Re: Honolulu or HOMOlulu?

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From: Victor Eijkhout
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <5g9hnb$t0g@news1.infinet.com> dionisio@infinet.com () writes:

> Ran across this yesterday, and it seems to be pertinent:
> 
> Opponents of equal marriage rights for gays harp on the alleged need to
> defend marriage from the threat of destruction by homosexuals. Marriage,
> they argue, is the single most important stabilizing foundation in our
> society "because it creates long-lasting relationships and thereby
> strengthens and builds the community." But if marriage is such a
> stabilizing influence, why should we exclude millions of people from its
> domain? 

Entirely.

And if we could act normal and sane about homosexuality there
wouldn't be these marriages where somewhere down the line
one partner discovers that they should have partnered up
with someone of the same rather than the opposite sex.

I've seen some of those marriages up close, and it's not pretty.

Victor.
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From: eijkhout@jacobi.math.ucla.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Subject: Re: Honolulu or HOMOlulu?
Date: 1997/03/13
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