Comments for The Towerlight http://www.thetowerlight.com Towson’s campus and community news source Tue, 22 May 2012 15:57:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Straight man for gay marriage by Sean http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/straight-man-for-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-114254 Sean Tue, 22 May 2012 15:57:28 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48200#comment-114254 @John D Dude, I don't need to hear your arguments against gay marriage to paint you as a hateful person. Need I even bring up the YWC, a group whose only purpose was to celebrate white, straight, male culture and history? It's cute though, the argument that when we call out people for being bigots that we're being close-minded. "How dare you call me hateful for looking at you as a second-class citizen! That makes YOU hateful!" No, it doesn't. You could celebrate straight marriage all day long and I wouldn't say a WORD if it didn't come at the expense of people like myself...but the fact is that it's not enough for people like you to just enjoy the things you have; you have to actively support the denial of them to others. THAT'S what I find hateful. @I Doubt It I agree, I shouldn't take for granted the fact that the majority currently does vote to legally discriminate. My optimism comes from the fact that not only has history shown that legal discrimination falls at some point, but also that the tide of public opinion is turning in our favor, and quickly. Even the Natl Org for Marriage has tapered its views in some states like NH, calling for civil unions instead because they realize people are turning away from the original idea that we deserve NO rights, that our relationships are so far from God's view that not only can we not be married, but we can't even have the rights of the married. And democracy works in more than one way - we may not have a majority of voters on our side right now, but we do have the law. @R. Simms Please seem my previous admonition of that silly logic. @Bad Analogy Aside from the outdated logic in your first comment (who cares if it's a gene? that's not at issue here), your second comment takes the cake. The "natural law" argument of just a few decades ago was based in a biblical belief against interracial marriage - that God would judge those who partook in such a union. Still wanna go that route? @John D
Dude, I don’t need to hear your arguments against gay marriage to paint you as a hateful person. Need I even bring up the YWC, a group whose only purpose was to celebrate white, straight, male culture and history? It’s cute though, the argument that when we call out people for being bigots that we’re being close-minded. “How dare you call me hateful for looking at you as a second-class citizen! That makes YOU hateful!” No, it doesn’t. You could celebrate straight marriage all day long and I wouldn’t say a WORD if it didn’t come at the expense of people like myself…but the fact is that it’s not enough for people like you to just enjoy the things you have; you have to actively support the denial of them to others. THAT’S what I find hateful.

@I Doubt It
I agree, I shouldn’t take for granted the fact that the majority currently does vote to legally discriminate. My optimism comes from the fact that not only has history shown that legal discrimination falls at some point, but also that the tide of public opinion is turning in our favor, and quickly. Even the Natl Org for Marriage has tapered its views in some states like NH, calling for civil unions instead because they realize people are turning away from the original idea that we deserve NO rights, that our relationships are so far from God’s view that not only can we not be married, but we can’t even have the rights of the married. And democracy works in more than one way – we may not have a majority of voters on our side right now, but we do have the law.

@R. Simms
Please seem my previous admonition of that silly logic.

@Bad Analogy
Aside from the outdated logic in your first comment (who cares if it’s a gene? that’s not at issue here), your second comment takes the cake. The “natural law” argument of just a few decades ago was based in a biblical belief against interracial marriage – that God would judge those who partook in such a union. Still wanna go that route?

]]> Comment on Straight man for gay marriage by Bad Analogy http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/straight-man-for-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-114234 Bad Analogy Mon, 21 May 2012 16:14:21 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48200#comment-114234 No. It is not done. Human culture will follow natural law by default. Regardless of how "cool" something is there always remains natural law. Nice try. No. It is not done. Human culture will follow natural law by default. Regardless of how “cool” something is there always remains natural law.

Nice try.

]]> Comment on Straight man for gay marriage by withheld http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/straight-man-for-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-114214 withheld Sun, 20 May 2012 02:11:22 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48200#comment-114214 Bad Analogy, you should change your name to, "Bad Logic" - the answer is in the question; consent. If you can't give, you can't contract for something. Marriage is a legal contract (which is why it's a legal issue to get divorced) Annnnnd we're all done here.... Bad Analogy, you should change your name to, “Bad Logic” – the answer is in the question; consent. If you can’t give, you can’t contract for something. Marriage is a legal contract (which is why it’s a legal issue to get divorced)

Annnnnd we’re all done here….

]]> Comment on From The Editor’s Desk: What will your Towerlight look like? by jojo http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/from-the-editors-desk-what-will-your-towerlight-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-114132 jojo Fri, 18 May 2012 20:01:52 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48279#comment-114132 Garbage. Just like it does now.. Want to see a well done student newspaper? Go to the daily pennsylvania at the University of Pennsylvania.. Thats nice.. Garbage. Just like it does now.. Want to see a well done student newspaper? Go to the daily pennsylvania at the University of Pennsylvania.. Thats nice..

]]> Comment on Straight man for gay marriage by Bad Analogy http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/straight-man-for-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-114116 Bad Analogy Fri, 18 May 2012 15:32:06 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48200#comment-114116 Race is not a choice. Basically most of us are mutts anyway. Can you prove there is a "gay' gene? With your logic, why stop at two consenting, loving adults? Race is not a choice. Basically most of us are mutts anyway. Can you prove there is a “gay’ gene?

With your logic, why stop at two consenting, loving adults?

]]> Comment on Straight man for gay marriage by Moose http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/straight-man-for-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-114054 Moose Thu, 17 May 2012 19:56:36 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48200#comment-114054 A lot of people didn't think inter-racial marriage was "marriage" either and they were all wrong. You are not the first or last person to be wrong. But you're still wrong. I don't see what the problem is between two consenting, loving adults who want to get married. Would you care to explain to me what that problem is? A lot of people didn’t think inter-racial marriage was “marriage” either and they were all wrong. You are not the first or last person to be wrong. But you’re still wrong.

I don’t see what the problem is between two consenting, loving adults who want to get married. Would you care to explain to me what that problem is?

]]> Comment on Year in Review A-Z: News by withheld http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/year-in-review-a-z-news/comment-page-1/#comment-113891 withheld Tue, 15 May 2012 04:18:48 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48281#comment-113891 Well consider it even then Matt - 90% of what came out of your mouth this year has sounded silly... Even your faculty sponsor thought so... Well consider it even then Matt – 90% of what came out of your mouth this year has sounded silly…

Even your faculty sponsor thought so…

]]> Comment on Hospital rates freezing by Mike Williams http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/hospital-rates-freezing/comment-page-1/#comment-113890 Mike Williams Tue, 15 May 2012 04:06:07 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48255#comment-113890 ^^jeapordized, i laughed policys lol ^^jeapordized, i laughed
policys lol

]]> Comment on Year in Review A-Z: News by Matt H http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/year-in-review-a-z-news/comment-page-1/#comment-113887 Matt H Tue, 15 May 2012 02:32:28 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48281#comment-113887 We protested "Islamization" of the West. We protest an ideology, not individuals so "muslimification" like the Towerlight reported is not only wrong but also plain silly sounding We protested “Islamization” of the West. We protest an ideology, not individuals so “muslimification” like the Towerlight reported is not only wrong but also plain silly sounding

]]> Comment on Year in Review A-Z: News by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1222290032">Elliot Glotfelty</fb:name> http://www.thetowerlight.com/2012/05/year-in-review-a-z-news/comment-page-1/#comment-113883 Elliot Glotfelty Mon, 14 May 2012 23:27:53 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=48281#comment-113883 How about SHH building a school in Honduras?? How about SHH building a school in Honduras??

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