Homo Marriage
Posted by: Elle on: October 11, 2009
According to Edward T hall, culture controls our thoughts in a invisible way and dictates where to draw the arbituary line until it is internalised and become part of reality. Behaviour reflects culture.
Read the link below.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_438765.html
This speaks alot on the culture in Moscow and maybe other parts of the world? That lesbianism is still not considered legalised in the eyes of the judicial. Canada is one of the most common places the gay couples turn to for marriage. Why so?
We are taught in a culture, whereby only a man and a woman can achieve marital status by marriage. This controls our perception of marriage where only two individuals who are of different gender are involved. An invisible line is drawn in our cognitive schemata that separates marriage from gay couples. Our societal culture on the whole, still does not welcome such practices which is why today there are only 4 countries in the world who legalised same sex marriages. One of which is Canada, which is seen to have a more open culture compared to other parts of America.
Our behaviour reflects our culture. Hence, you are taught by your parents not to behave this way but this way due to cultural reasons. For instance, chinese do not wear black on New Year and not allowed to mention any words that is inauspicious. On the other hand, malays and indians do not have such tradition. This substantiates my point of how our behaviour emulates our culture in others’ perspectives.
So what’s your take on homosexual marriage?
Marriage is defined as a relationship to be shared by two people in the manner of husband and wife. Since they pledged themselves to be the wife or husband of their spouse, i don’t see a reason why it cannot be legalised. Indeed, it is against the natural course of interaction; against God’s wishes. Perhaps, a form of deviance but humans are human for the simple reason they cannot be Saint. Hence, maybe we should condone such behaviour? I mean is their freedom to choose the spouse they want to spend the rest of their lives with. This forms the divergence between us and animals as we have the freedom to choose, we have the ability to think.
Something out of the topic to share. It’s a BREAKING NEWS!
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_439553.html
It’s ok if you do not agree with me, don’t reply with WHATEVER.
18 Responses to "Homo Marriage"
October 15, 2009 at 1:12 am
Wow! U sound quite annoyed @_@
Anyway, I do agree with your point on homosexual marriages. Many people of our generations do accept them as our society becomes more democaractic. However, our cultures and religions may prevent us from thinking this way.
In the past, marriage used to be a sacred bonding between a man and a woman. But, I see no difference in a homosexual marriage. One partner can be of more musculine character while the other can be of a more gentle character. Now, doesn’t that make a balance between the fundamental equation of yin and yang?
October 15, 2009 at 5:38 am
HI LI NI!
A campaign regarding homosexual marriages was raised last year in California, called the Posposition 8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)
I agree with you that the perception that homo marriages are wrong is mostly from the information we get from socialising with our parents. Personally, I do not support homo marriages. The most important reason I would think is because, what if they wanted to have children together. Yes they would adopt. But have they considered how the child would feel when he/she grows up and might risk being socially out casted because of this. Worse still, what if he/she ends up in a homo marriage as well? In addition, I strongly feel that both genders cannot replace the role of a mum/dad.
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October 16, 2009 at 4:05 am
homosexuality, another topic that is similar to euthansia. are you pro choice or pro life. if you are pro choice, be prepared to suffer the indignant glares of the society and be prepared to get ostracised by everyone. if you are pro life, find someone of the opposite sex that you dont really love, have babies and bury the feelings you have for guys deep into your heart forever.
we are all grown-ups, we can decide whats the best for us, not restricted by some misconceptions that we built over time. we know whats the best for us.
anyway i am pretty neutral about this. cos we arent idiots or small kids, so we know whats wrong and whats right.
all in all, we should respect their decisions, because it is THEIR life.
October 18, 2009 at 3:27 am
for a start.. i think it’s really interesting for you (as a christian) to condone homosexual marriages.. coz i think it goes against the teachings of the bible or something..
that said.. i think everything in the world should be bounded not by the judiciary, nor by a “culture”.. but by the freedom of the individual’s choice.. and that should be the basis of governance..
talking about homosexual marriages as “not natural” and “detrimental” to society doesn’t quite fit into logic.. why should a loving homosexual couple care about whether they will contribute to the birth rate / ageing society, or whether they will have children together..?
October 20, 2009 at 12:28 am
When Mother Nature first created mankind, she created Man and then Woman so mankind can reproduce. But as the population grows, God decided that perhaps 1 way to control the growth is by the meant of allowing homosexual marriage just like the creation of many more diseases. God may have found that using the natural disaster such as earthquakes are not enough. God did not want to destroy mankind as a whole, but punish some of them and so he had to turn to creation of diseases. But what God did not realize is that Mother Nature secretly created the cure for diseases in the world so no matter what diseases is created, there will be a cure someday later. Then the idea of homosexual comes into the mind of God, so he started ‘implanting’ it in mankind some years ago. So, this might be how it comes about.
The above is only a myth but might be true. Homosexual is here to stay, like it or not, it will become more common as time passes. Already 4 countries in the world legalize marriage between same sex and many more countries allow Homosexual. However, we should not think that it is normal. Yes, it is the freedom for people to choose who to marry. They have the ability to think and decide their own lives. Who are we to control them? Whatever happens to them are their own lives so we should not interfere. Their existence will not affect us, unless we allow it, so why bother. The most important thing in this world is happiness, so, so long they are happy, we should not be unhappy about it but be happy in our own ways without letting it affect us.
November 1, 2009 at 6:55 pm
It depends on how a society look at homosexuality, rather than as a person. It will not change a thing for a single person to accept homosexuality, when the vast amount of information we absorb everyday points homosexuality towards negativity. Homosexuality is a minority issue, the same as being a racial minority within a society. If we are so exposed to seeing them as minorities, I doubt there will be a day where we come to accept them as ‘normal’, because minority are what they are. It’s better for people to attribute the 1% as the deviance than saying 99% of us are the deviance.
November 3, 2009 at 4:43 am
I personally do not agree with homosexual marriages! Though I must add that I will not discriminate against people who are homosexual. Societal culture definitely plays a part in me having my views. Being brought up in an environment where I was taught that same sex marriages is wrong, I now carry that perception along with me. However if our society were to promote homo marriages I think many people would now have different perhaps more accepting views regarding homosexualism. This is extremely frightening and disturbing because one can see how culture has that much of an effect on people, whether that effect is right or wrong. How can we as a society ensure that our culture instills the right values in all of us?
Although we as humans have the freedom to choose who we want to spend the rest of our lvies with, we must of course be in the right state of mind to make such choices. I honestly think that homosexuals are confused people, and a changing culture that starts to accept homosexuality will only encourage them to not strive for clarity regarding their gender roles.
If eventually homosexuality is accepted by all, the world might just experience birth and population problems.
November 6, 2009 at 8:57 pm
In view of Rachel’s comment, I don’t see why a person could accept homosexuality but be against homosexual marriages! It like doing something half way. Almost like one not daring to face up to ones opinions, hence choosing to sit on the fence.
However I would agree that society should not PROMOTE homosexual marriages. Instead, society should accept that everyone has the rights to love. Like a normal marriage, (regardless of ones sexuality) homosexual would also love to be a part of a union and want to build a sense of a family. It is not as if these homosexuals have a choice (which is what is implied from rachel). Do you think a person can help feeling the way one feels? It’s like you just fall in love with someone and you can’t help it, and CHOOSE to stop loving someone. So homosexuals do not choose to be like that. Do you think they choose to be discriminated by society? Choose to face judgement by their family and friends? No, homosexuality is not a choice and they should get a right like all of us to get married and build a family with their other half.
The population problem isn’t an issue. Instead the population is growing so quickly that the world may be overpopulated soon. See how China has to take measure with the one child policy to keep it’s overpopulation problem under control? I see this as an excuse to attempt to justify ones judgement against homosexuals and their rights to get married.
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November 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hello! Hmm… leave it to the people to judge for themselves whether homosexuality and the marriage is right or wrong, I just want to say that society should not treat them any different because of their sexual orientation. Homosexuals are, after all, as human as any one of us here; they too have thoughts, feelings, perceptions etc. If other people are against homosexuality, instead of condemning homosexuals and leaving them to their own devices, they should instead seek to UNDERSTAND why they have that preference. If society sincerely desires to help these people, society needs to accept and understand them. I’m not saying accept the homosexuality, I’m saying accept the homosexual.
November 8, 2009 at 3:00 am
Being brought up in a conservative family, i personally do not accept homosexuality. Maybe i am bias but this was how i was brought up.
I feel that homosexuality goes against nature way of procreating and the continuity of the human race. If homosexuality were to be widely accepted, i am sure that the number of homosexuals will surely increase significantly making them a significant part of the society. If this were to happen, can u imagine the birth rates of the country!! What were to happen in the long run!!! Maybe i am making an absurb assumption here but it may result in the apocalyptic scenario of the extinction of the human RACE!!!
THerefore, i feel that the environment that we are brought up, the culture that we are in would shape our perception on certain issues which can make us accept or reject various issues.
November 8, 2009 at 5:07 am
I personally am not against homosexual marriages. If both parties are willing, why not?
Well, I strongly feel that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality because they too are humans.
In my opinion, I believe that humans evolved from animals. So if animals can have same sex reproduction, why not humans?
In parts of India and the United States, homosexuality marriages are slowly being accepted and legalised. I feel that this is an objective move towards these people who just share a different culture from us.
=)Kai Ting
November 8, 2009 at 6:15 pm
@nicole..
i think your worries about the apocalyptic extinction of the human race should not have any bearings on whether you think homosexuality is acceptable or not.. you are drawing a straw man argument here..
for example..
smoking is bad for the human race because people die of cancer.. so do we ban smoking so that people live longer and can have more (healthy) babies and therefore improve birth rates?
using condom is against “nature” since evolutionarily we don’t do so.. so do we ban using condoms.. that case there will be no birth control and therefore there’ll be more babies born!
=)
yes you are right.. our culture and our environment shape our social norms.. but that said.. that doesn’t mean that our culture and norms are “correct” per se.. if you get what i mean..
November 8, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I am rather open towards the idea of homo marriage. I think everyone has their choices. The negative influences it can have on the world may be rather severe, for little kids may see such things as a norm, but I believe the only way to overcome that is to provide proper and appropriate education to these kids.
November 9, 2009 at 1:24 am
For me personally, I respect people who are homosexual but I do not accept homosexual marriages. I think that being homosexual and entering into a homosexual marriage are two separate issues. Some people are homosexual and no matter how they tried, they just cant fit into the social norms and be the “normal person” that our society expects. However, when one enters into a homosexual marriage, one is practicing homosexuality which is what I cannot accept.
November 9, 2009 at 3:03 am
people are born the way they are.im a firm believer of “to each of his own” and as long as you are true t yourself and not hurting anyone, i have no issue with it.heterosexual or homoseuxal, everyone sld just be good people.
November 9, 2009 at 4:37 am
I thought that everyone has their own choice whether they do want to be gays, lesbians or just what we deemed as the “normal” couples. I do not see anything wrong but i have to admit that i do feel kind of uncomfortable as they are indeed uncommon. However, whether to legalised this type of marriage still remains as a problem. To me, im not a supporter. I respect your choice, but marraige.. NO.
November 9, 2009 at 4:41 am
Personally, i do respect homosexual people, i’m not against Homo Marriage but i’m not for it either. I think we should just leave it to the people to judge for themselves. Yes, our society and norms shape us but whether individuals or the mass public can accept it still depends greatly on the individuals themselve, on what they chose to believe in and their level of acceptance. Afterall, 2 person from the same society receiving the same education can have 2 extreme perspectives. Of course most that are concerned with this issue may worry that Homo Marriage might become a trend if nothing is done but to be frank, no homo marriage does not and will not be equals to no homosexual relationships. I think thats a fact, at least for now.
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October 14, 2009 at 6:53 pm
i agree that we all can make our own choices and our own decisions. However, we have to also bear in mind that all actions come with their consequences. Imagine if homosexuality is legalised, won’t there be an imbalance in the society. Perhaps, the impact or consequences may not be palpable, but in the long run our society may face problems such as low birth rates and ageing population. All these may surface in next few generations.