Richard Chamberlain Has Been Married For Twenty Years (To a Guy)

TV Guide ^ | 5-30-03 | Mary Murphy

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I challenge you to watch the agony of any human watching anyone they love die, what is your point? Does the death of a gay lover produce more pain than the dealth of a wife, husband or child, at any age? That gay love and agony is more, bigger, better, deserves more attention, deserves more pitty, makes the survivor a victim to be pittied more than all other survivors? Nonsense.

I had a friend who was whitty, intelligent, fun, good looking, compassionate and a good friend. He was gay, died of AIDS. I mourned! I know his ex-wife and daughter mourned. I don't know if his many lovers mourned for very long if at all. I don't have the authority to judge him, but once I asked him if he knew how he was going to die and spend eternity. He said yes, and yes. I still miss his special brand of sunshine. He was a Canadian!

[Spyder]

I had a friend who was whitty, intelligent, fun, good looking, compassionate and a good friend. He was gay, died of AIDS. I mourned!

Obviously my post wasn't intended for you - it was intended for those who seem to think being gay is the ultimate sin, worse than anything anyone could possibly do. I was responding in particular to someone who said that gay "love" was impossible - that it was merely lust. I was implying that the love one person feels for another is not necessarily less valid because one is gay. I certainly didn't mean to imply that it was more painful, bigger, better, etc., etc., only that pure lust does not explain the behavior of a gay lover at the bedside of his dying companion.

[jde1953]

I don't think the Wiccans have anything against homosexuals; I haven't researched them sufficiently. In any case, marriage is a civil contract, not a religious one. Don't believe me? Go to your local clergyman and ask him to perform a marriage ceremony for you and your beloved. He'll require you to present a marriage license issued by the state, not the church. At the end of the ceremony, the clergyman will say, "by the power vested in me by the state of [wherever you are] I now pronounce you husband and wife." The state issues the marriage license; the church can't. The church issues the blessings of its favored supernatural entity upon the marriage; the state can't.

As for the old "pretend to marry your dog, too" business: Please. Animals can't give consent. Humans can. As soon as you can have a dog read, sign, and show that it comprehends a marriage license, I'll reconsider.

P.S. That Arthur Fellig was a great photographer.

[jde1953]

"If you're searching for some other truth than from the Lord God Himself, then good luck finding it jde1953."

Actually, I'm just seeking an OBJECTIVE reason to favor your chosen supernatural entity over any other. You have yet to give me one.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"This was about as shocking as when Ellen Degeneres and Rosie O'Donnell "came out".

Or when that guy who played the son in "Who's the Boss" announced that he was gay.

[bethelgrad]

Are we perfectly clear now? Any more questions? Did I get that ol' message across well enough? All ambiguity taken care of? Need any further clarification?


Take it easy dude. All I did was ask you a question. I didn't make the connection between their appearances. So could you lay off the sarcasm a bit?

[MeekMom]

All I know is the truth, that is found in God's Holy Word. I don't think I'm able to give you an objective reason to obey the Lord God.
I think that has to be a personal search. jde1953.
I also know of the consequences of both obeyed and disobeyed God. I've chosen to try and obey Him.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Richard Chamberlain Has Been Married For Twenty Years (To a Guy)

In what country?

[FoxGirl]

I was one of those young girls with a crush on Dr. Kildare.

Me, too. And I even had a Dr. Kildare shirt!

[jde1953]

"I don't think I'm able to give you an objective reason to obey the Lord God. I think that has to be a personal search."

Good. I mean this quite sincerely - I am glad you don't have an objective reason; otherwise you wouldn't need faith. Your religion is true FOR YOU, because you believe it and have done your personal search. It's true for you, but that doesn't automatically make it true for me unless my search delivers the same results as yours. And, to this point, it hasn't.

[Tribune7]

And it was based on a true story

[Clint N. Suhks]

Richard Chamberlain Has Been Married For Twenty Years (To a Guy)

BS! I personally know he was a promiscuous homosexual in the early eighties. He’s lucky he doesn’t have AIDS knowing the sort he hung around, some of them were the very earliest to die from the disease. What a bunch of crap.

[Mr. Mojo]

Dick C. is a fruit? Gee, what a surprise. Next thing you know it'll be revealed that Tom Crui....

oops.

[MeekMom]

I'm sorry jde1953.
Would you like to mail me your area; state? I can find a local meeting place of Saints for you, if you like.
I have a nationwide directory available to me.
Mail me and let me know jde1953.

Stay well.

[R6LPW]

I get really fed up with people saying they are ‘too young’ to know about famous people. I suppose it would be great to be 20 or 30 again but when I was in my teens I used to watch black & white movies and knew most of the famous actors and singers of that time.
I was not born in the 1940s but I know about Jayne Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant! I was not born in 1800 but I know who Queen Victoria was! The same with singers/bands. If you take an interest in music/films etc the ‘too young’ comment is pretty meaningless.

[Incorrigible]

Wow. Well, welcome to FreeRepublic.com.

You’ve resurrected a pretty old discussion thread. I guess I could have said that I just didn’t know who he was without referring to my youth. But heck, I was a lot younger back in 2003!