No end in 2011 to same-sex marriage

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Permalink Reply by J Straw on May 15, 2011 at 9:18pm

But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

OK, I know this quote has been drug out and abused a bit but I felt it was relevant here...Therefore, likewise, to me I find it of no offense that a man or woman should find an attraction to one of the same sex. Personally I am not gay but I do know those who are in the LGBT lifestyles. Over the coarse of time I have observed that those that live their lives out in the open are far less dangerous to society than most. No they are not the wild eyed perverts that society painted them to be in years past. They have no interest in our children or our youth. They wish to live their lives quietly with a partner they have chosen to spend their life with. Exclusively I might add. To call it anything less than a marriage would be a tragedy. The act of binding two hands together in a loving relationship regardless of their sexual orientation is a beautiful thing. Did marriage become such an issue that we were willing to litigate who could enter into and benefit from such a contract? One of the reasons I moved to this state was because of its motto "Live Free or Die". I'm sure these words are meant for all who reside here and not just for those who view themselves as above the common people, peasants, or pagans.

Permalink Reply by Robert M. Collinsworth on May 18, 2011 at 6:36pm

Wow . . . very well said my friend . . . very well said indeed!

J Straw said:

But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

OK, I know this quote has been drug out and abused a bit but I felt it was relevant here...Therefore, likewise, to me I find it of no offense that a man or woman should find an attraction to one of the same sex. Personally I am not gay but I do know those who are in the LGBT lifestyles. Over the coarse of time I have observed that those that live their lives out in the open are far less dangerous to society than most. No they are not the wild eyed perverts that society painted them to be in years past. They have no interest in our children or our youth. They wish to live their lives quietly with a partner they have chosen to spend their life with. Exclusively I might add. To call it anything less than a marriage would be a tragedy. The act of binding two hands together in a loving relationship regardless of their sexual orientation is a beautiful thing. Did marriage become such an issue that we were willing to litigate who could enter into and benefit from such a contract? One of the reasons I moved to this state was because of its motto "Live Free or Die". I'm sure these words are meant for all who reside here and not just for those who view themselves as above the common people, peasants, or pagans.