Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
I realize you like to make outrageous comments, but it seemed to me that you started the thread because you were interested in a discussion about the topics you posted.

So, how on the one hand, can you take a cavalier point of view towards human life, and on the other be seemingly distraught over the fact that gays in most cases are not granted legal marriage rights? Does the fact that they can't get married prevent them from spending the rest of their lives together if they so choose? And even if they can't what does it matter to you if you could care less about what other people think?

The biggest complaint that I hear in regards to the issue of so called equality in gay marriage is medical visitation rights, etc. Simple- you put in a legal document that you want your partner to be your medical proxy and/or have power of attorney and they will then most likely be abe to have full access to see you in the hospital, etc, etc. Right?
I am not taking a cavalier point of view towards human life. I believe human life is sacred. However my beliefs are not what I hope this thread is about. What I wanted this thread to be about is why some people tend to want to control the freedoms of others. For the record, I don't think it is appropriate to consider homosexuality as "normal". The system design clearly requires a male and a female to function to full capacity. I do not however feel it is any of my business what consenting adults do behind closed doors.

Someone commented they don't like to see public displays of affection between two guys. I think hhe means he doesn't like to see two guys swapping spit. Neither do I but I don't like to see straight couples doing that either. But this thread was not meant to be about abortion or gay marriage. I was hoping it would be about people's fears and need to control.

There's a limited access highway that runs through Fairfield County, CT called the Merritt Parkway. It is one of the most beautiful roads I've driven but it is also one of essentially only three roads running from the New York line to the Housatonic River and New Haven County. As such it is a major commuting route running parallel to routes 1 and 95. It is only two lanes. I see the major causes of delays as tail gating and people riding in the left lane and not passing. In Germany on the Autobahn it is illegal to ride in the left lane. They have a law that (I hope someone from DE will correct me if I am wrong) that in German means "drive right". On the Parkway, people don't care. They will intentionally block the passing lane and state the speed limit as their logic for not moving over. I wonder why.

Brad