not an active supporter of LGBT, I believe we should be tolerant of people's sexual orientation. Whether we're gay, straight, bisexual or transgender, we should live how we want.

  32. I'm tired of people using mistranslation to support their bigotry and hatred. There wasn't even a word for homosexuality when the Bible was written, so it couldn't possibly be in it. And, anyone who has taken any time to do a direct translation has pointed out that the words that people translated to mean homosexuality actually translate to "male prostitute". Too many Christians are too stubborn to admit that they've been wrong, even though Jews (aka, God's chosen people) have.

  33. And the Sodom and Gomorrah argument is ridiculous. Anyone who has read it knows homosexuality isn't even mentioned. Not even in the mistranslated versions. "Oh, but the townspeople wanted to "know" his guests!" No. The townspeople wanted to rape his guests. There is a huge difference in wanting a sexual relationship with another consenting adult, and trying to force them. Rape isn't about gender, it's about power.

  35. As a Buddhist, I have, in addition to my belief in liberty, a "religious" reason to support gay rights.  The reason invoked by the vast majority of gay right opponents are their own religions, the vast majority being Abrahamic religions.  Their only unity lies in the presence of a common enemy, but if this movement gets any more government endorsement than it already has, it can easily be repurposed against anything else, including other faiths.  So yeah, by defending gay rights, I am also proactively defending my religious freedom.

  37. MY FREEDOMS ARE BEING TAKEN BY THIS SAME SHIT! WHY DO I CARE WHAT A PERSON DOES? I HAVE BEEN BULLIED BY GAY MEN AND WOMEN BECAUSE I AM STRAIGHT! WTF?????

  42. I'm an atheist, but I certainly wouldn't fight for gay rights. It's all one big sanctimonious virtue-signalling sport.
    I would encourage traditional values instead, as it feel more natural

  43. Great video! I couldn't have said it any better. I don't think that Government is the problem. I think that the problem is the segregationist "stick up for your own" attitude because that keeps people from sticking up for the rights of others who differ from them in some way. The same concept applies to many other facets of life and rights. I'm heterosexual myself but I've always been a defender or LGBTQ rights for pretty much the same reasons you've expressed here. Kudos.

  44. Great video and while I know that your heart is in the right place I'd like to add that supporting gay rights isn't just being indifferent to what two men do in their bedroom. It's also being supportive of gays being represented in media, normalizing same sex pda and adopting a general attitude that doesn't portray same sex relationships as not having the same legitimacy as heterosexual relationships or enforces gender roles.

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