I don’t understand what all the brouhaha is all about over Massachusetts striking down the ban on gay marriages.
What is it with everyone these days? Sixty-one percent oppose gay marriages but are in an uproar about the partial abortion ban signed by the White House only awhile back?
Our society has changed so much in the last 20 years that nothing these days really surprises me. But when I got swept in the movement for the rights of gays and lesbians, I was surprised to find out that it didn’t matter who was gay or who was lesbian. They were all people to me – human beings who were expressing their differences in their sexual orientation openly and without fear of outrage from others who weren’t. But there are those who still fear the unknown and are uncomfortable with the changes in our society.
The fact that the government wants to put a constitutional ban on gay marriages infuriates me to no ends. Why don’t we just put a ban on traditional marriages while we are at it?
People have the right to live, love and die however they want. Who are we to tell them any differently? The couple should decide, not the U.S. government or critics.
Not only do my wife and I support gays and lesbians, my 50-year-old mother is a lesbian. And I love and support her as any good son would.
Everett
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