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johnnymysto · 02-12-2004, 10:45 AM

I missed all of the other discussions on this issue, so what I have to say may be repeating someone else. If it is, sorry about that.

The whole issue of gay marriages and benefits has only picked up steam in the last five or so years. This was not an issue 10, 15, 30, or 50 years ago. No one would have even brought it up back then. It has been a process where first gays gradually came out in the open about their sexuality, then lobbied for laws to be changed, now for marriage rights to be changed.

It seems like the main reason people want gay marriages to be allowed is because "two people are committed to each other". Well, how about this: let's say over the next 10-15 years, threesomes become more of a fad. 15 years from now, MMF and FFM "unions" are lobbying for equal rights, marriages, benefits, etc. Are we to make the same exception for them? Hey, if three people are committed to each other, why not? The old-school Mormons were all about it, and after all it should be between people and their church, right? Or, what if NAMBLA really takes off, and now Man-boy or Woman-girl "unions" want equal treatment?

Where should this end? I believe it should end with one man and one woman.

02-12-2004, 10:45 AM	#91 (permalink)
johnnymysto Overreactor Location: South Ca'lina	I missed all of the other discussions on this issue, so what I have to say may be repeating someone else. If it is, sorry about that. The whole issue of gay marriages and benefits has only picked up steam in the last five or so years. This was not an issue 10, 15, 30, or 50 years ago. No one would have even brought it up back then. It has been a process where first gays gradually came out in the open about their sexuality, then lobbied for laws to be changed, now for marriage rights to be changed. It seems like the main reason people want gay marriages to be allowed is because "two people are committed to each other". Well, how about this: let's say over the next 10-15 years, threesomes become more of a fad. 15 years from now, MMF and FFM "unions" are lobbying for equal rights, marriages, benefits, etc. Are we to make the same exception for them? Hey, if three people are committed to each other, why not? The old-school Mormons were all about it, and after all it should be between people and their church, right? Or, what if NAMBLA really takes off, and now Man-boy or Woman-girl "unions" want equal treatment? Where should this end? I believe it should end with one man and one woman. __________________ "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." - Capt. Barbossa Last edited by johnnymysto; 02-12-2004 at 11:17 AM..