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To: yendu bwam
But what about people who are comfortable and fulfilled in gay relationships?

Sure, just as there are alcoholics who are quite happy to down a quart of vodka every day, and don't want anyone interfering with their lifestyle.

I'll remember that the next time somebody tells me they're happy in their relationship. Instead of believing them and being happy for them, I'll mentally compare them to a raging alchoholic. Because, really, they're just alike!

Why is it that the standard (non-religious) argument against homosexuality is that its bad because other things are bad (incest! alchoholism! kleptomania!)? Well if you ask me, a homosexual relationship, even if it is not exactly like a heterosexual relationship, is a lot closer than it is to anything else in the usual "parade of horribles."

97 posted on 07/23/2002 2:32:02 PM PDT by Fethiye
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To: Fethiye
I'll remember that the next time somebody tells me they're happy in their relationship. Instead of believing them and being happy for them, I'll mentally compare them to a raging alchoholic. Because, really, they're just alike!

You misunderstand me, my friend. What I consider homosexuality is my business; what you consider it is yours. I'm sure we won't agree on it. I have homosexual friends; I observe their lifestyles. I read what the CDC says regarding homosexual practices. I observe what's happened in my Church, the Catholic Church. I can make up my own mind about what I think about it. But I have nothing against you or your happiness. It's a free country. If what you do makes you happy and fulfilled, that's fine with me. My gripe is when my kids are approached and prosyletized and pushed to believe things about homosexuality which I believe are completely wrong and frequently even dangerous. Further, many homosexual men push to be in close contact with our teenage sons. They don't have that right. I don't concede it. Many people are perfectly content to live and let live - until their children are affected. At that point - watch out!

116 posted on 07/23/2002 3:19:18 PM PDT by yendu bwam
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