Same-sex marriage coming to Utah

[Color Me Badd Fan]

This Onion column is over 15 years old, yet I just saw it the other day. It's still pretty funny:

http://www.theonion.com/article/gay-...nce-of-gay-351

That article I linked to is pretty funny because the main photo included in the column about scientific research into bisexuality frequency between the sexes shows, for no apparent reason, a couple dudes in sailor hats and speedos.

[SoCalCoug]

so you would prefer sexual identity to be whitewashed and ignored? not sure you're up to date with your queer theory bro, but i think embracing and celebrating difference is one of the things judith butler has been blabbering about for 30 years

Do you really think differences in sexuality are being universally celebrated now?

I have blond/gray hair. My wife has brown hair. We are not labeled by our hair color. We are people who happen to have different color hair.

When sexual identity is as banal a characteristic as hair color (note we can't even include skin color in this yet), it will be a good indication sexual identity harassment has been eradicated, and the need for labels will be gone. I look forward to that time. However, as evidenced by the tone of your post, I think we're still a long way from that point.

That's funny. I have made thousands of posts about gays, gay rights, etc. My position has been entirely consistent from day one. Back when Prop 8 was a thing and SoCalCoug was out campaigning for it, I was explaining to my family that while I still loved the prophet, I disagreed on that particular issue.

There was a time I was trying to be a good little Mormon boy and try to rationalize the Church's position in my mind. I was never comfortable with it, nor did I even actively campaign for Prop 8. The cognitive dissonance the whole Prop 8 thing caused in my mind was a substantial factor leading me to where I am today.

[falafel]

Do you really think differences in sexuality are being universally celebrated now?

I have blond/gray hair. My wife has brown hair. We are not labeled by our hair color. We are people who happen to have different color hair.

When sexual identity is as banal a characteristic as hair color (note we can't even include skin color in this yet), it will be a good indication sexual identity harassment has been eradicated, and the need for labels will be gone. I look forward to that time. However, as evidenced by the tone of your post, I think we're still a long way from that point.

Has never and will never happen.

Btw, your analogy isn't very strong. There was never a time when people were really discriminated against for having a specific hair color. If hair was ever a consideration, it was because of its correlation to race/ethnicity/nationality.

[old_gregg]

Do you really think differences in sexuality are being universally celebrated now?

I have blond/gray hair. My wife has brown hair. We are not labeled by our hair color. We are people who happen to have different color hair.

When sexual identity is as banal a characteristic as hair color (note we can't even include skin color in this yet), it will be a good indication sexual identity harassment has been eradicated, and the need for labels will be gone. I look forward to that time. However, as evidenced by the tone of your post, I think we're still a long way from that point.

huh? you're missing the boat here. a central tenet of queer theory is that sexual identity and its attendant labels should be celebrated.

[SoCalCoug]

Has never and will never happen.

Btw, your analogy isn't very strong. There was never a time when people were really discriminated against for having a specific hair color. If hair was ever a consideration, it was because of its correlation to race/ethnicity/nationality.

Didn't say it ever was, and that's not necessary for the analogy to work.

huh? you're missing the boat here. a central tenet of queer theory is that sexual identity and its attendant labels should be celebrated.

As a response to a long history of discrimination.

[old_gregg]

As a response to a long history of discrimination.

no. wrong.

[SoCalCoug]

no. wrong.

Your argument is persuasive.

[old_gregg]

Your argument is persuasive.

i'm not making an argument

[SoCalCoug]

i'm not making an argument

And I don't really think you're persuasive.

[falafel]

Didn't say it ever was, and that's not necessary for the analogy to work.

Sure it is. You want labels regarding sexual identity to "progress" to the point where they are as forgettable and meaningless as hair color. But you can't compare sexual identity, something that is and has been hotly debated for years, to something that has never held any meaning such as hair color. Hair color never had to "progress" to the point where society stopped seeing it when looking at people.

I understand where you want sexual identity to go. You analogy just doesn't further the argument.

[SoCalCoug]

Sure it is. You want labels regarding sexual identity to "progress" to the point where they are as forgettable and meaningless as hair color. But you can't compare sexual identity, something that is and has been hotly debated for years, to something that has never held any meaning such as hair color. Hair color never had to "progress" to the point where society stopped seeing it when looking at people.

I understand where you want sexual identity to go. You analogy just doesn't further the argument.

It's an analogy, not an equivalence.

My analogy does not depend on the necessity of hair color having had to progress from being discriminated against to being banal. It is, itself, the banal characteristic I would like to see sexual orientation being seen in a similar light to. It makes my point BECAUSE it's so banal.

Don't go Cougarboard on me. They don't get analogies, either.

[Moliere]

Sure it is. You want labels regarding sexual identity to "progress" to the point where they are as forgettable and meaningless as hair color. But you can't compare sexual identity, something that is and has been hotly debated for years, to something that has never held any meaning such as hair color. Hair color never had to "progress" to the point where society stopped seeing it when looking at people.

I understand where you want sexual identity to go. You analogy just doesn't further the argument.

To be fair, redheads have historically been persecuted and they continue to be persecuted, but it's well deserved on their part.


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[falafel]

To be fair, redheads have historically been persecuted and they continue to be persecuted, but it's well deserved on their part.


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Lots of that has to do with their nationality - Damn the Irish!

[falafel]

It's an analogy, not an equivalence.

My analogy does not depend on the necessity of hair color having had to progress from being discriminated against to being banal. It is, itself, the banal characteristic I would like to see sexual orientation being seen in a similar light to. It makes my point BECAUSE it's so banal.

Don't go Cougarboard on me. They don't get analogies, either.

[creekster]

To be fair, redheads have historically been persecuted and they continue to be persecuted

Only the ones that are also step children.