Gay Marriage - The Vote

[ALBION28]

Thank you, but I am in a perfectly happy relationship with my boyfriend and require no help whatsoever, nor, to the best of my knowledge, do any of my friends of the relevant persuasion.

I am happy for you and your partner but there remain many who are not in your position. You should understand I have not gone out of my way to be involved they come to me because they know I listen, I care and will help if they want. Sometimes things are not so pleasant. I have a court date in a couple of weeks involving a gay man and his sexual assault on disabled boys. Life is not always as you might wish.

 

[Frutos]

I am happy for you and your partner but there remain many who are not in your position. You should understand I have not gone out of my way to be involved they come to me because they know I listen, I care and will help if they want. Sometimes things are not so pleasant. I have a court date in a couple of weeks involving a gay man and his sexual assault on disabled boys. Life is not always as you might wish.

There is something in the tone of your posts which I find very sinister and unpleasant.

 

[Acker79]

There is something in the tone of your posts which I find very sinister and unpleasant.

You are not alone in that.

 

[Nibble]

I am happy for you and your partner but there remain many who are not in your position. You should understand I have not gone out of my way to be involved they come to me because they know I listen, I care and will help if they want. Sometimes things are not so pleasant. I have a court date in a couple of weeks involving a gay man and his sexual assault on disabled boys. Life is not always as you might wish.

Surely this is due to the man being a paedophile, not a gay man?

 

[Bold Seagull]

There is something in the tone of your posts which I find very sinister and unpleasant.

You are not alone in that.

I agree, very uncomfortable reading.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Surely this is due to the man being a paedophile, not a gay man?

Something about people's prejudices and ignorance here. We have lived in the same house for nearly thirty years, most of that time with a gay couple next door. We have two daughters who were aaged about 4 and 2 when the neighbours moved in - they have been about the best neighbours you could ever have, it has to be said.

In one or two conversations I had with people about it, the combination of little girls plus Gay neighbours more than once elicited the response of "Oh, doesn't that worry you?". To which the response was "They are normal (i.e. not paedophile) gay men, not heterosexual paedophiles.

One of my daughters is now in a gay relationship. Should I blame it on the neighbours? Should I blame it on one of the teachers she had at primary School who was gay? Of course not. It is just the way she is, the way she is made, and she is still my daughter! We are looking forward to the Civil ceremony later this year..... which is what this thread was originally all about. They are happy with a Civil ceremony, I hasten to add, as far as I know, but I wouldn't have any problem with them getting "married". Life is too short to get wound up about such things.

 

[Silk]

Life is too short to get wound up about such things.

And that's neatly summed up all that needs to be said on the subject.

 

[User removed 4]

Something about people's prejudices and ignorance here. We have lived in the same house for nearly thirty years, most of that time with a gay couple next door. We have two daughters who were aaged about 4 and 2 when the neighbours moved in - they have been about the best neighbours you could ever have, it has to be said.

In one or two conversations I had with people about it, the combination of little girls plus Gay neighbours more than once elicited the response of "Oh, doesn't that worry you?". To which the response was "They are normal (i.e. not paedophile) gay men, not heterosexual paedophiles.

One of my daughters is now in a gay relationship. Should I blame it on the neighbours? Should I blame it on one of the teachers she had at primary School who was gay? Of course not. It is just the way she is, the way she is made, and she is still my daughter! We are looking forward to the Civil ceremony later this year..... which is what this thread was originally all about. They are happy with a Civil ceremony, I hasten to add, as far as I know, but I wouldn't have any problem with them getting "married". Life is too short to get wound up about such things.

Pictures ?

 

[Acker79]

Pictures ?

You want pictures of his gay neighbours? I always suspected...

 

[marshy68]

I think Gay people should be allowed to get married - they should be allowed to get married in church, the individual churches should be allowed to refuse marriage with out fear of legal sanction - Gay couples will find progressive and more enlightened churches who will carry out the marriage - like churches that marry divorced people. I believe in equality and cannot imagine a debate saying should Black people be allowed to marry or poor people being able to marry.

Live and let live and be tolerant - if you dont beleive in gay marriage dont marry a gay person simples really.

 

[User removed 4]

You want pictures of his gay neighbours? I always suspected...

 

[Phat Baz 68]

My best mate is Gay and he is totally against it !!
Not sure why he is, as he isnt religious or anything quite a few of the Gay community are i believe !!

 

[ALBION28]

Surely this is due to the man being a paedophile, not a gay man?

This is true, the point I was making was that shit happens to gay as well as hetro. Life's experience is very mixed.