Originally posted by qtiger
Simply because something has been done for a long time, that does not condone its continued practice. Society moves forward. I see very little negative impact to equal rights based on race, and I certainly don't think gender based equal rights would seriously harm our society.
How much intestinal fortitude do you think it takes to come out and tell the world that you are something they hate? A lot more than it takes to spout useless hate and hide behind tradition.
I'd like to see homosexuals just try to survive the trials and hardships of the depression. They'd forget all about their partners when it came time to figure out if they'll eat at all today, or if their money is safe in the bank. So you want to throw out tradition, eh? Well it's that same tradition that you want to throw out which gives all your homosexual friends the right to be gay. They just don't think or don't remember where it came from.