Okay., #37 got screwed up in the edit and lost a line.

Of course it is a choice. At least that leaves a person with dignity and responsibility for their life. Better that than leave the door open for the do-gooders who would use government power to impose their version of a *CURE*. That becomes a real possibility when someone puts themselves in the category of someone with a genetic anomaly or defect. ( I can’t help being an alcoholic… I wasn’t ME man, it was the drugs. I couldn’t help it. )

I have LOTS of temptations for sin. Most of the time I DO choose not to indulge. The times I can’t prove that I share in the faults of humanity.

For the same reason I ridicule those of the Hip-Hop crowd that wear their trousers down to their knees and people at the country club with those AWFUL clothes and that clown who drives past my house every night at 11:00 with his car stereo going THUMP THUMP THUMP.

Just because you have a right to do something doesn’t mean it is a good thing to do or even a right thing to do.

Now it’s a case of she can get out of her obligations in the marriage, but he damn well will continue to support her or go to jail.

Uh…. aren’t we back there now with the genders reversed?

Still just as unfair.

And we retain the right to ridicule bigots like yourself for your choice to be so profoundly ignorant of what it feels like to grow up having feelings that can result in being ostracized from your friends and community, beaten up, or worse.

What bothers me is that anyone thinks the “choice vs. not a choice” debate actually means anything. It’s okay to be gay for the same reason it’s okay to be straight: it’s an amazing human experience and one of life’s many virtues to love and be loved in return. The burden is always on those who criticize an important and valuable personal human experience to explain what’s wrong with it. And if the best you can do is dust off the questionable authority of a couple of books supposedly written by a big magical sky fairy… well, not so much.

So does that mean you find yourself attracted to men but just CHOOSE not to indulge yourself?

or

Does it mean you could CHOOSE to be attracted to men and not women at will?

I absolutely agree with you that the State shouldn’t be licensing marriages of any kind. The State should not be offering benefits or penalties to people for their living arrangements. But I can hardly find the energy to heap any _special_ ridicule on those engaged in same-sex relationships who want governmental recognition for their relationships, simply because that position is shared by an enormous segment of the general (heterosexual) population. (And, I will note, that they come off far better than hetero-supremacists who want the government to ONLY offer special benefits for their living arrangements, which is approximately half the people in the US, apparently).

On the other hand, while I agree you have the perfect right use offensive and derogatory terms to refer to homosexuals, it still makes you a vile cretin of a human being. Why you would want to ridicule any two adults for making the choice to live with a person who they are physically and emotionally attracted to escapes me.

My comment about no-fault divorce was really intended only as a response to Radley’s blaming *Gay Marriage* for everything.

OTOH, I live in one of those “progressive” marital property states. Ex-Spouses still manage to financially cripple each other. Only now it is so easy to do that it is literally dangerous to get married. Why homosexuals want to be a part of that is unfathonable.

Other than making sure children are decently cared for, the state should not be in the *marriage* business. The state should not be licensing homosexual marriage for the same reason it should not be licensing *ANY* marriage.

I’m tired of the carpet munchers and fudge packers begging for government endorsement. I don’t expect or want them to endorse my decisions. Why should I be forced to pay to endorse theirs?

BTW I respect the right of homosexuals to their lifestyle decisions (and it IS a choice). I retain the right to ridicule them for it.

I even have a great story about being chased by one of these ladies. But I’m not sure of the statute of limitations so I’ll keep it to myself.

Meh.