[theoddz]

....for your understanding of the situation.

As you so aptly put it, being gay is no more to do with what happens in the bedroom as it IS about just living a life in happiness, as we see fit. Having the right to marry, or have the same bennies thereof, would satisfy me. Quite frankly, I really don't care what they call it, as long as the same legal entitlements would prevail.

For me, it's all about what our Constitution provides for, which is simply "equal protection under the law". And as far as President Bush's vow to support an ammendment that would take away a certain group's rights of equal protection provided for by the US Constitution, I would shudder to think what else that would set a precedence for. It would herald the beginning of the end of our democracy, as we would be ammending that precious document to exclude the rights of any group that the "majority" had a problem with. What kind of a democracy would that be??

It's interesting to note, that, in 1850, the majority of the US population actively supported the idea of slavery (or was indifferent to it). Just because the majority of a population supports an idea, does not make it right. Slavery was an abomination and, thank heavens, our Constitution prevailed and provided, once again, "equal protection under the law" was granted to the African-American population.

Do gays deserve anything less?? The Religious Right Wing Republicans are all in favor of depriving our nation's gay citizens of our rights, which are guaranteed under the law. If pressed, this group has, at the base of its reasoning, a religious notion that being homosexual is "against God". Well, here we go again with "separation of Church and State", which is also protected under the Constitution.

I'm not going to go into my personal religious beliefs, because I don't desire to get the right wingers here riled up. I just wanted to have my say in a peaceful environment where we have a good open-minded moderator who is willing to give all sides a voice in the discussion.

Thanks for listening.