# Homosexuality?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 12, 2000, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933 "2000-04-12T09:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ament69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Ament69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ament69)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933/1 "2000-04-12T09:17:00Z")
Sorry to post two different subjects… Taken in mind that I am heterosexual… How come so many people out their are homophobic (unles because of a bad experience) or just plain against Homosexuality (male and female)… and why is it that there marriage is not considered as legal??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933/2 "2000-04-12T14:23:00Z")
## I submit that this thread ought to go over in Great Debates, unless **Ament69** would like to join one of the “gay marriage” threads. “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933/3 "2000-04-12T15:34:00Z")
Cecil’s column: [What’s the big deal about gay marriage? Why do we have marriage laws at all? (28-Jan-2000)](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000128.html) Recent discussions in this forum: [Gay Marriage…Anywhere Else?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000569.html) [Same-sex marriage](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000462.html) [gay marriages](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000537.html) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933/4 "2000-04-12T16:00:00Z")
**Ament69** , there are a plethora of threads in Great Debates and other forums that deal with gay issues. A short list includes: [Non-Judeo-Christian Views on Gay Issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001577.html) [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) [The Ethics of Homosexuality](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001348.html) [What will religions do when same-sex marriages are legal?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001338.html) [Separate but equal](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001552.html) [Please list the “special rights”](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001402.html) [Domestic Partners](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000901.html) [Homosexual “rights”?!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001403.html) [Gay Marriages/Parenting?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000485.html) [Thou Shalt Not Hire Gays](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000592.html) [Homosexuality and Genetics](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000002.html) [Is DOMA Constitutional?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001204.html) [Gay clubs in elementary schools](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001147.html) [Should a guy be able to bring a guy to a school dance?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001127.html) [Closeted Gay Media Figures](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000965.html) [Homophobic hatred](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000905.html) [Gays in the military - why a problem?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000981.html) And for some less civil, but nonetheless enlightening debates: [Homosexuality, a crime ?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001346.html) [What the f\*ck is wrong with these homophobic bigots?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000630.html) (which actually contains quite a bit of information on gay marriages) Please feel free to read and join in! Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, [Asketh the damn Priest Guy!](http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)) ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/17933/5 "2000-04-12T16:21:00Z")
Not sure what to do with this one as it’s been covered extensively on the board, as you see. Thanks for all the links,guys. I’m going to move this to Great Debates now, though. Jill