Comments on: CA Anti-Gays either Completely Idiotic or Shameless Liars http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Story So Far… » Blog Archive » Your Stereotypes About California Are Probably Wrong http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180/comment-page-1#comment-13429 The Story So Far… » Blog Archive » Your Stereotypes About California Are Probably Wrong Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:18:42 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180#comment-13429 [...] not central California.  This, from Box Turtle Bulletin...  We told you in June about the lunatic idea that Randy Thomasson and the Campaign for Children and Families came up with to try and have Kern [...] [...] not central California.  This, from Box Turtle Bulletin…  We told you in June about the lunatic idea that Randy Thomasson and the Campaign for Children and Families came up with to try and have Kern [...]

]]> By: Jason D http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180/comment-page-1#comment-11867 Jason D Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:14:59 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180#comment-11867 David, my answer to that one is usually this: Telling a gay man they can marry any woman that will have them is like telling a man in a wheelchair he can use any staircase he likes to get to the 3rd floor. It's certainly possible that I could marry a woman. It's equally possible that a man in a wheelchair could use a staircase, either by using the railing to pull himself and the chair, or by crawling on his hands without the chair. Somehow the elevator exists without too many complaints. David, my answer to that one is usually this:

Telling a gay man they can marry any woman that will have them is like telling a man in a wheelchair he can use any staircase he likes to get to the 3rd floor.
It’s certainly possible that I could marry a woman. It’s equally possible that a man in a wheelchair could use a staircase, either by using the railing to pull himself and the chair, or by crawling on his hands without the chair. Somehow the elevator exists without too many complaints.

]]> By: David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180/comment-page-1#comment-11859 David Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:24:30 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/06/10/2180#comment-11859 The anti-gays live in their own little echo chamber to the point where realizing how silly and absurd some of the things they say eludes them. It reminds me of that trite little quip I've heard SO MANY TIMES now that gays are free to marry anyone they like as long as it's someone of the opposite sex. And some people say this in all seriousness. It's like trying to argue that outlawing bar mitzvahs isn't unconstitutional because Jews, Christians, and Muslims are all barred equally from performing bar mitzvahs. The anti-gays live in their own little echo chamber to the point where realizing how silly and absurd some of the things they say eludes them.

It reminds me of that trite little quip I’ve heard SO MANY TIMES now that gays are free to marry anyone they like as long as it’s someone of the opposite sex. And some people say this in all seriousness.

It’s like trying to argue that outlawing bar mitzvahs isn’t unconstitutional because Jews, Christians, and Muslims are all barred equally from performing bar mitzvahs.

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