Gay Marriage- a general discussion.

[afleitch]

Wouldn't your kids be taking their initiative from YOUR marriage, hypothetically, not your neighbours? I have neighbours who are divorced, yet my own mum and dad are happilly married, does that mean my brothers and sister are going to get divorced, because of our neighbours? I thought it was a very lacklustre argument you made, that didn't seem to be going anywhere and get flat towards the end. So what if you don't get grandkids? Aren't you happy your children (whether real or hypothetical) are healthy and happy? Or will you forever be unhappy because they didn't give you grandkids! Selfish if you ask me.  

[afleitch]

Well done Brambilla, you obviously remembered our earlier spats. Much of what I said back then applies now. I also remember you went all quiet when I stumpted you Perhaps you want me to retaliate. I'm afraid I have better things to do. I'm just glad my parents are quite happy with me and my 'choice' and that they didn't seem to think I needed therapy. Set foot in Britain Brambilla and say what you said just now and you will be eaten alive. One would think that gay people run around looking for converts like some shady little fundamentalist church. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn't work like that. Consider this confrontation over, before it has even begun.

[afleitch]

Well you see theres your problem. You cant shield them. They could be taught at school by a lesbian, could have their arm put in a cast by a gay doctor, or they could drive the ambulance that takes them to hospital. You wouldn't know. The vast majority of gay men and women simply knuckle down and get on with their lives and interact with everyone elses. In the UK a gay man is the junior Minister for Education, and Tony Blair think's he's doing a damn fine job. A lesbian actress voiced a fish in Finding Nemo for heavens sake! And me? I want to teach History, a subject I love to children and teenagers, and yes I'm gay. Shelter your children if you wish, but if they rebel or become 'immoral' in your view, you will have nothing to blame but your own parenting.

[afleitch]

What a sad day. One day I won't have to come on here and defend my right to live a decent life. The UK isn't perfect, but it doing the right thing. We even had a well known and well loved, openly gay childrens TV presenter. I'll never understand why Americans get so worked up about all this. And you wonder why Europeans are growing tired of you. The vast majority of homophobes, from my own experience, are that way to detract attention from their own failings. The people who talk about gays violating the 'sanctity of marriage' are the same people who have probably been divorced more times than Henry VIII.