I can respect that...I can especially relate to the Maine Lobster reference...because it does make me feel creepy to see it on the plate, I hate lobster...it gives me the chills to think about it. How on earth did you choose that particular analogy?
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But because it is not for me it is none of my business to say that it is not for two other consenting adults that want it. One should not ban Maine lobster just because it makes one feel creepy. That is just selfish and profoundly stupid and is not the sort of thing one would expect in a country that claims to value freedom.
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Fair enough, in this country, based on what we stand for, we shouldn't tell two consenting adults what they can & cannot do...As long as I am entitled to my opinion of it being creepy...without being called a homophobe or prejudice. I am not a homophobe, I am a deviant-phobe. I consider homosexuality to be a form of deviant perversion. As long as they can keep to themselves, I have no complaints as to what they do.
One of my reasons for being against gay marriage is because it just puts the whole concept out there - even more than it already is - as a normal thing. It's getting to the point where it is being shoved into my face.
You're right, because I abhor Maine lobster doesn't mean I should ban it for everyone...but, on the same token...because people
like Maine Lobster doesn't mean that I deserve to have it shoved in my face!
It's a common courtesy issue at this point...If I hate lobster, I wont walk into a place that serves it, but if it gets to the point that lobster is the 'in' thing and every place around starts to serve it, and suddenly everywhere you go they are serving lobster, then my choices for going somewhere without it, start to be compromised. Thats where I get the short end of the stick.
I say we behave like they say in the military - Don't ask, don't tell...They can go ahead & have dirty laundry and they can hang it out to dry in their own yard. But the minute it starts to spill off into my yard, and I either have to forfit my looking out the window, or live with the view of someone elses dirty laundry. Then I have a problem! Just like they should be allowed to hang it behind their own fence, I should be allowed an unobstructed view out my window without having to see what they are hanging!