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On 12 Nov 2004 07:11:07 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:
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But there's more to it than that, more to it than the conservative
Right's hatred of same-sex marriage
I cut out the rest of this typical bull**** rant just point something
out.
Just this morning I read an article that was a very interesting - it
concerned the whole gay marriage/civil union thing. It would appear
that the gay community itself is in something of a quandary about what
to do. As one gentleman who headed a national group (can't remember
which one) was quoted in the article "There wasn't any choice - it was
a vote on one aspect of the issue with no other considerations".
There was also an interesting comment hidden in the article about
moving too far too fast which is pretty much my viewpoint. And it is
also my view that one can't make a conclusion about "culture
war"without examining the data more closely - it's one hell of a lot
more complicated that who voted for Kerry and Bush. I noticed that in
this rant, the writer didn't mention that Kerry wasn't for gay
marriage either. :) Hmmm - let me amend that - I didn't quite get
through the whole thing because my eyes glazed over - I wasn't sure if
it was an article or a demonstration of how to call people names
without using any.
Anyway, to head off a huge name calling response, I do not believe
that gay marriage is the end of the world as we know it. I would
prefer that the term be reserved for those who can propagate the
species, but that's not completely necessary. I do believe that those
who are part of the gay/lesbian community are entitled to some sort of
civil recognition as in civil unions, but I'm not wedded to it.
Get it - wedded to it? :)
I'm more concerned about activist judges like Maggie Marshall who
should be sent back to Civics 101 and made to repeat 10,000 times
"Rule of the majority - not rule by a Judge".
By the way, I'm confused about something and perhaps one of the more
progressive members of this august body can enlighten me.
A male homosexual is considered gay and a female homosexual a lesbian.
But the homosexual community, male and female, is considered gay.
How come? I'm just a simple red county country bumpkin so use words
of one syllable please.
Later,
Tom
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