Congratulations to all gay couples in California who got married yesterday. Finally same-sex marriages have become legal in this state. It only makes common sense to stop discrimination against homosexuals and let them get married just like heterosexuals.
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My daughter was saying that she had heard that a prominent Iranian opposition figure had decided to write a new, progressive constitution for Iran. He and a friend got to work and started discussing and writing down their best suggestions.
In the section about individual freedoms and rights, the opposition figure disagreed with the wording, which he said could give homosexuals the opportunity to take advantage of the new constitution and demand legal recognition and equal rights.
His friend swung his hand, grabbed his own ass and said, “Mageh een koon maale man neest?!” In other words, isn’t this ass my own to do as I like with it?
Looks like some of our opposition figures can only go so far in guranteeing individual rights. Religious and cultural beliefs and habits come into play and discourages us to think clearly. It’s hard even for some of our most progressive “straight” intellectuals to accept homosexuality as natural and human as heterosexuality.
It’s nobody’s business who you love, have sex with or marry. Beh maa cheh? What’s the harm to society? Absolutely none.
