I'm a little less than agnostic - I'm not gay myself, but my mother-in-law
is (she's in NY). She's been in a great relationship for many years now and
they've just gone through writing up wills. They had all sorts of trouble
just leaving things to each other - you have to create so much more paper to
let a "legal stranger" manage your estate, make medical decisions, etc.
Personally I believe that marriage is a religious institution until the
state offers legal benefits for it - then it's a civil institution. I would
be happy enough see either gays right to marry or all have civil benefits of
marriage dissolved.
Of course, at least in this election year, I don't think either will happen.
Jim Davis
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From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:02 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Gay marriage (was Re: Comments on Catholic Church)
2 messages on this thread brought to mind something that happened at lunch.
SIN.
Assholes of [insert sect here] faith.
This morning, I was completely agnostic about the whole concept of gay
marriage. It doesn't affect me, so I really didn't care.
While walking to lunch near the Boston Common, I was assaulted by a bunch of
rabid anti-gay out-of-state wackos. Complete wackos.
I was asked my view of gay marraige and "fags". Since I wear an iPod to
avoid such unpleasant city encounters, I just put my head down and tried to
walk by.
I was pushed by a man holding a small sign that said "HOMO SEX IS SIN", who
told me "If you aren't against gay marriage, you are a homo lover. And you
will burn in hell."
I am now completely for gay marriage, since any side that is diametrically
opposed to those jerks has got to be better.
Grrr.
Jerry Johnson
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