Eh, people fighting for the right to marry within their family is probably hard to come by. However the idea has been going on for thousands of years, heavily within royal families. Even one of my heroes Einstein married his cousin. I suppose it's just more accustom to European countries and other countries outside of the United States.
Originally Posted by rayray3thousand
Originally Posted by rayray3thousand
Originally Posted by cartune
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Originally Posted by cartune
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Yea in a lot of cultures, royal families practice incest to keep the blood pure. I'm just curious as to if there's a following in the common population of people who want to marry their relatives.
Yea in a lot of cultures, royal families practice incest to keep the blood pure. I'm just curious as to if there's a following in the common population of people who want to marry their relatives.
Mannnn...slaves were raped by the millions and forced to breed babies like farm animals it is not "so similar".
Mannnn...slaves were raped by the millions and forced to breed babies like farm animals it is not "so similar".
Serious? Of course the treatment of slaves overall was worse but we are talking about marriage. I was just giving examples from history of groups of people that had restricted marriage laws/etc and how now the idea of interracial marriage being illegal probably seems stupid to you now (Unless you are from Mississippi maybe
) but back then it was a stronger idea. I think it will be the same way with gay marriage. In a few years it will be crazy that people debated it and that it was illegal. That is all. I am not comparing the hardships gone through by gays and slaves and blacks, etc. Just the idea that these groups of people have been unable to marry.
Serious? Of course the treatment of slaves overall was worse but we are talking about marriage. I was just giving examples from history of groups of people that had restricted marriage laws/etc and how now the idea of interracial marriage being illegal probably seems stupid to you now (Unless you are from Mississippi maybe
) but back then it was a stronger idea. I think it will be the same way with gay marriage. In a few years it will be crazy that people debated it and that it was illegal. That is all. I am not comparing the hardships gone through by gays and slaves and blacks, etc. Just the idea that these groups of people have been unable to marry.
How is it "so similar"? Slaves couldn't even choose who they wanted to sleep with...THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE FAMILIES. Marriage was illegal for them because they had NO LEGAL RIGHTS. When comparing the 2 struggles they are about as polar opposite as you can get. There were no slave protests in DC or slave governors pushing slave marriage bills, no states that allowed slave civil union, they were not even considered human beings. To compare the struggle of "African slaves" in the Americas being denied the right to marry to the struggle of gays in 2011 fighting for marriage equality is totally idiotic.
How is it "so similar"? Slaves couldn't even choose who they wanted to sleep with...THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE FAMILIES. Marriage was illegal for them because they had NO LEGAL RIGHTS. When comparing the 2 struggles they are about as polar opposite as you can get. There were no slave protests in DC or slave governors pushing slave marriage bills, no states that allowed slave civil union, they were not even considered human beings. To compare the struggle of "African slaves" in the Americas being denied the right to marry to the struggle of gays in 2011 fighting for marriage equality is totally idiotic.
Ok, not "so similar", sorry for my wording. I wouldn't say they are polar opposites. Obviously gays have rights and slaves did not. However, it is a new time. Gays are still treated as unequal in ways just like slaves were ( slaves were treated as nothing). It is less extreme but there are similarities in that it is a group that has a less amount of rights as another group just because of some factor. (being a slave, being black, being gay).
Ok, not "so similar", sorry for my wording. I wouldn't say they are polar opposites. Obviously gays have rights and slaves did not. However, it is a new time. Gays are still treated as unequal in ways just like slaves were ( slaves were treated as nothing). It is less extreme but there are similarities in that it is a group that has a less amount of rights as another group just because of some factor. (being a slave, being black, being gay).
