Thanks for cutting through the bullshit, David.
On 3/13/06, David Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *delurks for a moment* > > As the resident gay person on this list, I figured I should say *something* > :D > > Reading this thread, I see a lot of different perspectives on this issue, > and I think it's an amazing thing that society's reached the point where we > can even have this discussion. > > I know that everyone's essentially looking for an answer to the nature vs. > nurture question, but I think that belies a deeper question that society > continually drills into us: "How can homosexuality be cured?" How can we > get rid of this undesirable element so that everyone can be happy and > normal? This question is pointless; the question should be instead: "why is > it that my relationship is not protected in the same way as others?" I'm > not so naive as to think that there are no more second-class citizens in our > society, but why is it that my relationship -- with the man who I love and > who completes me emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and in every > other possible way -- is not afforded the same protections as the > relationship between two people who get a shotgun wedding in Vegas as a > joke? In my opinion, marriage in this country is more harmed by an > increasingly lax attitude towards the importance of marriage, rather than by > two men declaring their undying love for one another. > > The bottom line is that for whatever reason, I am incapable of forming the > same kind of emotional and physical attachment with a woman that I can with > a man, and I don't think I should be looked down on for that. The whole > nature vs. nurture debate is interesting as a curiosity, but I don't think > it's relevant on the whole to society. I personally feel that it's a > mixture of both. > > Just my $0.02 :) > Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200025 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
