Tom Beck wrote: >It's the word "marriage" that appears to have some mystical, >totemic meaning for some lamebrained lazyminded easily stampeded >credulous dolts (i.e., most of the American public).
Well, add me to list of dolts then, Tom. I find myself in that very boat; I believe gays should have the right to official unions. Hell, why shouldn't *they* have to have the prospect of giving up half their stuff and arguing over who gets the coffee table if they break up same as straight people? :) Not to mention my sister is gay, and she and her girlfriend have been together for some seven to eight years, and if that's what she wants, that what I want for her. But the idea of calling it "marriage" does make me uncomfortable on some vague level I can't really explain. Product of my environment, I suppose. If it makes me a dolt that 36 years of being told that marriage is between a man and a woman isn't easy to just shrug off, so be it. Jim Gay divorce is sure to follow Maru _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
