Straight Men Marry

[icyfroth]

The marriage of two heterosexual New Zealand men to win tickets to 2015 Rugby World Cup in London in a radio show promotion is horrifying gay rights and conservative groups.

Travis McIntosh, a 23-year-old engineering student from Otago University, and Matt McCormick, a 24-year-old teacher at Musselburgh School in Dunedin, were married at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.

Otago University Students Association Queer Support coordinator Neill Ballantyne says the wedding is an insult as marriage equality was a hard-fought battle for gay people.

Same-sex marriage became legal in New Zealand in 2013.

Family First, a lobby group opposed to same-sex marriage, says the outrage expressed by gay rights groups is ironic.

National director Bob McCoskrie says the change in law was "an arrogant act of cultural vandalism".

"This competition makes a mockery of marriage, but so did the redefining of marriage."

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[polksaladallie]

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@lloydslights wrote:

Only Rugby Union promotion people would think of something like this.  And only NZ All Blacks fans could do it (literally).

I can't imagine Rugby League followers taking up a similar challenge.

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I can imagine RL players doing so.  They would jump at the chance, so to speak.

[***super_nova***]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Family First, a lobby group opposed to same-sex marriage, says the outrage expressed by gay rights groups is ironic.

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Why?  Marriage is an union of two people who love each other and intend (at least at the moment when they are exchanging the vows) spend the rest of their lives together. 

These 2 obviously had no such intention, and  now, if they wish to marry somebody for real they will first have to get a divorce, or go for annulment, but I guess that would make them ineligible for the comp.

[icyfroth]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Family First, a lobby group opposed to same-sex marriage, says the outrage expressed by gay rights groups is ironic.

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Why?  Marriage is an union of two people who love each other and intend (at least at the moment when they are exchanging the vows) spend the rest of their lives together. 

These 2 obviously had no such intention, and  now, if they wish to marry somebody for real they will first have to get a divorce, or go for annulment, but I guess that would make them ineligible for the comp.

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"Mr McIntosh told the Otago Daily Times he thought the marriage would last about two years."

Plenty of hetero marriages only last that long as well.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

So homosexuals now what to dictate what hetrosexual males can and cant do? Weird

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Ummm.....no........ homosexuals - like any other thinking people - believe that people should not make a mockery of marriage just to win some tacky competition. 

[lionrose.7]

Very tacky indeed, all for a stupid sport, you can see I am not a sport person.

Most people over here are just shaking their heads and saying words like DHS

[bushies.girl]

Whatever elephant lol

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:

So homosexuals now what to dictate what hetrosexual males can and cant do? Weird

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Ummm.....no........ homosexuals - like any other thinking people - believe that people should not make a mockery of marriage just to win some tacky competition. 

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Many ppl may also think that legalising marriage between homosexuals was the mockery to begin with, which opened the gates for this kind of tomfoolery.

[bushies.girl · Accepted solution]

People have a right to an opinion, some think homosexuals/lesbians should be allow to marry, some don't, personally I don't care either way, BUT if I mentioned I was against it, I would be labeled a "homophobic"  ....... Interesting how people are forced into "going with the flow" or else they find themselves discriminated against. 

[***super_nova***]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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Many ppl may also think that legalising marriage between homosexuals was the mockery to begin with, which opened the gates for this kind of tomfoolery.

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Man & woman could always do the same "tomfoolery".  It is the people who organised the competition, and the 2 heterosexual man who are devaluating marriage.   And I am sure that if there was a competition for newlyweds some heterosexual people may have married just for the chance to win.  Gay people who fought hard to for the right to marry do rightly feel that this sort of competitions are only playing in hands of all those people who object to gay marriage.  Maybe it was the intention?

And as we see here, they are right. 

bush girl, could you please explain HOW were you "discriminated" against for saying that you do not agree with gay people being able to marry?

[icyfroth]

Marriage for same sex cpls is now legal so I don't understand the problem with these two young blokes getting married to win a competition.

They probably like each other enough to commit to a long-term relationship.

See?