Some of President Obama's high school chums have contradicted just about everything that Mia Marie Hope has claimed, and—in fact—nobody seems to remember her!

Who is she? And what is she getting out of this? Perhaps she's politically motivated, but I tend to think that she's looking for her moment in the sun. She seems to be doing the rounds of the Right Wing talk shows. I'm not sure if they pay people to appear or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.

As the poet Dante said of those who are relegated to the lowest level of Hell, "Let us look once, pass on, and think no more about them."

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As to the thread drift:   Somehow or another Ake seems to find his way back to the subject of gay marriage and how this will wipe out, not only the institution of traditional marriage, but threaten to wipe out the human race as well.

It is obvious to anyone who gives it a bit of serious thought that encouraging stable, monogamous relationships between gay men is the single, most efficient way of limiting the spread of HIV/AIDs. The virus is spread mainly by promiscuous behavior.

When gay men and lesbian women are speaking out vociferously in favor of same-sex marriage, anyone who as applied a few seconds of unprejudiced thought to the matter—and who is seriously concerned about reducing or eliminating the spread of the virus—can see that this is to be encouraged, not fought.

There is a movement in this direction currently extant in the United States, and same-sex marriage and the rights that go with it is now on the law books of many states—and is increasing rapidly. I have a number of gay friends and acquaintances and I know how hard they are fighting for same-sex marriage to be legal all over the country.

And as I have said many times before on other threads where the subject has come up, someone is going to have to explain to me how the recent legal marriage between our friends Paul and Philip can have a deleterious effect on Barbara's and my marriage.

It is not just a "liberal" issue. It is an issue of simple fairness.

Don Firth

P. S. Look out! Here comes Ake with the same old, tired arguments!