"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"Wil" wrote in message
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Homosexuals are not married. They are partners of a different kind,
like
room mates, or other kind of sex partner but can not legally enter
into
the
marriage contract. They have rights as individual but not as a
couple
who
is
in a marriage contract between a man and a woman. It has to do with
a
legal
contract. The contract says between a man and a woman.


I don't think that is being questioned. The issue is that same-sex
couples
SHOULD have the right to enter into the same contract. It's simply a
legal
matter. If churches don't want to "marry" same-sex couples, that's
their
business. Remember, at one time marriage was only open to two white
people
of opposite genders. People in mixed race marriages were criminals in
many
states. People saw that as a partnership of a different kind. Things
change.



It's appalling that on the spectrum of things which truly threaten this
country, some people think someone else's sexuality is more important
than
the fact that most shipping containers entering our ports could be
filled
with nuclear weapons and we'd be none the wiser. But, I guess they're
right.
I had a gay neighbor. He forgot to mow his lawn once before he left on
vacation. Years later, the children in the neighborhood are still in
therapy, some unable to speak or function in school.


Some of our neighbors are going to be in therapy soon. The fundamentalist
Christian family four doors up just sold their house to a lesbian couple.
I
heard about it from a neighbor who heard about it from someone on another
street! The women haven't even moved in yet. God only knows what they
say
about me. I sort of hope that it pushes some of them over-the-edge and
they
move. I wonder what they say about the unmarried heterosexual couples of
the serially divorced people who live on our street. If they only focused
that energy on their kids. Most of them don't have a clue where their
pre-school kids are much of the day. You can't leave your garage open
while
you do yard work or they are in there exploring.



Yeah...I've seen those kids. Last week, our electric company was digging up
front lawns for some reason in my ex wife's neighborhood. It was her turn
when I stopped to pick up my son. There was an 8 ft deep 10x10 hole in the
ground, covered by boards. My son (15) pointed out to me that a board had
been moved. In the trench were two 10 yr old kids, "exploring". They'd tied
a rope to the fire hydrant and lowered themselves in. We returned them to
their homes. One parent wasn't there. The other said "boys will be boys!".
Since I don't live there any more, I don't care what they think of me, so I
whispered the truth in her ear. If there weren't laws against assault, I
think she would've assaulted me. :-)