Merry Meet and Blessings to all,

First I would like to take the opportunity to thank Red for being this topic to the group.

 

Now on to my comments:  Oppression and fear is the thing that motivates this continued hate.  I as a African American Lesbian have heard ALL the arguments and been victim of some pretty vicious comments as well.  The thing that I realize it that our society is full of people who cry morality--but as evidenced in history there is nothing moral about oppression.  Look at the treatment of Native Americans (My greatgrandmother), and then we can move over to African American Slavery, then to the Jewish Holicaust.  There were basically the same arguments...words like unnatural, immoral, savage.......on and on.

 

We have gotton so far away from the loving nature inheirent of our beings to the hateful purist and hypocritical society that we have become.

 

Let me say this:  There is no stopping same sex marriage--there are temporary set backs but eventually--like freeing the slaves, it will happen.

 

First I guess one must understand, that if you allow people to love who they chose and demystify this then people will accept us and allow us to be.  You can't use christanity to fight this battle because Christanity is not an old enough religion.  There have been gays around since the beginning of time, look to our Androgenous Angels, and Goddessess for more validity.

 

For me, I don't ask you to understand why I am gay, I only ask that you allow me and the person whom I chose to love to have the same benefits that other married couples do.  Actually when I look at some marriages I wonder if people really believe the stuff they spout.  There are so many failed marriages, and dysfuncional children.  Wife battering, child abuse...these things dont come from US Immorals, it comes from those supposedly normal folks....kinda makes you wonder.

 

I was raised by a single mom and she did a wonderful job with me.  She produced a loving, compassionate and gifted person.  I have raised two children (the results of inheriting them in relationships) and they are beautiful whole and healthy people.  I have served my Country At War and made a significant mark on my community. 

 

Some of the children that come from homes where they had two "normal" parents have soo many issues that they can't enjoy thier lives.  I facilitate a group for depressed and bipolar people and have worked with all the other groups like:  AA, NA, CA, and OA.  The people I see in these groups span the gamaut but the majority of them are Non-Gay...again it makes one wonder.

 

The arguments don't make sense.  The don't stand up.  The one thing that is for sure, it is about fears.  I chose this lifestyle there was no outside influence that made me this way--the children I raised are both straight (go figure).  So it not about us pushing our beliefs off on someone else or our children being influenced by the way we love.

 

Lets heal the rift, and allow each and every being to be who they are.  Please let me love who I chose and marry who I please.  

 

Thank you again for bringing this topic to the forum.