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I like to think of this issue in reverse... Why sh...

2007-05-21T11:45:00.000-04:00

I like to think of this issue in reverse... Why shouldn't homosexuals have the right to suffer in marriage? Why do they get to escape the legal mumbo-jumbo of getting into a marriage and then getting out? I'm all for equal opportunity suffering!

What a maroon. I meant homosexual couples in my ea...

2007-05-19T19:36:00.000-04:00

What a maroon. I meant homosexual couples in my earlier rant. (sigh)

The arguments are no different.40 years ago they w...

2007-05-18T10:42:00.000-04:00

The arguments are no different.

40 years ago they were based on interpretations of scripture. It's a real stretch to get there.

The same can be said of the arguments today regarding homosexual marriage. The arguments are based on a religious belief (which has no place in government in the first place) and the scripture itself...well, it's still a real stretch.

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Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided Loving v. Vi...

2007-05-18T00:37:00.000-04:00

Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided Loving v. Virginia (what a perfect name for a case) in 1967 there were many parts of the country where people of different races couldn't marry or get any form of civil union.

The arguments that were used against allowing the races to marry were that it was against nature,

Even my Catholic mother thinks that heterosexual c...

2007-05-17T22:52:00.000-04:00

Even my Catholic mother thinks that heterosexual couples who are in love should be able to get married.

That's a bold position! :-p

Obviously, I agree with all you folks. And the tide is slowly turning, it appears.

Even my Catholic mother thinks that heterosexual c...

2007-05-17T20:20:00.000-04:00

Even my Catholic mother thinks that heterosexual couples who are in love should be able to get married.

I just don't understand why people think that gay marriage is offensive. The world is a dark place. Love makes it better, so why are we not promoting love and fidelity wherever they occur?

Sorry. Rant off.

Everyone says "oh, it's just a piece of paper". B...

2007-05-17T17:08:00.000-04:00

Everyone says "oh, it's just a piece of paper". But I know my husband and I didn't really take our relationship seriously until we had it. Some people are perfectly content and able to remain a couple for life without that piece of paper, other (gay and straight) need it to be fully committed to each other.

I think it's such a shame that the government limits who can and can not get