Fred: Thank you for your words.
To everyone else, I would like to extend my views for a second, if I may. Marriage means a monogamous commitment between two people, not two heterosexuals, homosexuals, whatever. It means that two people decide they want to be with the other, every day, through the good, the bad, and the ugly, because the good is the best they will ever have in their life. I actually cannot believe there is even an argument here. I cannot imagine of all the heterosexual married couples I know or know of, that any one of them would stand up and say that homosexuals have no right to enjoy the same privileges of a heterosexual married couple. You have just as much a right as I, to express your devotion in a public ceremony, to be recognized as a legally married couple, as any of us do. We let anyone heterosexual get married in our legal system. You don't have to prove anything, just that you are a man and a woman. If we are going to continue to have this condition placed on marriage, why not more conditions? I wonder how the hetereosexual couple would feel if the tables were somehow turned? Let's face it. Many people don't really get monogamy. For the people like you who obviously get it and do it right and are together for thirty-two years, I feel very happy for you, and happy for our world the more I see it. Anyone who thinks they can place judgment on this is seriously deluded about their own lives and people in general. Sad to say, but many people are. I apologize on behalf of the heterosexuals who think they can make a judgment about this. Sharon Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Bill. > > You wrote: > > "If gay marriage becomes legal that will make it easier for > them to adopt kids and teach them to be queer too. > (Not that there is anything wrong with that)" > > I am positive that that you cannot "teach" someone to be gay. Either God > makes you gay, or straight, or somewhere in between. One can no sooner teach > > someone whose orientation is heterosexual to 'switch teams" than one can > teach > someone attracted to the same gender as themselves to "go straight" All those > > "ex-gay" testemonies are a bunch of BS. > > > "Why can't they stay in the closet and > do this stuff behind closed doors instead of > doing it in public parks and other public places ?" > > There is a small minority of the gay population who do this. Accept my > appologies for their behavior. But for myself and my partner, and our > numerous > friends who were created gay, don't generalize about our sexuality and we > won't > generalize about yours! > > Finally, after spending thirty-two and a half years with the same man, I've > earned every benefit that the govenment gives a heterosexual married couple, > > but because we can't be "married", our civil rights as a couple and a > household > are minimal! I am positive we are being screwed! > > > Fred Wolfe > > > > "WRZ > > PS - Positive feedback only please." > > > > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
