----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 1:27 PM Subject: Re: Thoughts on gay marriage?
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:32:45PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Read what he wrote that was unacceptable to you. He literally said he > > had no right to impose his feelings, but that wasn't good enough for > > you. > > You're the one that needs to read more carefully. This is what I was > concerned about: > > Jim: > > 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. > > The implication here is pretty strong: the sister can live with her > girlfriend, but if she calls it marriage, then that could be a problem. Right, the problem would be that Jim would be uncomfortable. That is a problem, because she is his sister. I think it would be useful in this regard to consider what the difference between a civil union and a marriage is. I proposed one possibility that I have yet to see contradicted. > Dan again: > > I think you and I have quite different definitions of rationality. > > I don't. But I think you have mental blocks about your occasional > irrationality. Whenever I disagree with you? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
