I realise there have been threads on similar topics before, but none I believe addressing a same sex referendum (correct me if I'm wrong).
We're having a referendum in May which will make same sex marriage legal in this country.
http://news.sky.com/story/1430730/irelan...riage-vote
(Comments are actually polite and rational, makes a change from the rabble on most Youtube clips pertaining to this topic)
Here, there are some rational voices on the 'Yes' side, but they're few and far between and get drowned out by the attention whores and gay faux celebrity voices like 'Panti', who conveniently painted himself as a victim in a talk show furoré last year, so as to elevate him from D/C-list to B-list in this country's incestuous media circus.
Generally, the narrative is that either you support this vote or you're (at least a closet) homophobe.
Most of the mainstream media and pretty much every political party are onboard the 'Yes' train so it's almost guaranteed to come in.
The narrative will not be denied and most people have bought into it, as much out of not wanting to be seen as "intolerant" as anything else.
I'm not religious, in fact I'm as good as an atheist at this stage, but only a fool could fail to see that it's the Catholic Church who are being singled out for "intolerance" as they're the only church giving their opinion on it.
Other churches are perceived to be lower down on the privilege tree and so are largely getting away scot free.
It's sad to see so many people so indoctrinated here, even among some friends/colleagues of mine, to bring up such views is 'not cool' at best or 'intolerant' or 'homophobic' at worst.
My older friends in their forties are a bit more open to logical arguments than my millenial buddies (who really are the brainwashed generation), but even they seem to apply the 'But why can you not just allow two people in love to marry' straw man argument, more often than not.
Needless to say, social media is a no-go for the most part if you're not fully down with 'Yes' crowd (aside from a few older mates who see through the propaganda).
What are your thoughts?
Similar experiences in your country?
How to counter the kind of 'emotional reasoning' you get from the gay lobby, and still avoid getting portrayed as a homophobic bigot(not easy in this country!)
We're having a referendum in May which will make same sex marriage legal in this country.
http://news.sky.com/story/1430730/irelan...riage-vote
(Comments are actually polite and rational, makes a change from the rabble on most Youtube clips pertaining to this topic)
Here, there are some rational voices on the 'Yes' side, but they're few and far between and get drowned out by the attention whores and gay faux celebrity voices like 'Panti', who conveniently painted himself as a victim in a talk show furoré last year, so as to elevate him from D/C-list to B-list in this country's incestuous media circus.
Generally, the narrative is that either you support this vote or you're (at least a closet) homophobe.
Most of the mainstream media and pretty much every political party are onboard the 'Yes' train so it's almost guaranteed to come in.
The narrative will not be denied and most people have bought into it, as much out of not wanting to be seen as "intolerant" as anything else.
I'm not religious, in fact I'm as good as an atheist at this stage, but only a fool could fail to see that it's the Catholic Church who are being singled out for "intolerance" as they're the only church giving their opinion on it.
Other churches are perceived to be lower down on the privilege tree and so are largely getting away scot free.
It's sad to see so many people so indoctrinated here, even among some friends/colleagues of mine, to bring up such views is 'not cool' at best or 'intolerant' or 'homophobic' at worst.
My older friends in their forties are a bit more open to logical arguments than my millenial buddies (who really are the brainwashed generation), but even they seem to apply the 'But why can you not just allow two people in love to marry' straw man argument, more often than not.
Needless to say, social media is a no-go for the most part if you're not fully down with 'Yes' crowd (aside from a few older mates who see through the propaganda).
What are your thoughts?
Similar experiences in your country?
How to counter the kind of 'emotional reasoning' you get from the gay lobby, and still avoid getting portrayed as a homophobic bigot(not easy in this country!)