A Kids Reaction To Gay Couple

reply to post by intrepid


On the other hand, he did have the manners and sense to refrain from opening his mouth about it.

That's a rare find in this day and age.

reply to post by AnIntellectualRedneck


That was in the 60's. I'm an old fart. Kids pick up on parents biases. Make no mistake about that. That's why I think this kid has good parents.

reply to post by Boreas


Wasn't he the insane evil person? Played the fiddle while Rome burned?

Had thousands of Christians killed...that guy?

Originally posted by drew1749
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Wasn't he the insane evil person? Played the fiddle while Rome burned?

Had thousands of Christians killed...that guy?

The same! No doubt he was out of his friggin' mind, but my point is that just because Webster defines a word one way, it doesn't necessarily make it all inclusive of what the word fully means.

Originally posted by Helious
I find this disturbing somehow. Perhaps it is the word married that is used or that the two men identify themselves as both being husbands. I think that is what bothers me.

And people should care if their relationship bothers you?

That is very confusing to a child, much more confusing than it has to be. He is used to husbands and wife's because that is what men and women do, they get married.

New information confuses children. Multiplication tables are confusing. Mommy's new haircut is confusing. Tying your shoes is confusing. Taking a shower instead of a bath is confusing. Two husbands is confusing. One kind of bug on a flower stings but another kind doesn't is confusing.

The kid will get over it, and end up more informed of his world for it.

Gay couples while I fully support there rights and the right to be joined with all the same laws and privileges that marriage grants two people, it really needs to be called something else. Confusing children is just one of the many problems that is invited when you call it marriage.

edit on 11-7-2011 by Helious because: (no reason given)

Except it's not a problem, except for the homophobes who think hiding behind children will make their case rock-solid. it's marriage. Get over it.

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No, it sure wouldn't champ, that's the point though. Keep pushing that agenda though, that just has to be the answer to your happiness right, calling it marriage?

Agenda, what agenda? I am just expressing my opinion! And it’s not like it's some sinister plot to take over the world.

My belief is that the union of two people, who are in love, should be respected... whatever their sex!

Is that really such a bad thing?

reply to post by TheWalkingFox

New information confuses children. Multiplication tables are confusing. Mommy's new haircut is confusing. Tying your shoes is confusing. Taking a shower instead of a bath is confusing. Two husbands is confusing. One kind of bug on a flower stings but another kind doesn't is confusing.

The kid will get over it, and end up more informed of his world for it.

Exactly

I really dont see what all the fuss is with this video... Kind of reminds me of that character in the Simpsons who runs around crying "wont somebody think of the children"

reply to post by Benevolent Heretic

Just by some people. Marriage is available to citizens, whether they are religious or not. I'm an atheist and religion plays no part in my marriage. Marriage is only a religious institution to religious people. To me, it has nothing to do with religion.

Because marriage is offered to atheists and other non-religious people, it should be offered to everyone.

An excellent point... no one group should have the monopoly on marriage. It should be there for all and each marriage should reflect the beliefs and wants of the couples involved.

Peace

I love it.

" So you two are married? Then that means you love each other!"

Why can't people see just how simple it all really is?

reply to post by drew1749


So what were/did the gays doing that piqued the kid's interest? I find it hard to believe the kid just walked up and asked if they were married...

Originally posted by LightWarrior11

Originally posted by Helious
I find this disturbing somehow. Perhaps it is the word married that is used or that the two men identify themselves as both being husbands. I think that is what bothers me.

That is very confusing to a child, much more confusing than it has to be. He is used to husbands and wife's because that is what men and women do, they get married.

Gay couples while I fully support there rights and the right to be joined with all the same laws and privileges that marriage grants two people, it really needs to be called something else. Confusing children is just one of the many problems that is invited when you call it marriage.

edit on 11-7-2011 by Helious because: (no reason given)

Yes, why can't they give them the rights and call it something else?
Problem solved but you know, common sense is never an option.

Because "Separate but equal" worked out so well for racial issues?

History has already taught us that claiming equal rights, while still having some definition of a different subset does not work.

Originally posted by Helious
I find this disturbing somehow. Perhaps it is the word married that is used or that the two men identify themselves as both being husbands. I think that is what bothers me.

That is very confusing to a child, much more confusing than it has to be. He is used to husbands and wife's because that is what men and women do, they get married.

Gay couples while I fully support there rights and the right to be joined with all the same laws and privileges that marriage grants two people, it really needs to be called something else. Confusing children is just one of the many problems that is invited when you call it marriage.

edit on 11-7-2011 by Helious because: (no reason given)

Kid: Why are those men holding hands? How can they both be husbands?

Parent: When two people love each other, they can choose to get married. Married men are called husbands.

Yup, that is so very confusing....

Originally posted by captaintyinknots

Originally posted by Helious
I find this disturbing somehow. Perhaps it is the word married that is used or that the two men identify themselves as both being husbands. I think that is what bothers me.

That is very confusing to a child, much more confusing than it has to be. He is used to husbands and wife's because that is what men and women do, they get married.

Gay couples while I fully support there rights and the right to be joined with all the same laws and privileges that marriage grants two people, it really needs to be called something else. Confusing children is just one of the many problems that is invited when you call it marriage.

edit on 11-7-2011 by Helious because: (no reason given)

Kid: Why are those men holding hands? How can they both be husbands?

Parent: When two people love each other, they can choose to get married. Married men are called husbands.

Yup, that is so very confusing....

Cause explaining to children about where baby's come from isn't hard enough, now at an early age we should teach them about why uncle sam and uncle larry feel the need to be married too.

See little david, I need to talk to you about the birds and bees and oh yeah, the birds and the birds and the bees and the bees.

Give me a break, leave the children out of your sexual preference and agenda. Let our children learn about sexual preference when they are ready and old enough to understand why such things happen, stop trying to preach it as the natural order of things and pretend it is perfectly natural.

Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by drew1749

 

So what were/did the gays doing that piqued the kid's interest? I find it hard to believe the kid just walked up and asked if they were married...

Im sure he did nothing to incite the conversation. It was probably introduced to him on the premise of making a funny Youtube video, a video that has been edited mind you to exclude some of the stranger questions that he asked.

Originally posted by TheWalkingFox

Originally posted by Helious
I find this disturbing somehow. Perhaps it is the word married that is used or that the two men identify themselves as both being husbands. I think that is what bothers me.

And people should care if their relationship bothers you?

That is very confusing to a child, much more confusing than it has to be. He is used to husbands and wife's because that is what men and women do, they get married.

New information confuses children. Multiplication tables are confusing. Mommy's new haircut is confusing. Tying your shoes is confusing. Taking a shower instead of a bath is confusing. Two husbands is confusing. One kind of bug on a flower stings but another kind doesn't is confusing.

The kid will get over it, and end up more informed of his world for it.

Gay couples while I fully support there rights and the right to be joined with all the same laws and privileges that marriage grants two people, it really needs to be called something else. Confusing children is just one of the many problems that is invited when you call it marriage.

edit on 11-7-2011 by Helious because: (no reason given)

Except it's not a problem, except for the homophobes who think hiding behind children will make their case rock-solid. it's marriage. Get over it.

edit on 11/7/2011 by TheWalkingFox because: (no reason given)

Please don't compare your sexual preference to multiplication tables when it comes to children. One is required to advance in life and the other is simply what you prefer in the bedroom and not "required reading" for a child under 12.

Perhaps you would not be ridiculed the way you perceive you are if you made less preposterous statements and realize that being gay isn't the new world culture everyone at anytime for any reason must accept as completely normal. I personally would be completely and totally on your side if it was not for ignorance of statements such as yours.

Being gay is fine, being gay is something many choose to be. being gay does not entitle you to any special recognition and being gay is completely fine when you realize it is a sexual preference and not the new evolution of the human species.

If the children are around it and see it and wonder, by all means, talk to them about it, to try and teach them without reason or cause is irresponsible and too try and lump gay couples into the same pot as husbands and wives is just plain silly when it comes to children, parenting is hard enough without this nonsense and I should know.

Originally posted by Muckster
reply to post by Helious

 

No, it sure wouldn't champ, that's the point though. Keep pushing that agenda though, that just has to be the answer to your happiness right, calling it marriage?

Agenda, what agenda? I am just expressing my opinion! And it’s not like it's some sinister plot to take over the world.

My belief is that the union of two people, who are in love, should be respected... whatever their sex!

Is that really such a bad thing?

What agenda? I hope your kidding......... If all the gay population wanted was to be respected they would have chosen a completely different road than the one we are currently walking down.

Being in the restaurant industry my entire life I have known, been friends with and currently hang out with alot of gay people, in fact, my girlfriends best friend in the world is gay and her and her girlfriend stay at our house every time she is in town and we have wicked fun times. The fact is, not all gay people feel the need to force there views on the rest of the world and demand that everyone else acknowledge there sexual preference as some civil right to not be perceived differently from the majority of civilization, they recognize there different and cherish it, they don't always want to be just like everyone else and that is what is admired.

The problem begins when somebody who prefers something sexually, something that is not prevalent in the rest of nature and does not equate to families when it refers to the propagation of the human species insists that they are exactly the same as everyone else.

If you are gay, you are not the same, does this mean your doing something wrong? NO, it does not, does it mean that people should not respect you? NO, it does not, does it mean that you should be persecuted? NO, it does not. What it does mean is that you should stop pushing the agenda of wanting everyone else to accept that your "normal" because if that is the goal it will never be achieved.

We live in a world where we can agree on nothing, we bomb and kill eachother over oil, land, racial and religious regions, why would this be any different? Human nature is not so evolved that you will ever see a world in your lifetime where we have absolute equality. In this case, being gay is probably last on the list, way under race and religion because sexual preference and the way you choose to represent it and your self is a choice.

No matter what battles you win in court, no matter if you can call it marriage or not, straight people will always on the whole perceive you as different because you are. Instead of a crusade to try to make everyone else think and see they way you do why don't you direct that effort into just being happy and living your life?

this video actually does disturb me

i have nothing against same sex marriage / civil union / whatever

what disturbs me is the exisatance of this vid clip - and the means / motive and oportunity by which it was created

Originally posted by ignorant_ape
this video actually does disturb me

i have nothing against same sex marriage / civil union / whatever

what disturbs me is the exisatance of this vid clip - and the means / motive and oportunity by which it was created

I agree with you sir. I also have nothing against people who are gay, something some of the people here do not believe yet it is very true. There is no need for a video like this, children can not and do not understand the complexities of human sexual nature and subjecting them to things that defy what they know... IE: Mom and Dad can and are probably detrimental to there fragile and subjective tiny minds.