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Originally Posted by Stompy
If Bush's daughter was a lesbian, he'd change his tune too. I guess you can't see the err of your ways until it hits you in the face.
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That's a good way to sum up the whole gay rights issue. Most people are afraid of gays because they don't
really know any gay people. I'm talking about having some sort of real social relationship either friendship or having a gay family member.
There are lots of people who say they know gay people. What they mean is there is that gay guy at work or down the street. They don't *know* what that person is about, they don't take the time to find out. If they did, they'd see that outside of the sexual mechanics of it they are so much like everyone else. Maybe then they wouldn't be so afraid.
I have never heard a valid arguement against gay marriage that wasn't based on a PERSONAL system of beliefs. It's one of the few issues that I really have against Kerry. I wish he would support it, but I understand that supporting it would be political suicide in these times.