08-17-2004, 06:31 AM
You used some good arguments there obi.
About this issue in the US (I have to talk about the US because in my country gay marriage is allowed): what does the land of the free exactly mean?. And more specifically why would a country, especially a first world country (one that is a "melting pot" of cultures) make it illegal for gays to marry?
On one hand they say, the state should give civilians their liberty to do what they want (something always used in the legal firearms discussions), while at the other hand for certain things the state just does not allow you something. And especially in the US, (politicians are always talking how great the US because everybody is free and can think, say and do everything they want) it seems strange to me that something (with which you harm absolutely nobody) like gay marriage is not allowed.
So does that actually mean that " the land of the free" is only for heterosexuals?. Or that we don't have to take it so literaly and that it just means "land of the free ...compared to "axis-of-evil" countries and afrika"??? :D
About this issue in the US (I have to talk about the US because in my country gay marriage is allowed): what does the land of the free exactly mean?. And more specifically why would a country, especially a first world country (one that is a "melting pot" of cultures) make it illegal for gays to marry?
On one hand they say, the state should give civilians their liberty to do what they want (something always used in the legal firearms discussions), while at the other hand for certain things the state just does not allow you something. And especially in the US, (politicians are always talking how great the US because everybody is free and can think, say and do everything they want) it seems strange to me that something (with which you harm absolutely nobody) like gay marriage is not allowed.
So does that actually mean that " the land of the free" is only for heterosexuals?. Or that we don't have to take it so literaly and that it just means "land of the free ...compared to "axis-of-evil" countries and afrika"??? :D