A week after Ireland saw a landslide win for marriage equality, German tabloid B.Z. – the biggest newspaper distributed in Berlin – last Friday (29 May) published a story to quell the worries of those opposing same-sex marriage.
But not in the way you’d think.
Instead of outlining what would change for homosexual couples, they addressed the other side of the discussion – the people who, in light of growing demands for full marriage equality in Germany, are voicing their concern over how it will affect the rights of straight couples and the importance and sacred character of marriage.
‘This is what will change for heterosexual couples if homosexual couples are allowed to marry,’ the headline reads. The article itself consists of a lot of white space and features a single word, centrally aligned on the page: ‘Nothing.’ Comments on social media ranged from praise to ‘homosexuality is disgusting’, but there seemed to be more positive than negative comments.
User Hannes Zinnbauer commented on a picture of the newspaper, saying: ‘Dear B.Z., thank you for this wonderful statement. You are awesome!’ Others said marriage equality shouldn’t have to be discussed, but everyone should have the same rights. ‘Are we still living in the dark ages or why does this [marriage equality] have to be up for discussion like this,’ posted user Ulrike Hoop. ‘Love is beautiful, no matter whom it concerns; I’m all for breaking down old walls and granting everyone the same happiness.’
1 comment:
`Homosexuality is disgusting`
we might very well say the same about heterosexuality, except that `disastrous` might be a better word
there are 7 billion people in the world, increasing by 200,000 each day. Even by conservative estimates this mathematically has to reach 11 billion before it can even start to tail off. They try to cover it up but in fact almost all the world's problems - global warming, exhaustion of resources, wildlife extinction, immigrant swarms - are the result of overpopulation. Nothing is being done about this (China excepted) because of course the world is governed by straights. In some places (eg tiny overcrowded Britain) you actually get paid to have children. This is like paying alcoholics to get drunk
heterosexuals are copulating us all to extinction
they are the problem, not us
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