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KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums
I hate hoe people try and compare the gay marriage debate to the black civil right issues. Because not being able to marry whoever you like is JUST LIKE that time when a whole race were not only not allowed to marry who they liked, but weren't allowed to vote, were raped, lynched, hanged, beaten, and compeltely segregated and treated like lesser beings for hundreds of years. One of the few things people do that still ticks me off when I see it.
Jun 04 2014 10:40 AM
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KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums
whole family and all your friends in separate murders, and a couple weeks later someone who's lost one person close to them comes to you and tells you they can totally identify with you, and they're going the the same thing. No. You're going through one tenth of what I'm going through. Yeah your crap is bad, but don't pretend we're on the same level.
Also, it should be noted that my original post is specifically talking about the comparison of the anti gay marriag...
Jun 04 2014 03:49 PM -
KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums
marriage movement compared to the anti civil rights movement, as a certain picture I came across (https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/p180x540/10413366_743217912395810_23688153900653062_n.jpg) on my facebook feed prompted me to vent (I wasn't about to try and explain why this was a stupid picture to the poster when 99% of the people on my friends list and this person's friends list are not black and are 100% behind everything anyone does to "support gays")....
Jun 04 2014 03:49 PM -
KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums
. there's no way you can say that gay marriage is as serious an issue as the treatment of blacks before the civil rights movement. That's not even a numbers thing really, since the two things being fought for are worlds away in terms of how much it would affect each party's lives.
Jun 04 2014 03:50 PM
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