Deb Price: Gay couple joins exclusive club of newlyweds (well isn't that SPECIAL?)

The Detroit News ^ | Monday, December 22, 2003 | Deb Price

[hunter112]

Deb Price's column runs in the Olympian (Olympia, WA), so I have been familiar with it for quite some time. Yes, she writes about gay issues, but there are columnists who write about black issues, women's issues, and even conservative issues. That's what an editorial page is for.

Anyone here who opposes gay marriage is going to have to come up with something besides bible thumping to counter the warm-and-fuzzies that readers of this column are going to feel when reading it. There is a difference in heterosexual couples between just living together, and being married, otherwise, we wouldn't prefer the latter. There is a societal acceptance of a married couple that the unmarried just don't participate in, and gay couples are challenging society to give them that. Liberal America has long been waiting to do this, and Middle America is being courted. Lists of diseases threatening the promiscuous of all orientations are not going to overcome the appeal to Middle America's sense of justice on this.

My point is, right now, gays are making the stronger case in the media. Yes, conservatives are rallying their own troops, and pushing up the periphery of their poll numbers on the issue, but the gay side is fighting back, and Price's column is one salvo in the battle. If, indeed, gay marriage becomes the issue in next year's election, rather than national defense or the economy, then Rats and their liberal media supporters have an issue to demonize the Republicans on.

[HouTom]

Funny, sounds like they are fitting together rather well.

[HouTom]

Finally, the true colors start to come out. Quite liberating to come out of that closet, isn't it?

[nwrep]

What a bunch of ugly carpet munchers.

[Criminal Number 18F]

It reminds me of when Joyce and I went to an outdoor movie theater with folding chairs on the tiny Greek island of Paros

I think they were on the wrong Greek island!

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Looking for Diogenes]

exclusive club of newlyweds

Not a very exclusive club.

[little jeremiah]

Same sex marriage Homosexual Agenda Ping!!

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