The esteemed asshole who posted this is of the opinion that marriage is " a special contract to promote social good" and that the sole purpose of marriage is to have children.
He’s on record there and elsewhere as describing homosexuality as a “perversion” (although he claims to be using a dictionary definition that makes the term not a moral judgment). That’s fine; he’s entitled to his opinion (though it’s difficult to distinguish exactly what he does mean by the term.
But his argument against gay marriage (which I think had not even been brought up in that thread until he addressed it) was:
Against the accusation (mine) that he was seeking to impose his views on people he responded:
I’m not interested in addressing homosexuality or gay marriage in this thread, although I’m offended at his perspective on them.
But hello? Saying that “No one should be allowed to have a marriage contract until they have children” is damn well “seeking to impose my views on people.”
My wife was seduced (fairly willingly) by the one living person on this planet whom I hate, at the age of 19. She conceived and was several months pregnant when he got into an argument with her and decided to beat her up, including several punches to the abdomen.
She did not lose the child. But her ovaries reacted to the abuse by developing multiple cysts.
In 27 years of marriage we have had no children of our own, though we have opened our home to a large number of young people over the years, and have strong relationships with three of that number and the children of two of them.
I love my wife dearly, and have done all in my power to make her life meaningful and build up her fractured ego, I believe fairly successfully. I feel that we have a very healthy marriage and one that is a positive benefit to society, albeit we have not passed on our combined genes to a new generation.
Uncle Toby, for condemning my marriage, you are cordially invited to strip naked, rub yourself all over with raw beef, and then walk into a cageful of Dobermans. This should have the net effect of improving the gene pool both of humanity and of Dobermans, by providing them with a little extra nourishment.
I would tell you to kiss my ass, but while I would gladly tend someone near and dear to me with a highly infectious and incurable disease if needed, there are some contagions I just refuse to risk, and that would be one of them.
Never mind what you may think about the committed gay couples I know, on this board and off it. You’re welcome to hold any opinion you choose to about them. But your attitude about my marriage puts you well beneath contempt in my eyes.
:wally
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