Comments on: Unless They’re Gay and Not in Massachusetts

By: A Ron

A Ron — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:53:29 +0000

I’m all in favor of preventing teen pregnancy, but this is another example of right message, wrong messenger scenario. If this was aimed at adults involved in committed relationships, I get it. However, let’s not forget that the many divorce and break-ups were a result of money. What good is talking about the financial benefits of getting marriage, when too many people can’t balance their checkbook. Another example of how you can broke underestimating the American Public.

By: DCVoter

DCVoter — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:28:23 +0000

It isn’t an anti-gay ad, even if it is from an anti-gay group. If marriage is a good thing, as these folks say, it should be extended to everyone and not restricted. Gay people are not offended by straights marrying, we just want the legal right to marry, whether we decide to do so or not.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:54 +0000

I was actually walking past a bus shelter on U Street and saw one of these while I happened to have a can of spray-paint in hand. I’ll admit I was tempted to add a few caveats to the poster. Also, what’s so bad about the marriage penalty? It’s cheaper to cook for two than for one and there are any number of economies that a married couple can benefit from, why shouldn’t Uncle Sam cash in? It’s not like people refuse to marry for tax reasons.

By: k

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:31:23 +0000

not only is this shit offensive to the gays and the singles who don’t want to play the OMGI’MGETTINGMARRIEDSHRIEEEEK game, it’s racist/classist too.

get the bitches off welfare is the message i’m getting. also, babies out of wedlock=hellfire and damnation.

in a nutshell: fuck this campaign.

By: Caro13

Caro13 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:27:24 +0000

Wait, how the hell does promoting marriage prevent teen pregnancy? That only makes sense if the only kind of teen pregnancy they are against is the out-of-wedlock kind, which I suppose is possible, but doesn’t really make much sense.

I’ve seen these ads before and thought about how absurd they are… for one thing, I would bet the data they’re using probably has some pretty big flaws and confounding factors. But even if it were to be a fact that marriage has a causal relationship with income, is that really the message you want to be sending about why marriage is good - that it’s financially advantageous? No mention of love, companionship, family, commitment? It’s such an odd argument coming from a supposedly Christian group.