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...Because when my mom and dad divorced, my daddy never came around. I have unresolved daddy issues, but it's my mothers fault , if she had married another man i'd finally be able to fill the void of my father deserting my mother and I. Another mom couldn't fulfill my longing for my father, but I'm implying that maybe if my mom married another guy - I'd be okay. Or I might just transfer my issues into anti-blended families because step parents can't be fathers.

And LD yes I'll admit that trivializing this woman's life isn't becoming of someone, but seriously? Most children of divorce will undoubtedly come across problems growing up, especially when either one of their parents suddenly aren't a part of their life anymore. But her basis for why she is against gay marriage also throws into the mix, single parent heterosexual families as well. It's an all encompassing slap against the idea of what makes a family, because 1 or two loving and supportive parents just don't cut it anymore.

Sweetheart you cannot blame your mothers love of the muff, and her subsequent marriage to a muff-giver and their amazing job at raising you into a functioning, decent adult, for your own heterosexual father's neglect. But the psycho christians will have a field day with this one.

So LD discuss,

- Are you for or against marriage equality?

- How detrimental do you honestly believe having two moms or two dads is?

- Would you, in the future ever have divorce your partner. In your hypothetical future, and with knowing yourself, how bad do you think the divorce would get? How would it affect your hypothetical children?

- Children of divorce - how do you cope with it? How did you adjust to your parents remarrying, or remaining single? How has it affected you growing up or thus far?

- Does this woman's article make any sense whatsoever?

-From looking at the comments you can tell that the antigayers have built up this rhetoric, that magical LGBT activists will berate them for their stupidity. As much as this is true and generally understood that they are pretty dumb, how often does it actually happen? Usually in their threads, it's just a bunch of people supporting their idea about these mythical LGBT monsters coming to persecute them.

- Are you intolerant of the ignorant? How do you manifest your intolerance? Do you seek to educate and illuminate the least aggressive way you know how? Or do you go for the jugular and attack their character, with a few suggestions for suicide thrown into the stew?

- What is freedom of speech? And are you aware that with rights come responsibilities. So you have a right to be an a*****e, albeit, you'll still be an a*****e and consequently, might be treated as an a*****e. Sorry bout it.

P.S I had sex with a 30~40 year old father to be. First time doing penetrative sex, I can finally call myself a blouse. - A feminine top, get it? Yas gawd emotion_awesome

s**t yeah.

.... you guys sometimes need to read the op instead of just the title.... but anyway

- Are you for or against marriage equality?
well for. I mean sort of a loaded question but yes I am for anyone who is a consenting adult to marry any consenting adult they wish to. I don't care if two guys marry. I don't disagree, I don't have a problem. it doesn't gross me out or anything. I don't want to understand what it is like to have a problem with homosexuality. it baffles me that people do. I have never heard a good reason or argument against gay marriage nor homosexuality in general. I would go as far as to say it would be immoral and UnAmerican to try to make legislation inhibiting to men or women or... anyone from doing s**t that isn't causing a direct and obvious harm to someone.

- How detrimental do you honestly believe having two moms or two dads is?
Exactly as detrimental as having any other parents. I mean out of all the things that parents can be, I think the thing that will least likely ******** them up is who the parent has sex with. What might be more of a factor in ******** up the kids would be all the constant ridicule they might get for being the children of homosexual parents but... well honestly that could happen to the children of muslim parents, black parents... in some areas even irish or jewish parents.

- Would you, in the future ever have divorce your partner. In your hypothetical future, and with knowing yourself, how bad do you think the divorce would get? How would it affect your hypothetical children?
I went through my parents divorcing. they did it well with a clean break and stayed friends. I saw what happens to kids of parents who have a shitty break. I honestly don't know how it would be. I mean if I marry someone I honestly don't think I would be doing it anticipating that we would get separated.... even though I would get a prenup...

- Children of divorce - how do you cope with it? How did you adjust to your parents remarrying, or remaining single? How has it affected you growing up or thus far?
Again I was lucky. they just decided they didn't want to be with each other. I had some issues with one of my step parents... it's a long story. It's one of those things where you eventually realize that your parents aren't these omnipotent beings that understand and grasp the entirety of existence, but just regular people with much of the same problems as anyone else. Hopefully with more experience than you but sometimes they don't learn from their mistakes.... sometimes you figure out that your parents are stupid as hell.

- Does this woman's article make any sense whatsoever?
I understand that not everyone is responsible enough to make their decisions without injecting personal feelings into the mix. no one can be perfect parents. She is projecting her personal experiences on to society, believing that those experiences reflect the world. No one's does. Some people get born into shitty situations or to shitty people. Some people don't. it's all a crap shoot.

-From looking at the comments you can tell that the antigayers have built up this rhetoric, that magical LGBT activists will berate them for their stupidity. As much as this is true and generally understood that they are pretty dumb, how often does it actually happen? Usually in their threads, it's just a bunch of people supporting their idea about these mythical LGBT monsters coming to persecute them.
People get defensive.... I mean what can you do? It's this defensive stance that a lot of people use to hide behind so they can feel like they're allowed to say whatever they want, do whatever they want. they call the bullshit of "muh rite of spech is ben impeed in" when no one is guaranteed the ability to do or say whatever. people are guaranteed that the government won't lock anyone up. that no one is allowed to assault you. not that no one is allowed to tell you to shut up, to counter protest, to yell and scream at you, to picket your church. And as far as the limits of that, it's already a precedent that there is something that can be defined as harmful speech. the famous "yelling fire in a crowded theater". what we do and say has consequences. you can't always be shielded from said consequences.

- Are you intolerant of the ignorant? How do you manifest your intolerance? Do you seek to educate and illuminate the least aggressive way you know how? Or do you go for the jugular and attack their character, with a few suggestions for suicide thrown into the stew?
Mostly I just say s**t to people online or that I happen to be having a conversation with sometimes. sometimes I simply don't have the energy for it. Mostly I would just rather people steep in their own smell. I can just hold my god damned breath.

- What is freedom of speech? And are you aware that with rights come responsibilities. So you have a right to be an a*****e, albeit, you'll still be an a*****e and consequently, might be treated as an a*****e. Sorry bout it.
as I said already freedom of speech is what happens when the government can't incarcerate you for stating opinions that the government doesn't agree with, unless it is causing a real and direct harm, such as inciting riots and s**t like that. there's probably more too it than that but I am not a lawyer. I don't know the specifics.

that kind of s**t just gets me miffed. especially when people get all "oh you're hurting my religion, I can say whatever i want. you're oppressing my religion" that s**t gets me angry. I appreciate what said freedoms represent and I can't stand it when people try to twist them around because they're too chicken s**t to own up to their own words. that they don't want to take ownership and pretend like the rest of the world doesn't look at them like the dubmasses they are. Like no one is laughing at how cowardly and stupid they are. I don't buy that victim bullshit one tiny bit. I will shake my head an nod listening to that bullshit but if they want to hear my opinion all I have to say they are miles and miles of dumbass.

edit: bolded the questions because it was hard to read before

Even if her mom married another man, her biological father would still be a deadbeat who wouldn't want anything to do with her.