Seven gay and lesbian couples from China were married in a mass ceremony in California this week. The couples were the winners of a contest sponsored by Alibaba and Chinese gay dating app Blued.
The weddings will be legally recognized in the U.S., but not in China. California is one of 30 U.S. states in which same-sex marriage is legal.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, and no longer considered a mental illness in 2011. Gay marriage is not technically illegal in China, but it is not recognized.
Source: inews.qq.com
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I guess any kind of love that not hurting anyone else should be respected..
Jun 17, 2015 14:13 Report Abuse
Straight people: "Arranged marriages are inhumane...people shouldn't be forced to be with someone...they have a right to choose their lover". Straight people: "Gay marriage? No way! You should be forced to be with someone your not physically attracted to!" WTF people!!
Jun 15, 2015 13:04 Report Abuse
That is the classic make a true statement, followed by a question that wasn't asked? Ｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｉｓ It is wrong to own another person. Dog are like people so it is wrong to own them, right?
Jun 26, 2015 16:36 Report Abuse
I don't care what gays do in private, just stop pretending that it's normal. It's not, and stop forcing it down our throats.
Jun 15, 2015 08:26 Report Abuse
Homosexual behaviour has been observed in over 1,500 species. Homophobia has been observed in just one. Stop pretending that homophobia is normal - science proves that it isn't.
Jun 15, 2015 10:13 Report Abuse
Thousands of species grow feathers, so by your logic it's normal for humans to have feathers. Being gay is not normal for humans in any sense of the word, either scientifically for procreation or socially, unless by "normal" you mean whatever makes you happy. But like I said, I don't care what gays do in private, just stop pretending it's normal. Accept it as a lifestyle choice? Fine. Accept it as normal? No.
Jun 15, 2015 11:34 Report Abuse
Traveling to the moon is normal? Talking to someone through a computer is normal? By your reasoning we should all be Amish. Stop using that computer to talk to me - it's not normal. Please tell me what "normal" is when it comes to sex. You say that you don't care what gays do in private but it seems to occupy your thoughts an awful lot.
Jun 15, 2015 11:55 Report Abuse
"Traveling to the moon is normal? Talking to someone through a computer is normal?" And this relates to homosexuality how exactly? "By your reasoning we should all be Amish." Not even slightly by any reasoning does this make any sense. Do explain. "Please tell me what "normal" is when it comes to sex." Homosexuality inhibits natural reproduction and goes against societal norms. Tell me how homosexuality is normal barring personal feelings. "You say that you don't care what gays do in private but it seems to occupy your thoughts an awful lot." Ya, posting an article about gay marriage and a comments board full of flaming opinions makes me discuss my opinion on the matter, big surprise!
Jun 15, 2015 14:22 Report Abuse
Seriously, I'm waiting for your reply. Going to the moon is not normal ergo homosexuality is normal? Just what exactly is the point you're trying to make?
Jun 15, 2015 20:30 Report Abuse
Damn do I need a tin foil hat to comment on this one? Not sure. It's a conspiracy to conspire against the conspiritors, led by people you will never meet! Because they do not exist. Do I get a point?
Jun 13, 2015 19:12 Report Abuse
I don't see how somebody is able to use religion in their argument on here. I don't have anything against it but for an argument's sake you can't back that up with any facts. That is your faith and your faith alone. There's a reason it's called faith because you believe in it but can't necessarily prove it.
Jun 13, 2015 15:48 Report Abuse
Good luck to them! I knew a few guys in China..."They are getting married?...Really?" Poor wives and husbands...living an unfullfilled lie. It's still 1950 in China. One student of mine declared the she had "never met a gay man"...I told her that she had, but just didn't know it. The owner of the school for one!!!.....Chortle, chortle!
Jun 13, 2015 04:05 Report Abuse
I don't have a problem with homosexuals, just the way the gay agenda is forced down our throats and we are expected to accept it. The media, music industry and Hollywood are trying to condition the public into accepting homosexuality as the new norm. God forbid you disagree, you're branded "homophobic". It Is one of the illuminati's many master plans to destroy the unity of marriage between a man and a woman, paving the way for a new world order, one world government and ultimately, the Antichrist. The truth is out there, but most people are too ignorant to see it.
Jun 12, 2015 14:33 Report Abuse
There is a lot of positivity in the world. Unfortunately there's not much of it in the articles I read - hence my comments.
Jun 12, 2015 20:35 Report Abuse
Illuminati? Master plan? New world order? How long have you been a nutbar for?
Jun 13, 2015 00:01 Report Abuse
Excuse me? It's people people like you who are too blind and stupid to see what's going on right under your nose. The Bilderberg group are currently meeting as I write this. But you've probably never heard of them because instead of paying attention to what's actually happening in the world around you, you're too busy reading about Kim Kardashian's latest sex scandal. I suggest you read the following link and start to open your eyes. http://www.apfn.org/apfn/destruction.htm
Jun 13, 2015 15:54 Report Abuse
Homosexuality is a plot to morally destabilise America so that it can be controlled by international banking cartels? You are a very special flavour of insane. Stop taking the meds - they aren't working. Maybe it's the aliens working with the Communists, the Illuminati and the Jews to make us gay. It's all so obvious now!
Jun 13, 2015 18:46 Report Abuse
Lol you call me crazy, but you've come to China to teach - That's crazy! It's very easy to insult people, that's generally what uneducated fools like yourself do when you can't think of anything intelligent to say. I guess when they are handing out RFID chips you will be the first in line taking it like the puppet you are, probably up the arse as you seem to like gays so much. You really need a reality check mate, you seemingly walk the earth oblivious to what's going on around you. I'm not here to insult people or get into arguments. We are all entitled to our own opinion and I respect that. However, you say I'm crazy, well I must be a pretty good "crazy" because last year my business turned over more than 2 million USD.
Jun 14, 2015 01:39 Report Abuse
You think that international bankers are using gays to destroy America. Go tell that to any group of reasonable, normal people. They'll tell you what I told you. Give me some details of your business - sounds interesting, if not fictional.
Jun 14, 2015 08:57 Report Abuse
@Chairman_cow, have you ever played fallout new vegas? You sound a bit like a crazy guy called No-bark. "It's commie ghosts, I tell ya. Trying to fly up to the moon, paint it pink and draw on it Lenin's face." You sir are crazy.
Jun 15, 2015 10:28 Report Abuse
Typical response from septic tank Yank. You Americans are more brainwashed than anyone. Mad bunch of lunatics you are with your guns, schoolyard killers, warmongering presidents and nation full of homosexual loving fools. I pity your country and all the people in it.
Jul 08, 2015 00:34 Report Abuse
it should be about being happy,you cant help being gay,you are born like that.I have friends that are gay,so what who cares,as long as they are happy. I SUPPORT SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Jun 12, 2015 14:29 Report Abuse
People are not born gay. It is socialized, or pressed on people especially in the west.
Jun 13, 2015 13:01 Report Abuse
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