totally agree.

I saw this a few weeks ago, now I’m definatly in support of gay marriage! Out of fear mostly.

I bet he can’t Chris!

It’s pretty amazing that every time – EVERY TIME – you ask the “how” question, these people just disappear, just ignore the question. And the reason? Not one of them can identify a single negative impact on “traditional” marriage, society at large, etc.

I thought he was president… or was that Alex Cross??

Err.. he is alive.

Of course he is alive. But according to few million on Facebook who like to celebrate his death. With the rip Morgan freeman page.

You didn’t make that clear in your first comment, and even if you did it isn’t exactly a well know meme.

Why should I have made anything clear. Loosen up pat. Smile. Let’s treasure the life of Morgan. And err yourself :)

Just for pat. He is dead since 2010. Old news.

http://allfacebook.com/rip-morgan-freeman-hoax_b99327

So seemingly it is a well known meme.

RIP Stuart hyland, oh yeah that’s just frickin hilarious!

Muppets who think such stupidity is funny

Gay marriage is marriage… it’s the Union of 2 people who love each other… that is all.

Is it ? Really ? What about natural marriage between a man and a woman ? That just makes a farce of the natural family .
Your in the wrong country , this is not going to happen , as marriage and family really matter here !

Ha.. Natural marriage!… wait, you’re kidding right?

Hahahah! Alan, you’re a brilliant satirist! :D
Your impersonation of a 19th century conservative is priceless!

I am not impersonating anyone as this my real name , but surely you are the impersonator as that is not your real name !

The internet, a great place to make the ‘marriage equality is unnatural’ argument Alan.

Please explain to me how allowing two committed, loving LGBT people to enjoy the rights and protections of civil marriage will in anyway hurt people who already enjoy those rights and protections.

No , you explain to me , why I should accept this farce !
Adam and Eve !
Not Adam and Steve !
There’s a reason why people of the same sex can’t procreate .
So as I said earlier , this will never happen in this country .

… And reasons why people like you can’t punctuate.

Ah the mystery bull shitter again . . Punctuate , at least I am not hiding behind the curtain. Come back when your brave enough to put your name behind your comments !

Ah the mystery impersonator again , at least I am not hiding behind the curtain. Come back when your brave enough to put your name behind your comments !

Alan you say Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve but according to Genesis, all humanity began with Adam and Eve who had two sons. Think about that Alan, Take all the time you need……

Yip , thought about , took all the time I needed and wow , two penis still don’t make a baby ! Sorry to disappoint you

Well, when something will be of benefit to someone and won’t hurt anyone else, its a good idea to allow it, so, I ask again, how will allowing two committed, loving LGBT people to enjoy the rights and protections of civil marriage in anyway hurt people who already enjoy those rights and protections, because, frankly, if you can’t prove that there is some risk, then your objection to marriage equality must be based on a fear or hatred of LGBT people.

“There’s a reason why people of the same sex can’t procreate”, yes, that’s called biology, it also causes some straight couples to be infertile and unable to procreate, should they not be allowed marry either?

That’s a stupid agreement as 99% of straight couples can procreate and 0% of gay couples can’t .
Do the math and stop hiding behind a false cowardly made up name .

Argument

my point Alan is that since its apparently cool in the bible, are you cool with incest?

Who’s talking about incest . Now you have just got way out there .
Running out of reasons ….

The bible Alan, if Adam and Eve had two sons how did the human race continue unless of course Eve and one of the boys produced a daughter. you clearly didn’t take enough time to think about it when first asked.

’99% of straight couples can procreate and 0% of gay couples can’t’

Really, because the rate for infertility runs at about 10% for straight couple, also, you used a double negative while talking about gay couples, so you just say 100% of gay couples can procreate.

Your aduse of the English language aside, I didn’t realize that marriage was an agreement to breed, that seems to be what you’re implying, and you have the gall to say LGBT people are making a farce of marriage.

As the saying goes Alan, if you don’t like gay marriage then don’t get one!

Aduse ?
Yes that’s exactly what I am saying.
If we all became gay tomorrow , how long would the human race last ?

nobody “becomes” gay Alan it’s just who they are. Also you haven’t addressed my incest issue with the bible

I am not looking for one and you won’t get one in this country , as I have said already .

And what if a black hole opened up next to earth, how long would the human race last then, its far more likely then everyone becoming gay tomorrow.
A straight person can no more become gay then a blue eyed person can decide to suddenly have brown eyes.

Being gay is a choice gamma.

And I told you to stop hiding behind the curtain . Come back when your brave enough to put your real name behind your comments .

Alan, it might not happen tomorrow, but believe me: our beloved country is changing for the better. Slowly but surely. So you can keep on making your silly, hateful, Bible quoting comments on the Internet, but it won’t change anything. Equality for all!

Oh science fiction . I love science fiction!

Sean please explain how a person’s sexuality could possibly be a conscious choice?

still not gonna tell me how humanity began Alan?

Enjoy the wait and I am not religious by the way .
Live and let live , but gay marriage won’t happen in your life time

Alan I’m still waiting for your explanation on creation without incest.

Are you going to use you real name ?
Gamma

I never said you were religious but you were the one to bring up Adam and Eve, so either back up your point or back under the the bridge with you.

I wasn’t talking to you . And clearly you are not brave enough to put your name to your comments , so away to bed before I ring your mammy . Gamma boy

I used to Alan but my facebook ended up being trolled by some people that disagreed with my opinions. I do agree that I shouldn’t have to use a pseudonym but sadly it’s the way it’s gone.

People decide who they have sex with consciously they are not forced.

Well , that’s wrong . Everyone is entitled to an opinion . And everyone should be listened to , even me .

Sean you make a decision on who you have sex with but you don’t make a conscious decision on who you find sexually attractive.

analogy: I can eat a Brussel sprout but I still don’t like the taste.

So if it’s not a concious decision what is it?

Sean that’s the mystery that is humanity. I didn’t choose to be straight but I just find I’m sexually attracted to women. I also didn’t make a conscious decision to find a certain type of woman attractive and another type not attractive but I do. same goes for a gay person.

I’m sure you have a type of woman you find attractive and you didn’t sit down one day and decide that you’d prefer a blonde over a brunette or vice versa

@ Sean, It’s an immutable physical trait, like having blue eyes, though that’s a rather crude analogy as eye color is controlled by a single gene while sexuality is a controlled by a set of genetic, epigenetic, hormonal and environmental factors.

Well alan (love the egg picture) seeing as though you want a real name to pin to a comment you can have mine.

You are correct that everyone has a right to an opinion. However respecting someones opinion is also required. I do not respect your opinion at all as it is based mainly on a book of myths and fables (old testament) and a distorted edited version of Christs message (who said nada about homosexuality).

You are wrong. Gay marriage will take place in this country in the next decade. And you know why? The people of Ireland are more intelligent than the politicians they elect and the people will push for it. Irish people hold personal freedoms for all far above the bigotry of the past. We have come far we people from a small island and we do not fear change…. We may grumble about it but we face it openly and we as a people want our fellow citizens to be treated equally.

Your opinion is yours Alan but it is a relic of an old Ireland. You are a relic and so is your opinion.

But some gay people would say they are born that way this is simply not true they choose that lifestyle.

Good luck with that !
The people of Ireland will not let this happen .
When you believe in your head is not always what is real.
So dream on !

So Sean, when did you decide to be heterosexual?

we’ve been through this Sean, your sexuality is not a conscious choice.

so between Alan dodging the question of incest in the Adam and Eve story and. Sean ignoring the comments relating to sexuality being a choice it’s hard to take either point seriously.

Gamma boy
As I said earlier , when you are brave enough to stand behind your comments , I will reply to you .
But listen enjoy fantasy land as this Ireland

David their is no gay gene if thats what you are getting at! .

And Alan I explained why I don’t use my name. hey for all me know Alan isn’t your name.

There’s no straight gene either

Well Alan Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream and it came true. And so will mine. Though mine is not a dream, its a reality. You and your opinion will soon be consigned to the past. The people of Ireland will show you and your ilk that Ireland is a progressive modern tolerant nation that prides itself on civil rights and human rights. You, your opinion and your poorly spelled comments will soon be forgotten.

Oh and by the way you still have not addressed Gammas question about how did Cain and Abel sire the human race with two penises and no vagina between them.

Aw is that the best you can come back with? Say your prayers like a good chap and toddle off to bed now.

Do you honestly think FG will legalise gay marriage ?

Like most traits, sexuality is determined by a combination of genes. There are only 4 building blocks in DNA, it’s the patterns and code that makes up a living thing, so if, in your ignorance, you’re looking for a pansy looking gene that’s pink and possibly more fashionably attired than many of the others you’ll be a while searching.

Well Alan you might ignore me under the excuse of my using a pseudonym so you might be so kind as to answer the question now that Connor has asked it.

Marriage for same sex couples may not be legal now but I’m confident that it will be within the decade. I honestly believe if a referendum were held tomorrow the people of Ireland would vote for it. hey, we even have democratically elected openly gay TDs in the dail.

FG may not want to legalise it but they’ll be pressured into holding a referendum and then the power is turned over to the people.

Thank you Emer. While I saw the comment I felt an unintelligent personal insult did not warrant a rational response on my part.

@Alan, 50% of straight Irish couples cannot conceive naturally.
Like termination, “gay” marriage will happen in Ireland. In fact, I believe it is a good court case away.
The rest of your arguments I really can’t be bothered dealing with.

The norm????? if by through norm you mean the majority you’re perfectly correct. however homosexuality being the minority in no way makes it abnormal. you really are narrow minded!

I never said it was abnormal I simply said it was a choice.

Being right handed is also “the norm”. What’s your point?

Ah the old appeal to tradition. Just like every other argument against gay marriage it’s a fallacy..
So long as you refuse to engage with reality and accept it “as is” you will forever live with an irrational hatred of your fellow man.. Stop clinging to fallacies, embrace the facts, homosexuals fall in love, they have every right to do so and they SHOULD have every right to marry if they wish to. You need to get over yourself and deal with it.

Sean,on what are you basing your assertions that sexuality is a choice?

But it’s not a choice Sean. No more than you chose your hair or eye colour.

Sean, could you bring yourself to get it on with a guy? If not, then it’s not a choice.

So your saying that homosexuals are born that way yes, that does not force them to sleep with each other so it becomes a choice same as heterosexuals

Why shouldn’t someone sleep with the person they love? Assuming that they are both in love with each other then why shouldn’t they be together? What business is it of yours, mine or anyone else’s so long as they are happy together? Everyone deserves to love and to be loved.. You would seek to deny that to another being? That speaks far more about you than it does about anyone else..
I hope that one day you find happiness and realise that everyone deserves it rather than being so bitter that another person you disagree with found it before you.

Sean, there seems to be a rather worrying sex = love trend running though your comments. By your logic a virgin is actually asexual.

Sean by that logic a virgin is neither straight nor gay until they’ve had sex. I’ve said this once already so reiterate, you choose who you have sex with, but you don’t choose who you’re sexually attracted to.

Plenty of people have sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex before they discover their sexuality. that doesn’t mean they “turned” gay or “chose to become” gay. they were always gay but because of society and it’s norms they may have felt the need to conform.

When some frogs are in an all female environment, some of the female frogs can literally become male, fertilise eggs, the lot. And you’re surprised when criminal men will f**k whatever’s available when there’s no alternative other than 20years of palm and her 5 fingers?

Key word their Paul is “environment” nothing to do with being criminal, same thing would happen if you put a gay and lesbian together.

The difference is that you have not changed someone’s sexuality, only the expression of it, and it’s fairly drastic to lock people up in order that they shag who you say they should shag. On release the prisoners revert to their natural sexuality, as would happen to the gay and lesbian people in your rather sick experiment.

Sexual attraction isn’t affected, only sexual behaviour. Environment certainly affects sexual behaviour, not sexual orientation.