I wouldn't want to be adopted because I'm middle-aged and set in my ways, and this is also essentially what I don't like about same-sex marriage. That's all I need is more social complications, arrangements, ettiquette, things to ask Miss Manners about, new lines of Hallmark cards to have to pick through. For those of us who gain nothing from it, it's just a big headache. Can't these people just live a lie? they're good at theatre, what's the big deal?

Are we going to have to do new bathroom arrangements, based on declared orientations? Or are gays still going to get special rights to peek in locker rooms and stuff? Because I'd really enjoy an occasional sporting glance at normal naked women--it's so unfair that I can only get it served up as cheesy porn--it's self-conscious, awkward, goofy, it's just not the same. On top of that, straight guys aren't allowed to just hang out with women in their little book clubs and stuff, you CAN, but then the girls stop gossiping and act all serious, in silence.

There needs to be some legal package that gives something to straight people in the deal, some fun little enticement, or we will continue to grunt and groan, stall, drag our feet, air our petty complaints, blah blah blah. It's going to happen, anyway, of course, but we can do it the easy way, or the semi-easy but sort of difficult way, or the medium degree of hassle way. We can be nice, or sort of pissy about it. What's in it for us?


sorry if this double-posts, it won't go thru.