Sigh . . . So, British Tory MP David Burrowes said that critics of the same-sex marriage bill in England — which passed its final Commons hurdle today — are being unfairly accused of being “homophobic or bigoted simply for standing up for marriage,” according to a report in The Telegraph. He used the old reverse discrimination line: “For our constituents, those who disagree risk vilification and discrimination.”
He’s not the only one who has used this line of reasoning. It has been trotted out by religious people and other politicians before.
So, what do they really mean by “standing up for marriage”? Answer: maintaining the traditional model and nothing but. It’s not that gay marriage would in any way threaten male-female marriage. Lots of men and women would still marry. The opponents object to same-sex relationships on personal principle, most often because of their primitive religious belief systems. They won’t accept that not everybody buys into their outdated beliefs; they are determined to force those beliefs down as many throats as possible, i.e. something akin to assault. So, I’m not that sorry to say that it is plain, old bigotry and homophobia, no matter what ideology is used to wrap it all up.
As for discrimination . . . Every time a politician who is supposed to represent all the people in his or her riding stands up and, essentially, says that gay people do not deserve the same rights hetero people have, it is discrimination. They can’t whitewash it: it is HOMOPHOBIA! It is DISCRIMINATION! They have no business trying to dictate the parameters of relationships between consenting adults.
British Prime Minister David Cameron deserves to be knighted for his valiant efforts to bring freedom and equality to LGBT people. He is a modern-day hero, along with President Francois Hollande of France.
Jillian
Jillian Page 
In Britain and here in Australia gay couples have the same legal rights as any defacto-heterosexual couple, which are legally equvalent to marriage. Legal equality has been achieved. Equality is achieve not through defining two different things to be the same. Is is by recognising and accepting difference, and treating people differently such that there outcomes are equal. There is no discrimination in Britain or Australia under the law.
As for labelling people like me primitive and homophobic, this is name calling, not an argument. You can call me by what ever name, it does not say anything towards the validity of what I say.
As for pushing beliefs on others and dictating the parameters of private relationships? Is this not what you yourself are arguing for?
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Thank you for your comments. You are the only one — in both of my blog, where this was posted — to have cared enough to comment.
I never thought of my self as dictating parameters of relationships — I just want the people who identify as “gay” and want to be legally married to have that opportunity. I don’t think anybody should have the right to tell them they can’t get marrried.
I also asked in another post how a gay couple getting married would affect you (i.e. the readers)? How would it alter your life, if at all?
Again, thank you for participating.
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