Hoot Mon writes:
All right, I carried the analogy a little too far. This entire issue will evaporate like hot sweat when gay-gene therapy becomes a clinical out-patience procedure.
You keep claiming to have an open mind, but I really haven't seen any evidence of that.
The real issue is so what if it is 100% choice? It makes no difference if tomorrow we find out that gay people are gay without any biological reason whatsoever. Since when did we as a society have the right to exclude other people from certain rights simply because they made a concious choice?
In other words, whether homosexuality is a choice or not should have no bearing on what rights homosexuals should or shouldn't get.
I am happily married, and I love the fact that whenever I tell people that this is my wife people automatically assume that she is the most important person in my life. I love the fact that if my wife ever gets hospitalized, I could simply say "that's my wife" and automatically nothing regarding the matter is excluded from me. Joint tax filing is a plus. So is insurance. If I ever get arrested for something I might or might not have done, I love the fact that by law my wife cannot be made to testify against me. These are just a few things that popped up in my head right now.
I know some gay couples that have been together for years and years and years and they are still can't enjoy some of the things we take for granted. In fact, a couple years ago I attended a symbolic wedding between two men who had been together for 15 years. 15 years. That sure beats Britney Spear's 52 hour just for fun marriage. That beats Rush Limbaugh's 5 or so marriages and divorces.
A few years ago, I hosted a gay couple from Norway who had 2 adopted sons with them. The affections they had for each other and the love they had for their non-biological sons made me had no doubt that these people probably made better parents than most straight couples out there, including myself.
I see no reason why these people who are committing their lives to a monogomous relationship can't be legally recognized and yet straight people like me can marry, get a divorce, remarry, get another divorce, and remarry again and again and again.
But on a different note, I couldn't help myself from writing out a script about the gay cure. Guess where I got this from.
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Professor: I don't have to be psychic to know something is bothering you.
Sara: I don't get it. Eric is now a fugitive. We finally have a president that understands us. Why are we still hiding?
Prof: We're not hiding. We still have a lot of enemies out there, and I must protect my students.
Sara: You know, we can't remain your students forever.
The professor chuckles.
Prof: My dear, I haven't thought of you as my student for years now. In fact, I thought you might take my place some day.
Sara: But I thought Scot...
Prof: Scot's a changed man. He took Jean's death so hard. Yes, things are better out there, but you of all people should know how quickly the weather can change.
Sara: There's something you're not telling us.
The professor looks as though he is about to say something but then stops and proceeds to the guest room.
Inside the guest room, Secretary McCoy is is greeted by the professor and Sara.
Sara: Hank, it's good to see you.
McCoy: I'm sorry to see you on such a short notice.
Prof: You're always welcome here, Hank. You're a part of this place.
McCoy: I have news.
Prof: Is it Eric?
McCoy: No, but we have been making progress on that front. We recently apprehended Mystique.
Sara: You think your prison can hold her?
McCoy: For now, we have a more pressing matter. A major Pharmaceutical company has developed a chemical agent that suppresses the gay gene X.
Logan: Suppresses...?
McCoy: Permanently. They're calling it the “Cure”.
Sara: That's ridiculous, you can't cure being who you are.
McCoy: Well, scientifically speaking...
Sara: Since when did we become a disease?
Professor: Sara, they're announcing it right now.
As people around the country watches on their tv screens, the head of the pharmaceutical company addresses to the press.
Bush: These gays are people like you and me. They suffer from a genetic defect and should be pitied, not persecuted. But it ends today.
Bush holds up a chemical vile.
Bush: Ladies and Gentlemen, we finally have a cure for homosexuality.
In the professor's guest room...
Sara: What kind of a coward would take the easy way out like that?
McCoy: It depends. Is it cowardice to try to save oneself from persecution? Not everyone can blend in so well.
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AKA G.A.S.B.Y.
George Absolutely Stupid Bush the
Younger
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