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Michael jackson & Bubbles the Monkey | Interracial Marriage? I see a lot of people in interracial marriage in the U.S, and I've heard that the interracial marriage existed for very a long time.
So is it possible that every European American(even those
with very white skin) is at least 1% black/Asian/Latino? | Very possible. Although, I don't know if EVERY European American has another race in them. But I would think that a good majority of them would. Even when interracial marriages weren't legal, people still had sex with people of other races. This existed hundreds (if not thousands) of years ago also in Europe.
Look at the Hispanic ethnic group. They are actually a combination of races. They can be any mixture of Native American, White, and sometimes Black.
If you agree with what most scientists on the subject believe, then all humans originally came from either Africa or Asia. (Though most experts think Africa). So if you think about it that way, every human on Earth is of part African (or Asian) descent.
Plus, some people don't "look" another race but they are. Look at the actor Wentworth Miller. His mother is Black, but most people would say that he looks "totally White". A lot of people think Cameron Diaz is totally White. But "Diaz's father is a second-generation Cuban-American and her mother has Native American, English and German ancestry". | Interracial marriage? I have been married for two years. I am Caucasion, from the U.S., and my wife is Chinese. We dated for about 5 years before marriage. I love her very much - she is one of the most amazing people I've ever met. But, I find it hard, sometimes, because of our cultural and ethnic differences: the missed jokes, different mentality, endless (sometimes cute) grammatical errors, ... I'm scared that my feelings about these differences will affect our marriage. can interracial marriage work in the long run?? | Yes. Like any marriage it takes love and understanding. Even when it seems like everything is just going to explode, remember, you love each other. Marriage is hard even for the best matched people... but it is worth it, if you married for the right reasons up front.
祝您好运 (good Luck) | How is interracial marriage and same sex marriage the same? Marrying a member of the same gender is not the same as marrying a person of a different race because race and gender are not parallel, they’re not the same and here’s why. There is no difference between a white human and a black human’s psyche, but there are immense differences between a man and a woman’s psyche. Men and women are equal but not the same. If you are attracted to men and not women (regardless of your gender) you notice that men and women are not the same too, if you are attracted to women and not men (regardless of your gender) you notice that men and women are not the same also.
A lot of these traditional marriage beliefs also have to do with guyren. People who are against same-sex marriage, believe guyren should think when they grow up they will get married, they should not have to think, am I going to marry a boy or a girl? Guyren today face enough sexual confusion without adding that.
When it comes to raising guyren, most people who are pro traditional marriage believe that two men can not replace 1 good mother’s role in a (boy or girl) guy’s development, and believe two women can not replace 1 good father’s role in a (boy or girl) guy’s development. I don’t think two men could replace my mother and give me the things my mother gave me, and I don’t think two women could replace my father and give me the things my father gave me, and that’s how most of the people who are against gay marriage feel. Thinking men and women both have different, but equally important qualities, is legit.
The argument is some homosexuals believe in same sex marriage, since gays are discriminated against they feel we should redefine marriage, because they feel it is their civil right to have their relationships honored in the law, they use Loving vs. Virginia (the 1967 supreme court case where interracial marriage was legalized) as a point of reference, and they feel not giving it to them is a violation of their civil rights, but the same argument could be said for Muslims and polygamy.
Some Muslims believe in polygamy, since Muslims are discriminated against should we redefine marriage to where polygamy is legal for consenting adults, because they feel it is their civil right to have their relationships honored in the law, they use Loving vs. Virginia as a point of reference, and they feel not giving it to them is a violation of their civil rights? When people use the separate but equal Loving vs. Virgina case, as an argument to pervert the definition of marriage of man and wife, to man and man or woman and woman, what’s to stop people from using the same argument to deviate further to man, woman and woman or woman, man and man?
The legitimacy of the arguments heterosexuals and homosexuals, have against polygamy in consenting adults, are equivalent to the legitimacy of arguments heterosexuals who are against same sex marriage have. Heterosexuals who are against same sex marriage can be labeled hateful bigots, and as having an irrational fear of homosexuals (homophobic) and by the same logic, the same way, homosexuals and heterosexuals who do not support polygamy can be labeled hateful bigots, and as having an irrational fear of polygamists, the labels in both cases are equivalent in their validity or lack thereof.
There was a church in California covered on CNN that gay protesters were going after because they would not marry 2 homosexuals, a couple months before prop 8 passed. People that are against same sex marriage recognize that if gay marriage is legalized in the United States nationwide, Church’s will be legally required to marry gay couples or they can be sued, loose their licenses and loose their tax exempt status. Teacher’s who teach Human development will be legally required to include gay sex in their curriculum, even if they don’t believe in it, or they’ll loose their job, both instances would be reprehensible. People say same sex marriage is none of straight people’s business, but both of those cases are very much the business of heterosexuals.
For those of you who want to just resort to name calling and personal insults, (because I present a respectful, civil, and legitimate argument) without articulating a response, just leave your stupid comment and move on. | People use the same arguments against interracial marriage that were used 50 years ago. (God didn't intend the races to mix... to be short... the argument was)
No church has been forced to marry homosexuals. You can get a license in court. The issue was that they denied business for a commitment ceremony, not a marriage.
If you bring up the argument of guyren... you are might as well ban having guyren outside of marriage, because you're saying the exact same thing.
The real thing is that the issue of gay-marriage is like the issue of interracial marriage. No one who is against interracial marriage was alright with the relationship, let alone the marriage. You're against the relationship itself, that's your problem and why you are a bigot.
You might as well make being gay illegal... which you can't do, since sex of any type between two consenting adults is their own business.
If you don't support gay marriage, don't marry someone who is gay. If you're neighbors were gay, how would it make any difference to you if they were married or not.
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You're the one who brought up the issue of guy-raising. With saying...
"I don’t think two men could replace my mother ..."
My whole point is, you are talking about the issues of a mother and father. When it's not a requirement to have both, much less many people don't.
"because It hasn't been legalized nationwide yet"
You were talking about a commitment ceremony, which all they wanted to do was lease the land their church owned, which they do to hetero couples as well, the problem was they broke a law by denying them because they were gay. A Catholic church can refuse to marry someone of a different belief, no one is forcing ANY church to marry anyone.
"Your putting words in my mouth just the way you put artificial facts in your head"
You can't tell me it's okay for people to be gay and you simply don't want them to be married. You'd be lying if you don't approve of their relationship.
"Once again I did not suggest that you did"
And you could actually share what you think there instead of saying that's not what you suggested, though whether two people are married or not doesn't change how you live your life.
"and you are using the same argument muslims who believe in poligamy can use, I notice you ignore most of the post that refutes your Loving vs. Virginia argument"
Loving v. Virginia was deemed unconstitutional due to restriction on race. My point is that your religion does not make the laws of a secular nation. Just because your god doesn't approve of something, doesn't mean you're going to impede on the rights of others. That's exactly why slavery existed. It was okay, because we never gave them rights in the first place.
The rights of a minority should never be voted on by the majority.
"Fine, call it civil unions and not marriage, my marriage is between a man and a woman, and they are trying to pervert that"
Separate is not equal, we already know that. The real problem is that we are a secular nation, not a theocracy. Your religion doesn't make our laws. That's what you're talking about when you say perversion. Maybe you just don't want to drink from the same water fountain as gays, so you rather give them a separate water fountain.
"Christians are not considered minorities but Muslims are considered minorities, And once again you ignore how I pointed out that race and gender are not the same"
Race and gender are not the same, but sexism and racism are both bigotry. Christians are the majority by numbers, but as I said, the majority doesn't get to make whatever laws they please to enforce on everyone else.
"So are boy scouts and girls scouts separate but equal as well? When I say pervert, I mean the dictionary definition of “to lead astray”"
So suddenly your marriage is not special to you anymore because gays can marry too? And no, boy scouts and girl scouts are not equal, boy scouts don't allow gays and atheists into their organization.
"That’s laughable, considering I never said that, and what would you know about drinking from a separate fountain?"
Just seems to me you think if you're sharing something with people who you deem as less than yourself somehow ruins it for you.
I still bet you can't honestly say it's okay for someone to be gay, just not okay for them to marry. | How does interracial marriages affect the traditional views of the Institution of Marriage? I'm writing a paper on interracial marriage, and i need help with opinions and facts! if you have any please let me know! | | Interracial marriages have been going on for thousands of years..doesn't affect any traditional views of marriage..interviewing an interracial couple would be wise, along with a couple of the same race and interviewing couples of different cultural backgrounds may give you a broader view of marriages | Marriage Licenses invented to prevent interracial unions, why do we allow the same discrimination to persist? hnn.us/articles/4708.html
With this history of marriage licenses being used to prevent interracial marriages, why do we allow the same discourse and type of discrimination to persist? Will opponents today be judged like the racial purity folks of the past? Isn't this why we should always error on the side of individual freedom in personal affairs? | | I agree. The bottom line is, does anyone really care what two strangers do with their lives? | How come there's never been an interracial marriage in European Royal Families? Mostly they just marry their cousins though sometimes they do marry commoners. However, not once, that I know of, has there been an interracial marriage involving a royal family member, and especially there has never been a interracial marriage involving someone who is directly in line for a throne. Are Royal Families racist? | You're forgetting about Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III, who had distinctively sub-Saharan African facial features, but would have certainly been considered German. Nevertheless, a number of reasons explain why European royals (or most other folks for that matter) didn't marry out of their race and social class:
1) The idea that marriages are made for love is a very modern concept; In the case of Royals, however, a marriage had the force of an economic treaty since European royals married other European royals, and instead of the visiting head of state bringing along an I-pod, the king brought along a daughter. Naturally, a lot of other Europeans didn't marry Africans or Asians because to marry someone who was from such a distinctively different culture lowered their social class. As far as Europeans royals being given in marriage to Chinese and Japanese emperors, and Asian potentates marrying Europeans, this rule would have worked both ways.
2) Neither love nor faith conquers all: Back when religion really mattered to everyone, and choosing the "wrong" belief was guaranteed to doom one's immortal soul, Christians married Christians, Muslims married Muslims, Buddhists married Buddhists, and so on. Of course, the distances they were shipped contracted after the Protestant Reformation when Protestants only married Protestants, and Catholics only married Catholics.
3) The Proximity Factor: The world was a much smaller place until very recent times. It wasn't as if a handsome Prince could have UPS send him a mail-order bride from Timbuktu. Most villagers married someone within walking distance from where they lived, perhaps even a first cousin. The ability to travel to court a prospective spouse was a little better for royals than the average everyman, but the circle of acceptable mates was extremely limited.
4) Also, most people still marry someone from their social class or adjoining one. That includes royals as well as everyone else. True Cinderella stories rarely happen, so when a king married a commoner, it often led to dire results (as in Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville).
5) Many Africans and Asian nations were colonies of European powers until after World War II. Royalty encountered Africans and Asians as servants. However, aristocratic men didn't marry servant girls; instead they used their position of power to bed them. In the 19th-century, for example, a Royal wouldn't have considered marrying an Irish scullery maid either. | Was interracial marriage the slippery slope that is now leading to homosexual marriage? We should have left interracial marriage illegal, like God intended it. The tower of Babel was a story that proved that God wanted people of different languages to be seperate from each other, and interracial marriage is violating God's will, much like homosexual marriage is now.
By the way, I AM being sarcastic. | | I think I love you. | What arguments do people against interracial marriage present? I need this answered for a school research im doing, and as i tried to figure out why some people would be against interracial marriage (whether in the past or today), i could come up with nothing, so if anyone knows anything please help me out and i'd rather read real answers not 'because they're noobs'. Thanks | mostly what i heard that if they have a mixed guy now you are putting the guy in an awkward enviroment with there peers of not knowing where they belong.... most schools the guys hang out with there own races now you have a guy that is more then one race and gets put out of place... or most people are just racist still and dont like the way it looks in public...
I personally think its ignorance if anything it will make the guy more tolerant of other races. | Can the courts decide in certain states to ban interracial marriage just as in the case of gay marriage? ok so first off, i'm 24,& a staunch social conservative. I'm vehemently opposed to gay marriage,however there's still 5 or 6 states that approve of it. Nonetheless,there are no states that disapprove of interracial marriage yet. Can a supreme court judge decide to outlaw interracial marriage,because i know in certain states where gay marriage is illegal, if the people had the choice to vote on gay marriage,it would become legal,but thankfully it's not. | No state can outlaw interracial marriage. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that an interracial marriage ban was a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. This case, Loving v. Virginia, was where Virginia outlawed gay marriage. Even though the state supreme court stated it was legal, it was overruled by the US Supreme Court, and from that point on, an outlaw on gay marriage was prohibited in all states and no vote can change this unless it was a vote on a US Constitutional Amendment that bans interracial marriage.
This prohibition is because the law of an interracial marriage ban is based on race and race is a suspect classification and will be given the strictest of scrutiny by US courts. Gay marriage, however discriminates against gays, and gays are not one of the suspect classifications that receive a tough review by the courts. Gay classifications in the law are subject to the easiest of scrutiny and the states only need a legitimate interest that is rationally related to said interest. (upholding the 'sanctity' of marriage is considered a legitimate interest)
Some arguments are currently being made that gays should be included in the list of suspect classes. (suspect classes = race, national origen, religion, gender, etc). These arguments may prevail given the new makeup of the Obama Supreme Court and his appointments.
Due to the doctrine of Stare Decises (follow previous decisions) they will not overrule Loving v. Virginia, but have precedent to follow that will allow courts to keep gay marriage illegal for a while longer. |
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