Keith Olbermann on Gay Marriage
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 7:11am 2 comments (last by Rachel)
"If you voted for this Proposition or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not... understand. Why does this matter to you? What is it to you? In a time of impermanence and fly-by-night relationships, these people over here want the same chance at permanence and happiness that is your option. They don't want to deny you yours. They don't want to take anything away from you. They want what you want -- a chance to be a little less alone in the world."
The transcript is also available.
2 Comments
Rachel Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 5:33pm
Has anybody found any attempts of answering Olbermann's questions? I think he's asking some very important questions, many of which I've been puzzling over (and not getting anywhere). I absolutely do not get how someone can vote Yes on Hate. But I would like to understand. I would like to see answers. All I've found so far is some amazing mental acrobatics (including some performed by Obama as he desperately tries to avoid the obvious "separate but equal" link between civil unions and marriage). Well, maybe that's all there is... I've never been good at acrobatics, so maybe that's why I don't get it.

Debbie Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:19am
I have never heard it said better and I have never been happier to call a man amazing and thoughtful of other humans as this man Kieth Olbermann. He is not gay or has no ties to anyone that is And yet he still has these feelings and still he had shown more kindness than any so called Godly person. I have heard all my life God is the one who will judge me that people don't have the right but it seems they do. They have the right to tell me who to love and how I should love them. That just because my love is a woman and a woman it must be wrong. Well I heard also that...God will ask me if I loved NOT who I loved...I also was understanding That if marriage is only between a man and a woman and we should not change these laws because that's the way God meant it to be...Then why have they changed so much about marriage?Why have they let blacks marry and why let blacks and whites marry because that's not the way it was at start and why change the wording in what has been said in marriages for years like Obey?Not that I don't think these things should of changed but how do we have the right to change some things than when it comes to same sex the rules are... God did not intend on man and man or women and women to get married? Why now do we chews to use God?When we have made so many changes in other places and have had no trouble doing so.Why do we pick and chews what we believe? We should still be living like we did a thousand years ago if nothing could be changed in the bible.If we follow what the bible said to the word which most if not all doesn't truly understand.All has quoted and said what they have believed and some how we all come up with different interprets in what it means. We would all go by one belief. So my point was who has the right to judge? And to say what God is wanting from us all?My thought is God put us here all for testing and so far I feel we have felled a lot of his test. Like getting along,how to love,judging and loving each other that is good and so many more of his test.A friend of mine had said they have read that in the bible God has not put these test here in our lives without him going through all we have gone through so does that mean God has experienced gay love? And if so then why is it such a bad thing? if it wasn't to be than why do I love my partner like I do? How did I ever come to these feelings I have for her? I am not a bad person and try to do right.I am no different than A straight person ...I love, I bleed, I cry, I get sad, I live, I morn, and I do all that anyone else does.So why can't I just marry who I love? There is so many other things in this world that people should be more concerned about than who I marry.Like the starving and the poor men over seas fighting for all us and our rights not just a few of our rights. If they are concerned if they let us we wont stay together than they just better look in the mirror because there has been a lot of divorce and cheating and what they call swingers in the straight marriages that have been wrong doings. Maybe we should be more strict on those things than my gay marriage. I just want the same rights that's all. You would think it would benefit all if we did accept gay marriages. We have families,kids,love. just like ALL...I beg you all to just let us all have the same rights as all
thank you