(Aug. 21, 2011 4:22 PM)Jacksonian Wrote: @ Th!nk, I do not wish to further a discussion on that topic any farther but we all have our own moral and religious beliefs, just by stating that love can be between two "people" and not between a male and female may also be taken as discrimination or being offensive to others. This is what our world has come to.
@ Sparta, that will be interesting no? Try to enjoy your tea time anyways.
It's not discriminating if it's a fact, and I am merely stating a fact, whereas you are saying there is no "LOVE" between two people of the same gender. I'm also not saying it cannot be between two people of different genders, so there's no discrimination there either.
If we were discussing marriage it would be opinion based, but we are not.
Religion may have some standing were we discussing marriage, but we are not.
Unless the theoretical two people of the same gender who love each other are religious, there is no involvement of religion in this matter, and either way, there's certainly no involvement of YOUR religious beliefs, other than me calling you on them because you've decided to hide behind it.
If your religion states that two people of the same gender cannot love each other, it's the same as stating black and white people aren't equal in my eyes, hence my somewhat spiky response. I simply find it utterly disgusting that in this day and age someone can say that two people of the same gender cannot FEEL LOVE for one another. You're telling people WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT FEEL, not what they can think or do, BUT WHAT THEY CAN FEEL, and that's completely unacceptable.
Sparta: As I said, I find it disgusting that someone believes that, and that I don't think stating it is an opinion is enough for it to be "okay".
Heck, it could be my opinion that 2+2=5, and it wouldn't make it true.
tl;dr we're talking about love not marriage, so religion has absolutely nothing to do with it.