From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Tyranny Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:55:28 -0500
>Out of curiosity, where did they get married? And is this marriage >recognized by the State or the Federal Government?
They were married in a Unitarian Universalist Church. No, this marriage was not recognized by the State of Federal Government.
See, now there's the whole problem. With the exception of IIRC two States (Florida and California?) homosexuals still can't enter into a marriage that is recognized by the State and Federal Government. I don't know what you call it, but I call it "discrimination based on sexual preference".
At the time, however, I was responding to Debbi's characterization of my views that I am opposed to homosexual couples being able to make a public commitment to each other. In response, I am noting that no such law prevents these public commitments and that I do not support a law which would prevent such public commitments.
Yet you do seem to be opposed to homosexuals enter into a regular (read: government-recognized) marriage with all the same rights as heterosexual married couples. IMO, there is exactly as much reason to disallow gay marriage as there is reason to disallow interracial marriage: no reasons whatsoever.
But hey, interracial marriages are by now allowed in the US, so I trust that someday the US Government will finally see the light and give equal rights to *everyone*.
>Oh, and while you're at it, would you mind answering that other question I
>asked you in that same message? I'd like to hear your views on this. (Maybe
>you already shared those views earlier, but I only subscribed to this list a
>few days ago.)
Sure....
I received your off-list post. I am not going to respond to it off-list, as this is an on-list discussion. I am also not going to respond to it on-list, as someone else will probably already have said what I would tell you. Suffice it to say that I don't agree with your views, and believe that your tolerance towards and acceptance of homosexuals leaves room for improvement.
JD
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