Invitation
In the last two weeks Iowa and Vermont have recognized the right of gay men and women to marry, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut. Are we finally beginning to see a thaw in the Cold War against gays? I’ve never understood the vehemence of the antagonism toward gays and lesbians in our society, when so many other civil rights barriers have fallen. Marriage is a legal contract between two people, and denying a class of people the right to engage in that contract results in the denial of basic rights accorded to other married people. The right to inherit property, to care for minor children, to hospital visitation, rights taken for granted by the vast majority of us, are denied gays. One can only hope that now that the wall has come down in four states, others will swiftly follow.
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Good grief, I guess not many people will understand at all… unless you are more of the tolerant type. If either of you would actually read my postings or even Mary’s postings without making a joke or not addressing an issue, it might make sense. There are plenty of straight people that put other straight people into categories also saying they don’t want to be like them, or think they are weird and that they’d just rather not deal with them. So I guess you could say that they should deal with their negative feelings also.
Being gay, I would have to say that you can also think that you don’t fit into different types of gay groups of people (like maybe people with a lot of drama, maybe drag queens, transgender people, older gay couples, biker/leather couples, etc…)
The issue that you are completely avoiding is exactly what Mary has expressed in much detail, and also what I have tried to explain. I would like to have the same rights with my partner that other married couples have. Just as many straight people get divorced as they do get married. And also like Mary explained, religious institutions can agree/disagree with specific unions, but the government should be equal to all couples when it comes to the legal definition.