tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post7525364506743799009..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): interest arousedgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-21764751429640427742011-05-30T22:06:06.405-04:002011-05-30T22:06:06.405-04:00As I saw a video about French people protesting in...As I saw a video about French people protesting in the streets asking for social justice, and while similar protests are happening in the streets of Spain asking for “democracia real” (which ironically reads both as real democracy or royal democracy), this whole "gay marriage" issue suddenly felt like "small talk" and very distracting. It was a passing feeling and thought, a very arrogant feeling and thought perhaps. After all, who says it is big or small? I don’t have to make much of an effort to see how, for some of us at least, this is no small issue at all. In fact, for some of us, "same-sex marriage" is a flag to hold, whether as way to ask for humane treatment, to argue that the foundations of life and family are in danger or even to do, write or stand on a soap box (as you sometimes say) to say whatever we feel like, with whatever intention, for whatever reason or with whatever predicted or unpredicted consequences that may come as a result.<br /><br />Just yesterday, I saw another video, with a politician denouncing the publishing of a school pamphlet apparently titled “how to be homosexual” (I haven’t really bothered to check). He argued that this pamphlet alone will transform schools into “academies of homosexuality”. As a result, other politicians (likely with more religious views) are now publishing “antigay pamphlets” in schools. As I watch people playing dangerous political and religious games and Nature balancing itself out, I find myself asking what the real intention in publishing the first pamphlet was. Whatever it was, it’s seems clear that this piece of paper quickly became fuel to a very persistent and dangerous fire.<br /><br />Perhaps a much more urgent pamphlet for all of us might be “how to respect each other” but, who am I to say what this world needs most… In any case, we have plenty of that already in religious and spiritual bookshelves. Maybe we’d all do better to do as you so often recommend; shut up and sit. Who’s to say?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-83147767622327244532011-05-30T17:01:05.489-04:002011-05-30T17:01:05.489-04:00Thank you at least for having the courage to expre...Thank you at least for having the courage to express your ignorance. <br /><br />A man cannot be a wife and a woman cannot be a husband. In same-sex marriages, the spouses take on the terms appropriate to their gender. So in a male same-sex marriage, both spouses are husbands. In a female marriage, both are wives. It's a very simple concept when you think about it.<br /><br />I hope this is helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-39639809186471871762011-05-30T15:29:17.550-04:002011-05-30T15:29:17.550-04:00In my experience, words such as "husband"...In my experience, words such as "husband" and "wife" are somewhat foreign. Others feel much more significant, such as "friend", "companion", "partner" or "lover". But then we're not "married", on paper at least and after 10 years living together...<br /><br />I hardly give marriage any thought, since I feel that what is really important is our commitment to each other. The bond is there, whether it is official or not. The only times I have given marriage any thought was when I contemplated on the possibility of him suffering an accident or falling seriously ill, needing to be hospitalised and me not being allowed to visit and be there by his side.Tiagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-25360992450871469352011-05-30T10:29:19.063-04:002011-05-30T10:29:19.063-04:00Thanks James. I plan to research a little further ...Thanks James. I plan to research a little further with Donna and Kathy, my nearby married neighbors.genkakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-65962608220107803392011-05-30T10:19:01.360-04:002011-05-30T10:19:01.360-04:00The emerging consensus around the usage, as I see ...The emerging consensus around the usage, as I see it among my gay and lesbian friends is that among the married, male couples are both husband and female couples are both wives.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320860122104064884noreply@blogger.com