Comments on: Reflections on “My Evil” http://iwassaying.net/2009/09/09/reflections-on-my-evil/ Chatter, memories and rants. Please, don't stop me if you've heard this one before. Mon, 02 May 2011 10:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Posts about homophobia as of September 9, 2009 | Discrimination Law News http://iwassaying.net/2009/09/09/reflections-on-my-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 Posts about homophobia as of September 9, 2009 | Discrimination Law News Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:30:34 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=652#comment-4274 [...] at him behind his back. We’re calling him a hypocrite, a liar, in some cases even a traitor. Reflections on “My Evil” – iwassaying.net 09/09/2009 A couple of weeks ago, I spent part of a Saturday at Portland’s [...] [...] at him behind his back. We’re calling him a hypocrite, a liar, in some cases even a traitor. Reflections on “My Evil” – iwassaying.net 09/09/2009 A couple of weeks ago, I spent part of a Saturday at Portland’s [...]

]]> By: Pete http://iwassaying.net/2009/09/09/reflections-on-my-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-4272 Pete Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:25:06 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=652#comment-4272 Thank you, Darlene. Thank you, Darlene.

]]> By: Darlene http://iwassaying.net/2009/09/09/reflections-on-my-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-4271 Darlene Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:06:17 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=652#comment-4271 When two people love each other, care for each other and then are denied the perks that married people take for granted there is something basically wrong. I have a gay friend who tells many stories of a couple of the same sex who have lived together for years and one of them becomes hospitalized. At that time the biological members of the sick persons family have legal rights, even though they many not have seen the patient for years. They have probably been estranged due to their prejudice over the fact that their relative is gay. Out of revenge they bar the lover of their relative from seeing his/her partner and make all medical decisions. Would any married person be okay with that? Then there's the simple economic situation. The gay couple are not able to file joint income tax and are unable to inherit half of the value of the partner's IRA benefits, etc. Common decency demands that we give gay people the right to marry. And I can't speak for God, but I do think he said he loved all his children. Jesus said, "Judge not." Now who might be going to hell? Frankly, if I believed in heaven or hell I would be like Mark Twain. When two people love each other, care for each other and then are denied the perks that married people take for granted there is something basically wrong. I have a gay friend who tells many stories of a couple of the same sex who have lived together for years and one of them becomes hospitalized. At that time the biological members of the sick persons family have legal rights, even though they many not have seen the patient for years. They have probably been estranged due to their prejudice over the fact that their relative is gay. Out of revenge they bar the lover of their relative from seeing his/her partner and make all medical decisions. Would any married person be okay with that?

Then there’s the simple economic situation. The gay couple are not able to file joint income tax and are unable to inherit half of the value of the partner’s IRA benefits, etc.

Common decency demands that we give gay people the right to marry. And I can’t speak for God, but I do think he said he loved all his children. Jesus said, “Judge not.” Now who might be going to hell? Frankly, if I believed in heaven or hell I would be like Mark Twain.

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