Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Mum's the Word. My mother arrived safely this afternoon. She's in the living room reading Martha Stewart Living while Dan Rather blathers on the television. I can hear her calling to Joey- "Come on, come get up here." Joey and Puff are the friendliest, so they circle around her, curious. Mama Cat has come and climbed on my lap. Princess and Bear are hiding, they are shy cats.
Both Tucson newspapers had anti-gay marriage editorials written by out-of-state columnists. I sent scathing letters to each, pointing out the idiocy of their arguments, both of which were Biblical in origin. An example written to Peter Bronson:
I felt obliged to comment on your idiotic editorial. People like you need to be demonized. You link gay marriage- an action between two consenting adults- with the suffering of children, divorce, co-habitation, etc. Bullshit. What are conservatives really afraid of? If gays and lesbians have the chance to get married they will have lower divorce rates than heterosexuals? That gays and lesbians will become so boring that conservatives will have to find some other group to hate? There is no rational, non-religious reason to prohibit homosexuals from marrying. There are plenty of irrational reasons, which you have kindly summarized.
I pay thousands of dollars in taxes and don't have the same rights as a heterosexual couple that meets and gets married on some stupid one hour reality television show. If heterosexuals are alarmed at their high divorce rate, don't look at gays and lesbians as the cause. I can assure you that I have not caused a single divorce.
One responded:
Hey, Homer:
You may have a good argument to make, but nobody will get past all the name-calling and insults to find it.
Best wishes,
Peter Bronson
Blah, blah, name calling blah, blah.
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Both Tucson newspapers had anti-gay marriage editorials written by out-of-state columnists. I sent scathing letters to each, pointing out the idiocy of their arguments, both of which were Biblical in origin. An example written to Peter Bronson:
I felt obliged to comment on your idiotic editorial. People like you need to be demonized. You link gay marriage- an action between two consenting adults- with the suffering of children, divorce, co-habitation, etc. Bullshit. What are conservatives really afraid of? If gays and lesbians have the chance to get married they will have lower divorce rates than heterosexuals? That gays and lesbians will become so boring that conservatives will have to find some other group to hate? There is no rational, non-religious reason to prohibit homosexuals from marrying. There are plenty of irrational reasons, which you have kindly summarized.
I pay thousands of dollars in taxes and don't have the same rights as a heterosexual couple that meets and gets married on some stupid one hour reality television show. If heterosexuals are alarmed at their high divorce rate, don't look at gays and lesbians as the cause. I can assure you that I have not caused a single divorce.
One responded:
Hey, Homer:
You may have a good argument to make, but nobody will get past all the name-calling and insults to find it.
Best wishes,
Peter Bronson
Blah, blah, name calling blah, blah.
