----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:24 PM Subject: Re: It seems over...
> > > > Or, that there are opinions that differ from yours that are not > > homophobic. > > How about bigoted, then? IMO banning gay marriage is identical to > banning interracial marriage. You can find no differences? I think gay mariages are a good idea, but I realize that legal gay marriages represents a public rethinking of a foundational institution of our society. Inter-racial marriages do not. > You know, I might try that too, but I've been on this front for over > half my damn life now and frankly I am tired of trying to reason with > bigoted attitudes. It's not possible. It's worse in this instance > because I *thought* we were past the worst of it a decade ago, but this > damned hydra just keeps coming back. Oh, I didn't realize gay marriages were well accepted 10 years ago. I'd like some examples. > Indeed. The flipside of that is: This dialog happened in 1992. It's > hard to get motivated to do it all again. I've been talking with folks who differ from me for over 30 years now. The motivation for me is understanding someone else; finding common ground. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
