+1,092 "Regular" marriage & "Gay" marriage are like bikini tops & bras. Exactly the same thing, yet only one is allowed in public. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think exactly is the right word to use. It's like saying literally when you mean figuratively.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was in quotes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This happened to be the POTD the day after Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah I'm constantly hosting private gay marriages in my house.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

SHAME ON YOU! You should host PUBLIC gay marriages!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

CALIFOOORRRRNNNIAAAAAAAA

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And of course, Canada.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Psh, who wants publicly funded healthcare???

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People who play a lot of hockey.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I see this hasn't been turned into a debate yet. I am disappoint.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know right! And here I thought I was t̶r̶o̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶ inspiring an insightful discussion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Super cool to the homeless. Californiaaaaaa!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And wearing a bikini top in public doesn't contradict the thousands of years that the institution of marriage was intended for a man and a woman Gay marriage is more like some big, fat, hairy dude wearing a bikini top in public, something none of us want to see

by Anonymous 13 years ago

but it does contradict the laws of fashion, which are ten times more important

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i pray it's sarcasm

by Anonymous 13 years ago

eww praying

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*hope, does that suit your needs better?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well pray was fine too. I was really just trying to get in some comment loves trolol.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You've obviously never seen me in a bikini top yum

by Anonymous 13 years ago

thank god

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I can show you later if you remind me wink

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Appeals to traditions... Fallacies, all of them. If that's the case, why don't we uphold the standards of a couple hundred years ago, when slavery was perfectly legal? Or when women couldn't vote or have many of the basic rights that men have always had? Society changes over time, and so must our rules and standards.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

America was founded on chrisitan principles, which is why those ideas were both outlawed...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"As the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion" -Treaty of Tripoli, signed by John Adams

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^ And don't forget the first ammendment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, America was founded on Freedom of Religion....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

in god we trust

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...Just because they put that there doesn't mean religion should have affected our laws in any way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no, but that was the basic motto in the early stages of the united states i.e. it served as the foundation of america

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But that doesn't mean that they would get involved legally in people's religious lives... I.e. the government can't force Jewish people to be Christians, so why should they force Jewish people to live by Christian beliefs?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

are you stupid???? tell me, please, where in the hell did i say anyone was forcing a Jew to be a fucking christian?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You didn't; I was saying you can't make them change religion, so why should you have any control over religion at all? Gay marriage is mostly a religious issue, and the government has no control over our religion; gay marriage should be no different. Though I'll admit I probably could've used a better analogy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Finally some sense out of this one!!! I completely agree with almost everything you said, except a bit differently :P I do think gay marriage is a religious issue, which means the government should not have a say whether gays can be married are not. I just believe this is rather unfortunate. In my idealistic world, gay marriage ould be banned, but i fully acknowledge that that ever happening in America is very unpractical. That pretty much sums it up...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I'm for gay marriage, but other than that, I pretty much can agree with that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Finally some cooperation! It's just when you oppose gay marriage, everyone automatically jumps on you and tries to bash you into the ground. It's rather frustrating...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That may be because it really has nothing to do with you. So you aren't going to marry a guy, that's super. But some people do truly fall in love with others of their same sex. It doesn't affect you or your decisions at all. So why do you care?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

read any other of my 60 comments of this post, that'll clear it up

by Anonymous 13 years ago

**HOW DARE YOU CALL MATT STUPID!!!!**

by Anonymous 13 years ago

okay, thanks

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"that was the basic motto in the early stages of the united states" The motto was adopted in 1956.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are you just ignoring what I said about the founding fathers signing a treaty declaring that the US was not based on Christianity? None of the founding fathers were even Christians. I know some people do not like being presented with facts, but that is no reason to ignore them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i never even talked to you yet

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So? I talked to you. Normally, people talk back when talked to. I gave you facts that prove you wrong, and you chose to ignore it and continue telling people that America was founded on Christian principles.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, my notifications are blowing through the roof. I hadn't even seen your comment before. Not everything revolves around you. I'm so sorry I don't think your important enough to talk to/sarcasm

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Whatever. America was not founded on Christianity. If you still believe it was, you are dumb and avoiding facts. Marriage has nothing to do with religion, if it did atheists could not marry. There ya go. Neat and simple.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

atheists don't have religious marriages(that's how marriage has been warped over time) that's exactly the point,,they ignore the fact that marriage is a religious practice

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Marriage isn't a religious practice, unless your name is Michelle Bachman. Marriage is the practice of joining two people who love each other.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People used to get married in the name of son gods and such long before they got married in the name of your God. Marriage changed to suit Christian needs and now it is changing to suit non-theists needs.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Do you happen to know the year that was added to currency? It was during Eisenhower's presidency as a way to combat the spread of communism.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that's not when the motto was formed

by Anonymous 13 years ago

America was founded on Christian principles? Go back to history class.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

even if it was, history classes wouldnt be able to say it...as there is no mentioning of god in schools

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The law is that you cannot teach religion in school. You can mention god, but not teach about him. If America had been found on Christian principles, then history classes would say that, and go on to the next chapter.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If there was a category for lowest rated comments, you would probably win 5 times in a row

by Anonymous 13 years ago

obviously i dont care about my comments' ratings, i just want to express my beliefs

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey, I'm just saying.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Please be a troll, please be a troll, please be a troll

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just like letting women vote would contradict the thousands of years that they were intended to stay in the kitchen.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think the post insinuates that the bra represents gay marriage, because you can't wear bras in public. So your analogy is basically wrong right off the bat.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If none of us want to see it then why is it becoming more and more accepted?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People may not want to see the gay marriage bikini, but it doesn't affect the person who saw it. They're not going to say, "OMG WOW. I am never wearing a bikini. That has just ruined bikinis." Who cares if a hairy man wears a bikini? As long as he's happy, and not in your face about it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You always need to consider why people pass things down generation to generation and I must say this one is because people are closed minded and bigoted.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because if there is one thing amirite is deficient of, its POTDs about gay marraige.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

and when you make comments opposing gay marriage, you get downvotes up the butthole see what i did there?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes, saying stupid things will get you downvotes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

since when has somebody expressing their views been stupid...that's democracy is all about way to be ignorant

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is what society has done. Apparantly no idea or belief can be stupid. Believing in fairies can be called stupid, why can't other views be called stupid? You don't chose who you fall in love with. People should be able to marry who they want.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It makes me laugh really hard when you're calling somebody ignorant and at the same time talking about how gay marriage is wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Who says gay marriage is wrong? Are you stupid enough to believe that there is actually one solid, concrete answer?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You say gay marriage is wrong. Are you stupid enough to believe that two people who are in love and are completely committed to each other deserve any less rights than other people because a fucking book says so?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are you stupid enough to believe that two people who are in love and are completely committed to each other deserve any less rights than other people because you said so? Or some political leader says so? There are no solid facts on which answer is right. It's all based entirely on morals and opinions. Our opinions differ, it doesn't mean I'm any less stupid than you are. Just because two people don't agree doesn't mean that one of them is an idiot! I personally have a conservative political viewpoint. Does that mean Barack Obama is a moron, just because I say so or Bill O'Reilly says so? Of course it doesn't! This world is made of different opinions. So what if someone doesn't agree with you? Just get the fuck over it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think if your opinion is trying to deny somebody rights, then it is stupid. I'm sorry, but these are people and we can't deny them the rights that other couples get. That's like saying that the opinion black people and white people shouldn't marry each other is a completely valid and innocent opinion. It's hard to get over it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it's not the same at all?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm gonna have to stop commenting for a while. I'm more than a little pissed off right now and don't want to be insulting in a debate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

take your time

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Please expand on why you say they aren't the same. People used to deny blacks rights because of who they are; now people are trying to deny gays rights because of who they are. It's discrimination based off of something jotted down in a book thousands of years ago. It's the degradation of a type of people based on who they love, and denying them their rights is utterly wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My opinion is that gays and lesbians should be afforded extra rights under the law, as I believe they are descended from an immortal race of beings whom we must revere as the ancient Sumerians would have revered their god An. All Americans should spend four hours of every workday erecting elaborate temples in which to worship our omnipotent homosexual overlords, and we all must sacrifice ourselves willingly upon the altar of the gay and lesbian community, everyone of us, including children, who, by the way, I think should be eligible to drink, drive, and vote from age four on up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

heh heh "erect" hehe

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I never understood that. Not gay marriage, but the bikini/bra thing. Picture of thirteen year-old in her bra? YOU ARE GOING TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Picture of thirteen year-old in a bathing suit? sPrInG bReAk 12'!!!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Also you still go to jail.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Then my mother will have to answer to the police about some of our family photo albums...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's different if you're family. But if some perverted 53 year old man has a picture of your 13yo sister in her bikini that's a lil suspicious, don't you think.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's definitely suspicious, but it's not child pornography, since people can broadcast those pictures through Facebook or magazines or whatever, so it's not illegal.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

She is half naked. That sounds like porn. Girl is 13. She is a child. Sounds like child porn to me! By the way I thought we were talking about your family photo album, not Facebook.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was using Facebook, and the photo album, and magazines as examples. But I'll use another one, if it's easier for you: how are TV shows allowed to air episodes of 17 year-old girls at the beach without getting arrested for distribution?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um crap, I must have originally replied to the wrong comment. I wanted to reply to the ...(let me type it in big letters so it will somehow get the message through) FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM comment of yours. Geez I was only joking around. I fucking get what you're saying about the porn, no need to try and be a smart ass. -_-

by Anonymous 13 years ago

TV shows usually get around that by hiring actors and actresses to play teenagers that aren't actually teenagers. Most of them are in their early-mid 20's.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's definitely true, but what about shows like Zoey 101? Jamie-Lynn Spears was only sixteen when that show ended, and there were countless episodes of her in a bikini in that show.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hmm, I wasn't thinking of that. I guess the difference in that would be that Zoey101 was a show on Nickelodeon, and they didn't really make it into a sexual thing. The same goes for the girls on Disney. I dunno. That's my guess.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

also, only one typically gets wet hello

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm not sure a bikini top is the same as a bra. And gay marriage and regular marriage are clearly not the same thing; one has a man and a woman, and the other has two of the same sex. So this post's wrong on at least two levels. But leave it to amirite to overwhelmingly endorse a post that in any way promotes gay marriage.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They are basically the same actually, I've used them interchangeably. And no two marriages are alike. Some are between white people, some between black, some racially mixed, some between people that love each other, some are arranged, some are the result of a reality TV show. But they are all technically the same thing, even if there are variables. So your logic was a bit faulty.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"Basically the same" implies they have differences. Second, "variables" are precisely what make things different from each other. An SUV is different from a Smart Car because of variables like size and engine, although they're both automobiles. In theory, gay and traditional marriage are the same in that they are a union of two people, but the two most essential components of their definitions (man-woman and man-man/woman-woman) are starkly opposed. Hence, they're different.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know, but like I said all marriages are different. Why focus on gender but not race? Disagree with it all you want, but that logic doesn't work. It can be as simple as "I just don't like it" but when people try to rationalize why to other people it just doesn't work. Prejudice isn't rational, but to your credit it doesn't have to be. You can think what you want obviously.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Marriage is focused on gender and not race because it's an institution that historically has had procreation (which is limited to a male and female) as its central purpose. Race doesn't fit in anywhere in the definition or purpose of marriage. Also, I'm not arguing that gay marriage is bad; I'm simply arguing that there's a fundamental difference between it and traditional marriage, namely, the genders of the parties involved in each marriage.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You can wear a bra in public, just not where people can see.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I get it now. You can have a gay marriage in public as long as you keep it under your shirt. lolwut

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Good fuck... hundreds posts later, I'm pretty sure that the amirite community supports gay marriage. It's like they're all reposts of "You support gay marriage, amirite?" because that's what they all pretty much ask...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, but this one has to do with titties! I love titties!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I find it somewhat amusing that people are actually debating the differences between bras and bikini tops.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I find it much more informative than Jack ranting about gay rights...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't understand. Same sex marriage only affects the people getting married, so why should any one care.?? (I think all of PDA is wrong.)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I am not very religious, I have many gay relatives, I am extremely noncommital on all major topics and yet, I still am against same sex marriage... why? I'm not really sure.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Humans sometimes feel that anything too different is wrong. It could be a reason why you're against it. Some personal hang ups.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Come to South Africa. Both are completely legal here. I went to a 'gay-wedding', instead of a wedding cake they had glitter cupcakes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The reason wearing a bra at the beach is bad is because it doesn't have enough straps. True fact. Don't know why gays aren't allowed marriage though... Maybe too many straps...(on)?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ever notice how much everyone hates the homophobic as much as the homophobic hate the gays? World peace please xoxo -Madonna

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're right, girls should wear just bras in public! Oh, gay marriage is fine, too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I haven't checked yet, but I'm fairly certain the majority of the comments will be about how the author jizzed themselves because they also thought of the bras in public =/= bikini tops in public = odd? thing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago