19 comments to ““I’m Confused””

1. Brooklyn Boy:
   20 May 2009, on 9:04 am

   The part about this brouhaha that I just don’t get is how a couple of gay people getting married threatens my heterosexual marriage. I’m still waiting for an explanation.

2. Stardust:
   20 May 2009, on 9:17 am

   BB, they are afraid homosexuality infectious, like a disease.

3. Brooklyn Boy:
   20 May 2009, on 11:21 am

   Stardust,

   In that case, they should stay away from priests!

4. Captain Al:
   20 May 2009, on 11:28 am

   I find it absolutely disgusting they are using innocent children to express their adult opinions. It’s akin to the WBC giving “God Hates Fags” signs to their kids to carry around. Cowards.

5. littlejohn:
   20 May 2009, on 11:46 am

   I’m so looking forward to the parodies…

6. Ben:
   20 May 2009, on 1:08 pm

   The reason we have to prevent same-sex marriage is because it will confuse children?

   First of all, that’s dumb.

   Second of all, no it won’t.

   Kid: I’m confused. I thought only a man and a woman could get married. But I just heard that two men got married.

   Parent: Yep. Two men can get married. So can two women.

   Kid: Oh. Can I have a snack?

   If the confusion is question comes from the kids trying to reconcile modern life with their parents’ holy book, how is that our concern?

7. Jae:
   20 May 2009, on 1:52 pm

   My other halves kids (who were, when we met, between 3 and 9) have never really been that confused by the fact Daddy was now living with another man. They were more bored by the whole thing and much more interested in knowing if they could watch *insert annoying movie/tv show* NOW!

   The only kids who will be confused are those brought up without the ability to comprehend new things. I.e. the children of theistards and idiots. And that’s a failing on the part of the parents, not on the kids or gay marriage.

8. ChuckA:
   20 May 2009, on 2:05 pm

   “Shut up, and drink your gin!”

9. TheBugHouse:
   20 May 2009, on 3:53 pm

   Like lj said, I’m lloking forward to Stephen Colberts take on this one! I have an issue some of you may be able to help me with. My son is getting babtized in the catholic church in few weeks. (against my will obviously, my wife is insisting in order “not to send grandma to an early grave”) Any suggestions on how to nullify said baptism or disrupt service or the like? Perhaps I should wear an atheism shirt to the church.

10. AtheistUnderMask:
    20 May 2009, on 6:05 pm

    Brooklyn Boy, I agree wholeheartedly.

    I yearn for the day this topic is brought up and the whole “sanctity” of marriage is thrown out there so I can ask how come banning gay marriage [in Missouri] didn’t keep my hetero marriage from ending.

11. Baconsbud:
    20 May 2009, on 8:07 pm

    I just love that fear of something new can turn people into such as these. I personally think marriage is way over rated anyway for some of us. I think the reason they use children for these types of ads, it is less likely to be attacked then if it was adults.

12. AtheistUnderMask:
    20 May 2009, on 8:24 pm

    I’ll attack it anyway.

    But if a child says something racist, doesn’t that make the PARENTS look bad? So really they can’t win. Either they expose themselves as bigots through their own mouths or expose themselves as bigots through the mouths of their own children.

13. hogarm:
    20 May 2009, on 11:23 pm

    Hey, guys!
    My lady and I got married this am. We are both in our 60’s and have been shacking up about 7 years. About time! Actually, we had to.
    Went to the County Clerk, gave them $10 (cash only), had to show our drivers licenses, sign that we were single (divorce final) and not related. Didn’t have to prove anything other than our identification.
    We had to sign for the male, and sign for the female, but didn’t have to drop our trou to prove one was tab A and one was slot B.
    No preacher, no Justice of the Peace, no witness; nobody else.
    20 minutes later we waked out legally married.
    What is this crap about the sanctity of marriage?
    The churches should be able to discriminate and marry who they wish and who they do not wish. That is called freedom of religion. But as far as legal marriages, anyone as qualified as we are should be able to get married, regardless of gender.
    Oh, and the County Clerk did not have to give me permission to kiss the bride.

14. Fritzy:
    21 May 2009, on 12:37 am

    Hogarm–Congradulations on your marriage! and also being of the correct sexual orientation.

    That second part sounds so ludicrous, but hey, that’s our country, right?

    Children are not really troubled about these things. They are curious, but not damaged. Confusion? So what. Childhood, as I recall is one big mass of confusions. Actually, to a certain extent, so is adulthood.

    This ad isn’t really about the children. Not really. It’s meant to evoke the same discomfort in secular and semi-religious adults that the religious feel when boys kiss boys. The confused ones aren’t the children; it’s their bigotted parents. These “what about the chillun’” folks are cynically exploiting children, while simultaneously demonstrating a great deal of contempt for their intended audience.

    And it may work–for now. But people are gradually getting tired of this. Eventually this country will look back in shame at this non-sense. And 20 years down the road, a great number of the folks funding this ad will look back and regret having been on the wrong side of history.

15. Fritzy:
    21 May 2009, on 12:39 am

    ^Or “Congratulations” if you happen to be better at spelling than I am.

16. Lynda:
    21 May 2009, on 10:09 am

    Wonder why these parents aren’t concerned about how confusing it is for children to pray into the thin air to something that you don’t see or can’t hear, that’s apparently living invisibly in their hearts or in heaven or everywhere (depending on your religious persuasion). Oh, dear, we can’t risk confusing the children by letting two people who love each other get legally married. What a load of seagull poop!
    It’s amazing how dishonest these bigots will get to promote their hatred.
    Did anyone else see Jon Stewart last night expose the idiocy of Michael Steele’s remarks about how gay marriage will hurt small businesses because they’ll have to start paying out spousal benefits? Complete nonsense! Again the dishonesty is thick enough to repel bullets.

17. Lynda:
    21 May 2009, on 10:12 am

    20 minutes later we waked out legally married.

    Hogarm, I realize that’s a typo, but when I read it I kinda got this funny picture in my head of two people being knocked out for the procedure, sort of like having a wisdom tooth removed. 20 minutes later you wake up and it’s done.
    Congrats! Hope you enjoy many more years together.

18. Stardust:
    21 May 2009, on 1:53 pm

    hogarm, congratulations! And great point about not having to prove what sex you are when you get married. I never thought about that before now, but it’s true. Just get a license, and what matters is signing the legal document and that’s it. All the rest is just ritual and pretty much unnecessary.

19. NoDuhSherlock:
    31 May 2009, on 5:05 pm

    “2 Guys or 2 Girls are aloud get married, and lots of people are ok with that, but you say that we should shun them and say mean things to them because they are sinners who are going to rot in hell for all eternity. I’m confused.”

    This is what came to my mind.