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Thread #67605   Message #1130866
Posted By: alanabit
07-Mar-04 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: About Same-Sex Marriage
Subject: RE: BS: About Same-Sex Marriage
I will say Cruiser, that for one who is allegedly so opposed to homosexuality, you have chosen a pseudonym which is interesting.
Homosexuality is unnatural to me because I was not born homosexual. To homosexuals it is as natural as drinking, eating and breathing. What you do in your bedroom is none of my business and what gays do in theirs is none of yours.
I don't accept every item on the tick list of the gay rights agenda. I often get the impression that some of the attitude is based on the feeling that, "Our love is as good as yours". I don't think there is any great debate about that any more more. Gays won that argument years ago - and even most of those who don't feel overly sympathetic to gay rights usually take an approach of, "Live and let live." On the other hand, I don't agree with the tenet, "Our love is the same as yours." This is why I do not see gay marriage as being the same as heterosexual marriage. The latter has evolved over many years as much as to create certain priveleges for those who raise children as it has as a contract between men and women. We expect a considerable number of married people to have children and society gives them certain rights and responsibilities in the hope that a better environment for child raising will be created.
In principle, the basic argument for gay marriage, civil unions or whatever it's called is obviously reasonable. All partners, gay or straight, deserve the right to share property, nurse a sick partner, inherit property or grieve for a loved one.
Marriage is not what I want. (I live with my girlfriend and two small children). However, I respect the right of people to live as they wish (without harming others). As far as I can see, this is what the Californian gay marriage law has set out to do. Good luck to them.