Here is a fourth voice -- Jean Marc -- a mayor who is yet another gay voice in France who opposes President Hollande's proposal to legalize gay marriage.
As before, we offer an approximate English translation below, done by one of supporters:
I’ve been living with a (guy) for 20 years. As well, I’m mayor of my village, here in Bergueil… Speaking of the planned law (for gay marriage), I have an unusual position. My view isn’t being heard in the media.
What to say about the LGBT movement?
The LGBT movement that speaks out in the media… Nobody voted for them. No homosexual voted them in. They don’t speak for me. They don’t speak in place of me.
What reasons for your opposition?
As a society we should not encouraging this. It’s not biologically natural. We (gays) do not have the fertility, in the sense of making a baby. We have plenty of other forms of fertility. Artistic, for example, and other forms of fertility. In my case, I feel I’ve connected with my village, and I’ve reinvigorated a village that was dying, fading. I know how to create ties within my community. In summary, the law I advise would be whatever’s best for the child. One must favor what is best for the child. Nobody can deny, I believe, that it’s best for a child to have a mother and a father who love each other as best they can.
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70,000 marched in support of gay rights in French cities last month.
How many in the march behind these 4 guys?
Is there a reason we're not seeing any lesbians sharing the opinions of these men?
Additionally, while I congratulate these men for having the courage to share their own views on same-sex marriage, I would caution against generalizing most gays' opinions from theirs. After all, the Episcopalians and Universalists can hardly be said to represent the faith community in general when it comes to these matters.
I suppose you will find a vanishingly small percentage of Gay people who oppose marriage equality for Gay couples. But at least in the United States, a majority of Straight people SUPPORT it.
"But at least in the United States, a majority of Straight people SUPPORT it."
No they dont, only in UBER liberal states like Maryland and New York. You guys were creamed in North Carolina.
On the other hand, these guys are not really homosexuals; according to their websites they are sexually abstinent same-sex attracted catholics. Thats not really "gay"; gay implies engaging in sodomy. Believe it or not, some religions (like the catholic and anglicans) allow same-sex attracted people to join if they remain chaste; it is only protestant and muslim faiths that require specifically a heterosexual orientation in order to be included in the faith. NOM should not refer to these people as "gay"