Posted March 28, 201411 yr Any straight person here brave enough to admit that they wouldn't? From BBC News. About one in five British adults would turn down an invitation to a same-sex wedding, research suggests. As legislation in England and Wales allowing gay couples to marry comes into force on Saturday, the BBC Radio 5 live survey also found men were nearly twice as likely to stay away as women. The poll of 1,007 people found 68% agreed gay marriage should be permitted, with 26% opposing it. One gay rights charity said people's attitudes were "incredibly positive". A spokesman for lesbian, gay and bisexual charity Stonewall said it was important to highlight the fact that four in five people would accept an invitation to a gay wedding. But Catholic Voices, which represents the Catholic Church, said the findings of the survey reflected the reality that people remained "deeply uncomfortable" with being honest about their true feelings on the meaning of marriage. Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Common Sense
March 28, 201411 yr Is it that surprising though? When it's perhaps not exposed in your everyday life and some could find it hard to warm to the portrayal of gay people in the media, it can be difficult to feel comfortable with a concept that might seem unorthodox to the person in question. Not that it's excusable, but more explainable.
March 28, 201411 yr Why do you say 'anyone here brave enough to admit they wouldn't' as if it were a prevalent view people are hiding? Or, for that matter, that it was a brave one at all?
March 28, 201411 yr Why do you say 'anyone here brave enough to admit they wouldn't' as if it were a prevalent view people are hiding? Or, for that matter, that it was a brave one at all? Exactly. You can't exactly call someone brave because they dare to express their homophobic views on a site full of gay people.
March 28, 201411 yr Author I copied and pasted the entire post from another forum actually! Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Common Sense
March 28, 201411 yr Author Interesting quite a few on Digital Spy say they're not homophobic and have nothing against a gay union, a civil partnership, but still think the words "marriage" and "wedding" should be reserved for a man and a woman. No I haven't commented there as I'm banned so can't post but can still read the forums. ;) Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Common Sense
March 28, 201411 yr I would've expected that figure to be higher, and it's only going to be reduced as people in society continue to become more liberal.
March 28, 201411 yr Author Well I just hope my own parents aren't in that 20%~ My dad's dead but my mum definitely is. She's very homophobic. I've not worked much in my life and she's not been very happy about that but says it could have been much worse as she couldn't have coped with me being gay. :rolleyes: She is 89 now, so of a different generation totally I suppose. Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Common Sense
March 28, 201411 yr What I find strangest is there are more people who say they oppose gay marriage than say they would turn down an invite to a gay wedding.... which means presumably there's people who say they don't agree with it who would still attend one?!? I would've thought it would be the other way round if anything, that there would be quite a lot of old people who would know in their heads that there wasn't a rational reason to be opposed to it but would at a gut level feel uncomfortable actually seeing one. Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Danny
March 28, 201411 yr Author Are you planning on getting married to a man? No, as I'm unhappily married to a woman!! :lol:
March 29, 201411 yr Or, 20% of the population know they wouldn't get invited to a gay wedding and are just being stroppy about it in advance. Would anybody, straight or gay, invite someone to their wedding when they are the sort of person who insist they know best how other people should live their lives? It doesn't affect them in any way what someone else does, so if they start frothing at the mouth about it, tough! It's not as if Christianity, or any other religion, has a copyright on the term "marriage" nor a single golden rule that everyone in the world has to follow. In a democracy, which this is, they, the small minority, are free to express their opinion and everyone else is free to ignore it. They aren't being oppressed in any way, unlike gay people. I might add, they should also consider that a lot of gay couples still don't have children, so that's extra tax available to support the education and health of other people's children. A bit of gratitude please.... Hooray for tolerance! It was a long fight but we got there by virtue of being right.
March 29, 201411 yr Author Common Sense can't change, even if he tried, even if he wanted to. We so need an OFF-TOPIC smiley here! :)
March 31, 201411 yr That just indicates 26% should keep their stupid noses out of other peoples business! What is wrong with people - being homosexual or of any sexual orientation has no bearing on anyone else's life - let them get on with it in peace! Jeeeeesus! Edited March 31, 201411 yr by torbz
April 4, 201411 yr 80% of people would though. And that's incredible :wub: Can't wait for my children to grow up in a world and be like "When did gay marriage not exist?" :D
April 4, 201411 yr unless it was a close friend or family member, i wouldnt like to attend, not because it was a gay wedding, as Pink says, i look forward to the day when its just a 'wedding' - not a gay or straight wedding, i wouldnt like to attend because i dont like going to weddings :lol:
July 3, 201411 yr I guess that's just normal - people are never going to agree on everything. I personally would consider boycotting the wedding of any couple who opposes marriage equality, though.
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