# An argument against gay marriage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068 "2007-01-30T02:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/1 "2007-01-30T02:58:27Z")
Why would we allow [this](http://fazed.net/video/?id=580) to happen? Does that guy know how silly he looks dancing in a white bridal gown? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/2 "2007-01-30T03:04:03Z")
That’s a guy? How can you even tell? Although I have to say the ‘Thriller’ re-enactment idea is pretty dang cool. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/3 "2007-01-30T03:05:27Z")
I’m sorry, but your link is taking me to a heterosexual couple and wedding party re-enacting “Thriller.” Is this your intention? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/4 "2007-01-30T03:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I’m sorry, but your link is taking me to a heterosexual couple and wedding party re-enacting “Thriller.” Is this your intention? [/QUOTE] That wedding party is as queer as a football bat. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/5 "2007-01-30T03:10:58Z")
I think someone’s gaydar needs to be recalibrated. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/6 "2007-01-30T03:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I think someone’s gaydar needs to be recalibrated. [/QUOTE] Whose? I’m seriously confused here. (not that kind of confused…) ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/7 "2007-01-30T03:17:45Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Although I have to say the ‘Thriller’ re-enactment idea is pretty dang cool. [/QUOTE] Maybe you have teh geh? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/8 "2007-01-30T03:23:16Z")
Ok, let’s assume that the wedding party is “queer”–and not in the sense of weird. Why is this an argument against gay marriage? A bunch of people having fun and celebrating a wedding? Sure, one can argue that they are silly looking, but plenty of heterosexual couples have made choices in planning their weddings which one might regret later. (I’m reminded of a friend whose father announced during the early stages of wedding planning “I will be happy to wear a tux, so long as it is black. I wore a powder blue tux once, and will not wear one again” (He wore the powder blue tux for his brother’s wedding. The marriage didn’t last). The son who was planning the wedding thought black was a good color for a tux.) Or, start a thread about worst bridesmaid’s dresses–there are some doozies out there. But, I’m not seeing why weddings in questionable taste is much of an argument against gay marriage. I kind of doubt too many gay marriages are likely to feature big poofy white dresses—especially if gay marriage is afforded the same level of respect that straight marriage is. But, I’m with several others. I think the bride was a lovely blond lady. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/9 "2007-01-30T06:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=newcrasher] Maybe you have teh geh? [/QUOTE] Only on the weekends. But I still don’t see how you think that’s not a woman in that dress. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/10 "2007-01-30T07:02:58Z")
Looked like a heterosexual wedding party to me; I didn’t see anyone in a dress that looked like a man. From the video’s [YouTube page](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPmYbP0F4Zw&eurl=): > [@](#): > > An entire wedding party does the Thriller dance at their reception. Very, very good. No mention of it being a gay ceremony; that doesn’t mean it’s not, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Tikster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/11 "2007-01-30T07:05:41Z")
Wel doesn’t look gay to me - there’s a woman in a wedding dress and all 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/12 "2007-01-30T07:11:01Z")
Can’t see why it’s “gay” either. Cool way to remember a reception, though, doing Thriller. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/13 "2007-01-30T07:20:07Z")
Yeah, definitely a woman in the wedding dress, but one of the bridesmaids looked pretty man-ish (but still female). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/14 "2007-01-30T09:39:11Z")
Mark me down in the column headed “What the fuck?”. Hijacked account? Posting while drunk? What else could it be? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/15 "2007-01-30T10:34:45Z")
That’s cool. I can’t believe they liked everyone in their wedding party enough to get together with them so much and rehearse it. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/16 "2007-01-30T11:56:56Z")
Brain… hurts… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/17 "2007-01-30T12:42:32Z")
I’d like to nominate the OP for the dumbassest poster award. How in hell is that in anyway a “gay” wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/18 "2007-01-30T12:56:42Z")
I’ve seen the whole video, another site has it much, much clearer and the bride is most definitely a hot blond _chick_. Someone was commenting that the bride does really well given that most wedding dresses weight a ton. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/19 "2007-01-30T13:05:17Z")
Besides, sweetie, if that was a wedding for two gay men, do you really think there would be such hideous lavendar bridesmades dresses? Puh-lease! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068/20 "2007-01-30T13:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=newcrasher] Why would we allow [this](http://fazed.net/video/?id=580) to happen? Does that guy know how silly he looks dancing in a white bridal gown? [/QUOTE] I agree with the others - looks female to me! It is certainly an incredibly **goofy** looking dance to someone (like me) that is not familiar with Thriller, but I don’t see the gayness. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-gay-marriage/390068.md?page=2)