Several thoughts here.
One: Brock and Dan and Joe and many of you make excellent points.
Two: it is a slippery slope. Not because gays can marry, but due to the erosion of our govt.
Three: Dick better keep posting everywhere. His view is recognized by many on here silently and because this site has the unique ability to disagree while respecting the opinions of others (even if the people feel differently.) Also because there is a large majority who will never realize this opinion is/was/has been/will be the opinion of a large portion of our population for decades IF it is not still shared. To understand our future we must know our past. Doesn't mean you have to like where we are going. In Badger Dale's case I feel the same way. Keep posting. Your opinion may not sit well with all but it is respected even if someone doesn't like it. It is the direction we are going.
4) I stand by teaching my kids right from wrong and leading by example. I still think the gay community is a small percentage and in regards to media/TV shows is being crammed down our throats. At the end of my time, I won't be the one judging everyone else so I won't do it now. I don't have to agree with something to respect it. The older I get, the more I realize I simply don't understand it. Then again, the older I get the more I understand it. Weird?
Five: as I get older and understand more, I am
more enlightened. We are raising a child who would have been a ward of the state until 18 if we had not brought him into our home. I have seen him progress a ton. Were he not brought into a loving home, he would still be throwing fits and not progressing. He would have been destined for penal or mental institutions the rest of his life. Best case scenario he would live off the system and avoid prison or mental institutions. As it stands, the boy has a chance because WE gave him a chance. If a couple of gays who love each other and are in a committed relationship want to give a chance to a child by adopting them, then I feel it is better than the life/future of most children in the system who go without being adopted. My cousin is openly gay. I don't agree with it but I respect it. He and his partner just adopted a 16yr old boy and gave him a chance. I commend them. The kid was screwed up and has made advancements in a short time period. Who am I to judge that one?
I have opened my mind over the years. I used to be anti gay. Maybe even a hater. Definitely a basher. Never beat any up though (Dale that was for you to LOL brother.) As I mature as a person AND a Christian, I have gotten much better at loving my brothers and sisters. Loving my neighbors (literally as my neighbors are lesbians). I openly admit to accepting people of any color or sexual orientation. I also openly admit I am not at ALL accepting to child molesters or Muslims. Muslims hate all us Christians. BUT. . . I can admit this about myself with no apologies at this time in my life. Maybe later (except molesters), but not right now.
