I never said I wanted to live that lifestyle. I said I thought homosexual sex was wrong. I also think pre and extra marital sex is wrong. I'm not going to say you will burn in hell for acting out on any of them. Everyone has the opportunity of reconciliation with God. That is my opinion and mine alone. I believe God hates the sin, but loves the sinner. His love is infinite and so is His forgiveness.
As a libertarian, I will never ask what takes place in your bedroom. It isn't any of my business. If I catch you doing that on my doorstep, I run you off. But until then, enjoy yourself. It is between you, your partner and God. Leave me out of it. I do support civil unions because everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, is given the same set of rules to live by if they choose. Whether divorce is easy or hard, it will be the same for everyone. Fooling around will have the same stigma, or lack of, for everyone. Everyone should be treated the same. That is a bit utopian, but that is my personal philosophy. Truthfully, many of the homosexual people I know are far more committed to their relationship than straight people. I don't think they deserve special rights, but they do deserve equal rights. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:05 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Activist Judges (Was: Court allows Schiavo stay to expire) > I have to chime in on this. Yeah, me too now... > The problem many of my friends have with the homosexual lifestyle is the > free switching of partners and the apparent lack of commitment of the > relationships. That is a load of crap. "Apparent lack of commitment?" Please. The divorce rate in the US stands at about 50%. Since gay people don't get counted in that statistic I'd say that's fairly damning commentary on the "commitment" capabilities of straight people. FWIW, _people_ screw around, not specifically _gay_ or _straight_ people, just _people_ in general. > I personally think that giving them a civil union that > has the same responsibilities and difficulty of divorce is good. Great, 'cause "difficulty of divorce" has worked out so well with straight marriage? > It would impose a commitment that other can see. Are you saying that if gay people want to get married (or civilly united, or whatever) they should have a more difficult time getting un-married, so that they can be taught the meaning of commitment? I know quite a few gay couples, male and female. The stick-together ratio for those couples is much higher in my experince than married/long-term straight couples I have known. I also know quite a few single gay people. (Hey, one of my hobbies is theatre, whatcha gonna do?) They date. So do the straight single people I know. Some gay long-term relationships break up. But, and this may come as a shock to you, so do straight marriages and long-term relationships. > I do think that homosexual sex is wrong, but the fact that people are > attracted to the same sex and wish to spend their lives together is not > wrong. So _you_ can be attracted to someone (of the opposite sex) and then feel free to take that attraction to the next level (sex), but those that are attracted to the same gender can be, that's fine; as long as they don't try to have sex? Please. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148220 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
