Comments on: ‘Separate But Equal?’ Same-Gender Marriage Parallels Racist Jim Crow Laws

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:12:56 +0000

Most people with a sexual preference for their own gender claim they were “born that way,” that it is — in fact — who they are, just as one’s color is. And, I keep hearing people allege that God established marriage. That’s a claim totally without foundation. Marriage is an institution established by human beings, likely in furtherance of property interests. Nowhere in the Bible is marriage prescribed as only permissible between opposing genders.

By: Luke Visconti

Luke Visconti — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:53:24 +0000

Ah yes, the Bible argument. Used in the attempt to preserve slavery, to keep women from the vote, maintain the Asian Exclusion Act, delay the Civil-Rights Movement and, in today’s incarnation, deny the humanity of gay people. Your argument is anti-American. This country was founded by people fleeing religious prosecution from a state religion in England. Our Constitution protects us from a state-run religion and protects religion from the state. Whatever your interpretation of the Bible is, you are secure in your house of worship to pursue it. For the state contract of marriage, it’s immaterial. That, in essence, is what it means to be an American. I’ll add that my LGBT brothers and sisters are “who they are” and I respect them for “who they are.” Take your “sober minded” hatred and go; it’s not welcome here. As far as bleach, I think you should soak your head in some. Luke Visconti, CEO, DiversityInc

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:01:27 +0000

DOMA has nothing to do with Jim Crow laws. You’re mixing apples and oranges. Marriage is Biblical concept and the relationship is defined by God in the first book of the Holy Bible, Genesis. The Holy Bible also provides Biblical principles on race. The bottom line is “what you do” does not equate to “who you are” and the problem with homosexuality is that they are trying to blur the lines between the two. Sober minded people know that there is a difference between “what you do” and “who you are” and the Civil Rights laws were meant to protect who people are and not what they do. You can do sexual acts but you can’t do the color of your skin. Well you probably could bleach your skin but there’s something wrong with doing that too!