[RACooper]

Originally posted by MooseGirl
I'm satisfied. I suppose. I kind of don't see the point in marriage at all right now, but hey, if two people can get married it shouldn't matter which two (as long as it's not incest).

Taualumna, I can understand what you're saying. Because the majority right now is liberal-minded, you do have a tough time. I do believe that despite all the "preaching" on tolerance by the left, many liberals forget to be tolerant of the Right. My best friends are conservative and I'm very far-left, but we still manage to get along In general, I do have to make a strong effort though when talking about religion since I wish it didn't exist at all. (but I recognize that stems from my personal experience)


Anyway, a couple years out of highschool I ran into a friend, here's the convo:
[walking along downtown, ca. 1998]
"Hi jen"
"Oh, hey, Jay, how's it going?"
"good, just got married this summer"
"oh really? that's great"
"yeah, to him [gestures to guy standing next to him, I didn't know he was gay]"
"oh terrific"
(converstation continued)

So gays have been using the word marriage for plenty of years, even when it wasn't recognized.

I could have cited the same conversation between me and a friend in the military... a friend I have seen under fire and someone I respect deeply... the fact that he is gay doesn't matter - the fact that he is a friend, and in love does.