Wow, 3 Letters…
3 letters to the editor were posted in response to my column, The wrong question. I guess no one dares let me step off the plantation unchallenged.
First, this one where I owe the world an apology. This kind of letters irritate me, not because they disagree, but because of the hysteria that they represent… I have an opinion, why should I apologize for it. I’m not talking about killing off the Jews. Second, as far as the Catholic and Orthodox churches, some local churches did bless same-sex relationships, they NEVER, however pretended that they were equivalent to marriage, and it apparently had little to do with sex. If this book is trying to make the point the Catholic Church did same-sex marriages, I won’t bother reading the rest of the book for the simple fact is that the author has to try and twist facts. Read this review on Boswell’s book for more.
This guy misunderstood my point entirely. I was suggesting we talk about what we want marriage to be in general, I was less advocating a specific position (though I have one). As far as social recognition of marriage and the benefits conferred, yes, that is EXACTLY my point. Societies shouldn’t be in the business of recognizing useless institutions.
I’m not sure what this guy is responding to. In short, because *I* would be in the category of unmarried if I was arguing that. But here’s the thing about fertility, you never really know most of the time. Couples have gone upwards of 10 years before having their own child. If someone chooses not to have children because of their life circumstances, they can change their mind in one cycle. No amount of mental wrangling will allow for gay couples to produce their own children.
Lastly, somehow people thought I was eliminating love from the equation of marriage. What part of life partner and loving relationship implied love had no role?
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