On this issue, I'm not sorry at all to say I have to support the same sex marriage couples. First off, if anyone thinks that their marriage is de-valued because a same sex couple is also married, they should start by building on whatever tenuous relationship it is that they have.
It reminds me of Mr. Hardawy, the former basketball star who speaks out on a radio talk show days after another former player releases his book, the perverbial coming out of the closet. He does so becuase he feels homophobia is still rampant.Then Mr. Hardaway proves Mr. Ameachi right by going on a tirade about how it shouldn't be allowed in the world or in the USA for that matter. He would force a trade to get rid of Ameachi or himself if he had too. Pretty strong convictions, locker room and what not.
These tirades expose people for the homophobes that they are: they can't love like us, they can't be parents like us, they can't be team mates like us. Get over yourselves is what I have to say to that. If you think you have some mandated right to tell other people that they can't have their rights, as many have said before, enjoy your fascist futures. Also as someone has said, marriage is not the sole ownership of any one institution. The idea that we can trample the rights of a minority, be they racial minorities or sexual orientation is unbelievable. Is this similar to how people feel about immigration? That maybe when they try to force their foreign customs on us, we'll loose ours? What a pile of crap. Anyone who knows how the charter is set up knows that rights can't supercede what is written in law, and technically rights aren't supposed to be limited by new legislation either. Again I say, if your rights are limited by this new legislation we have, show me where.
Someday soon, there will be shows like Borat on exposing homophobes for their ignorance.