# Gay marriage opponents: We concede defeat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055 "2004-05-19T22:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/21 "2004-05-20T02:13:02Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Okay, if I’m going to be _forced_ to marry another woman . . . Dopettes? Anyone? Do I hear a proposal? I would like to propose; you have such the sense of humor. However, our marriage must remain celibate. You are free to accept or reject this offer. (I want to be a stay at home mom though, okay?) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/22 "2004-05-20T03:47:16Z")
[Applause](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177428). Really. Great OP. Sarcasm is a good tool, when used in moderation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/23 "2004-05-20T04:07:57Z")
Sarcasm is a blunt tool, most especially in writing. Further is it rude to make fun of the truly-held beliefs of those who disagree with us on political matters. Opinions are after all opinions and sarcasm rarely changes opinion. On the other hand, the OP was really great. Well worthy of publication. (I also like the Gay Planet of the Apes idea.) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/24 "2004-05-20T04:15:25Z")
I’m speechless, what can I say ? Bravo **Hamish**. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/25 "2004-05-20T05:33:15Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Sarcasm is a blunt tool, most especially in writing. Further is it rude to make fun of the truly-held beliefs of those who disagree with us on political matters. Opinions are after all opinions and sarcasm rarely changes opinion. Oh, that’s _reeeeal_ insightful. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/26 "2004-05-20T05:52:20Z")
That is _exactly_ what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/27 "2004-05-20T06:02:04Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Sarcasm is a blunt tool, most especially in writing. Further is it rude to make fun of the truly-held beliefs of those who disagree with us on political matters. Opinions are after all opinions and sarcasm rarely changes opinion. Truly held beliefs? “Gay Marriage will cause the end of civilization as we know it”? C’mon, of all the reasons people cite to oppose gay marriage, that’s up there at the top of the Most Hysterical Breathless Notions list. It ridicules itself, the hyperbole is already there. I don’t think anyone even claims it’s in the Bible, that’s how wacky it is. > [@](#): > > On the other hand, the OP was really great. Well worthy of publication. > > (I also like the Gay Planet of the Apes idea.) I agree completely. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/28 "2004-05-20T06:04:18Z")
Get your hair products off me, you damned dirty homo! Esprix, caught up in things ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/29 "2004-05-20T06:17:45Z")
I’ve been waiting for someone to take responsibilty for soaring divorce rates, high taxes in Mass. and those danged 17-year locusts. Blech. But you still have some ‘splain’ to do about global warming, inflation, Martha Stewart, the Trilateral Commission, tapeworms, lousy televison, circumcision, the proliferation of SUVs, L. Ron Hubbard, road rage, asteroids headed toward earth, rude service people, rude customers, tsunamis, spammers, crackers, Ebola virus, Jonathan Edwards, fat, HMOs, every political party, drought, blight, music fascists, impacted teeth, stupid ads, food poisoning, plate tectonics, Carrot Top, viral immunity, innacurate astrologers, blunting Occam’s razor, famine, pestilence, death and all those icky things that swim up one’s pores (or more sensitive regions, if one is of masculine persuasion) so common in warm fresh water. Veb ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/30 "2004-05-20T06:24:09Z")
**Veb** , you forgot the heartbreak of psoriasis 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/31 "2004-05-20T12:43:00Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Okay, if I’m going to be _forced_ to marry another woman . . . Dopettes? Anyone? Do I hear a proposal? **Eve** , I know others got in there first, because I didn’t see this until now, but pretty please? I’m straight, but for you I could learn! After all, I _have_ had a spouse with breasts and girl-type naughty bits before. BTW, I’m willing to take **EddyTeddyFreddy** and **vanilla** as well; i don’t know the others well enough, but what the hell? But I can’t be the only one working; I just don’t make enough to support us all in the style to which we’d like to be accustomed. Oh, and animals are fine, but NO kids. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/32 "2004-05-20T12:45:54Z")
**Eve** if I was forced to marry any Doper, it would be you. However, I’m holding out for ET’s Cojo. I have such a thing for that gay guy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/33 "2004-05-20T12:54:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [Applause](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177428). > > Really. Great OP. Sarcasm is a good tool, when used in moderation. > > 😃 I don’t care if this _is_ the BBQ Pit, calling me a tool was uncalled for, and if you have a problem with my moderation you can go pis…what? Oops, sorry-I forgot to put my glasses on this morning. [Emily Litella]Nevermind[/Emily Litella] ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/34 "2004-05-20T12:54:23Z")
on the other hand, the boradway production of “Stop the Planet of the Apes, I want to get off” would be fabulous… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/35 "2004-05-20T12:59:21Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > And what about poor Belgium? Who would have thought that after only one year, Belgian courts would force every citizen to marry their sister, a dog, a budgy, and a corpse? Heh. He said “budgy.” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/36 "2004-05-20T13:00:58Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Okay, if I’m going to be _forced_ to marry another woman . . . Dopettes? Anyone? Do I hear a proposal? Oh, Doll-baby! You know you’ll _always_ be my girl! C’mon…let’s ankle down to the justice of the peace and do this thing! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/37 "2004-05-20T13:09:11Z")
> [@AvhHines](#): > > BTW, I’m willing to take **EddyTeddyFreddy** and **vanilla** as well; i don’t know the others well enough, but what the hell? But I can’t be the only one working; I just don’t make enough to support us all in the style to which we’d like to be accustomed. > > Oh, and animals are fine, but NO kids. Hey, no problem! All eleven of us are fixed, so there’s no danger of miscegenation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/38 "2004-05-20T13:28:45Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > And like you, I watched the photos on the news of the horror that was once Massachussets, where society unravelled in a record-breaking three days, and now the whole state is populated by illiterate hunter-gatherers, stalking wild animals among the ruins of Harvard. You say this in jest, but have you ever _been_ to Harvard Yard on a late Friday afternoon? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/39 "2004-05-20T13:31:26Z")
Beautiful, **Hamish**! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055/40 "2004-05-20T13:33:10Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Of course, two horses and eight cats are part of the package. All I want to know is WHAT KIND OF SICK CARRIAGE ARE YOU DRIVING?!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-opponents-we-concede-defeat/246055.md?page=3)