Voices
stated that “society will be the
worse” as a result of permitting gay
marriage. Oh really? How exactly
will our entire society be worse
if same-sex couples are given the
right to marry? Be more specific.
Please use examples. Until you provide clarification, your statement
deserves, at best, a C-.
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad told Piers Morgan
that, “homosexuality ceases procreation.” Um... really? Precisely
how does my homosexuality cease
babies being born? I have been
gay for more than forty years, and
babies continue to pop out all
over the world anyway. Mr. Ahmadinejad, please cite your sources.
Your thinking aligns with Cardinal
George’s unfounded argument that
same-sex couples marrying will
cease the sanctity of opposite-sex
couples’ marriages. Be more explicit when supporting your thesis.
Your argument does not hold up to
scrutiny and close reading.
Ann Coulter told George Stephanopolous recently that “civil rights
are for blacks.” She went on to clarify that civil rights do not pertain to
immigrants, gays, or feminists. Ms.
Coulter, I will give you a few points
for being specific, but “civil rights
are for blacks” is a bold, general
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statement that does not make much
sense. Yes, African-American citizens deserve civil rights, but the idea
of a civil right is that it pertains to
each individual American, not just
one class of people. You hold a B.A.
and a J.D. so I expect more from you.
I suspect you are capable of a shaping a more nuanced argument. Your
generalities are deliberate provocations, meant to incite anger on the
left and to rally those on the right
whose brains are wired
to think in polemic
black and white.
OverSo what is the result
generalizing
of these broad, sweepsimplifies
ing generalities about
ideas and leads
homosexuality in our
to misinformed
public discourse? I
and misguided
believe that all people
statements.”
will be damaged by this
kind of talk. The human race, far and wide, will not be
able to think in complex ways. All
the people in all the world will be
influenced by all the celebrities and
politicians who want to manipulate
all the minds of the human species,
and, ironically, this will harm all the
gay homosexuals who are the ones
whose lives are being discussed in
oversimplified ways.
Oh, I’m sorry. Am I
overgeneralizing?