Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 15:00:06 +0000
Subject: Re: OFF: Same Sex Marriages
Mike T Henderson sez :
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> The pro-[gay marriage] list is quite
> small
As they say, size doesn't matter.
It's the fact that it's healthier to get over any antiquated, archaic, sex-negative and prejudiced ideas about gays that is more important, and totally and completely outweighs the 'con' list.
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> Are we teaching them this is moral
and normal?
Of course. Why not? It is.
I fully intend to tell my kids, when I have them, that it is normal and moral.
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> What about the
> effects children will have growing up with gay parents?
The effects will probably be that they'll grow up with less hate and more acceptance. Sounds healthy to me.
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> They have an unhealthy
> lifestyle
Hmmmm. Really, if you are talking about AIDS, this is really misinformed. It's not a 'gay' disease, in many other cultures with different customs, it is seen as a 'straight' disease.
It's a disease based on not using a condom, etc, not on sexual orientation. Hope you don't feel even a little bit safer because you're straight; I sure don't.
If you mean "mentally" unhealthy, then you may well be beyond the reach of my, or anyone else's, words.
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> so insurance companies will fight to
make gay marriages
> illegal.
Insurance companies are always out for themselves and for avoiding paying out claims. Not exactly an ethical role model to follow.
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> I don't condemn being
> gay, but I do condemn marriages into the equation. Let's face it,
the
> nation is homophobic.
That just means an entire nation, 250 million of them, each and every one, is wrong to be homophobic, and is wrong to oppose gay marriages.
Who cares how many of them they are? Who cares what laws they pass?
Numbers don't make you right.
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> How do you decide weither or not to
> make same sex marriages legal or not?
It's not for others to decide. In a free country, each person can decide
what to do for themselves.
Other people may want to stick their noses in it and tell gays that they
can't marry, but they are interfering with another's freedom if they try
to do that. They can pass laws banning whatever they want, but they are
wrong to do so.
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> I'd be interested in hearing
> anyone's views...
There ya go.