On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just curious. Emotions are things we can't always help...when I see my > gay friend kiss his partner, my instant reaction is always the same: > "Fucking gross!". I can't help it. It's like eating broccoli....my > mind/body just says "YUCK!". I'm able to quickly discard these emotions > though, and keep them from tarnishing my sense of equality. > > It seems to me your stance goes a bit beyond just the emotional. >
Pardon the pun, but it goes both ways. I have the same reaction when I see two guys kiss as you do with not quite the same ability to suppress it (though I like broccoli, especially with cheese sauce). I have a similar reaction when they say they are married... and to a much lesser extent refer to their "husband". The source for the first reaction is the emotional, though it may well be social or genetic (depends on your interpretation, I don't tend to dwell on the starting point). For the second reaction it's theologically driven. I don't have a different definition of "marriage" and "holy matrimony", both have the same meaning for me from a religious perspective. It is that perspective that drives the emotional response to the use of the language in this scenario. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
