From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 

You obviously do not understand the impact of living as a "government
declared second-class citizen."

I cannot speak for your wife's actions; they are not ones that I would choose.

I would not necessarily say that deciding not to tell one's parents
necessarily implies a lack of bravery; it may simply be a desire to avoid
potential hurt.  Not being there I cannot say, and as you do not share her
parents, (I hope), it is not for you to say, either.

But I can say that much of your rant can be addressed in court -- an option
NOT open to Gay couples.

Yes, marriage implicitly implies the possibility of divorce; Gay
"activists", (i.e., Gay people who do not want to be treated as
second-class citizens), are not asking for "special rights". 
Simply the same rights as the rest of the adult citizens in this country.

And when a pledge, oath, song, poem or other expression represents equality
for all, I will often choose that as an opportunity to speak up and point
out areas where that expression is false.

If you want this issue to "go away", I suggest you assist in
promoting the reality of equality instead of a mere comforting illusion.

gs

"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in
message news:0p79is4cu5uad4chrmaolpddivrv60tmgi{at}4ax.com...
> On Thu, 18 May 2000 16:41:43 -0700, "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l"
greggstrom{at}earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Except for Gay people who are banned from marriage....
> >
> >gs
> >
gary_wiltshire{at}compuserve.com>
wrote in message
> >news:ggu7isk8o63aron1uv28hgampjvnla5fki{at}4ax.com...
> >> On Wed, 17 May 2000 18:51:35 -0700, "Jeff Shultz"
 wrote:
> >> .....
> >> >BTW, I seem to remember saying "One Nation,
Indivisible... " Not that
> >anyone
> >> >says the pledge that much anymore.
> >> .....
> >> I still do and taught my thirteen-year-old son to do the same.
> >
> I'm getting tired of your propensity for turning every topic into a
> gay rights issue.  I'm an atheist, straight and still married to a
> lesbian, having found out what she was up to about three years ago due
> to her clumsiness with the family computer.  I learned that she had
> never been in love with me and that I was for procreation and
> financial support, and that I wasn't very good at either.  I was
> essentially celibate since my son's birth and hadn't a clue why.  I
> tried to hold the household together for my son's sake until he would
> be ready for college.  My wife, despite our agreement, spent two years
> since my discovery poisoning my son's mind (who didn't know about his
> mom), slandering me to her on-line coven (blabbing anything I might
> conceivably find embarrassing), and making life as miserable and tense
> for me in the house as possible.
>
> I moved out last September and will be divorced shortly.  My son knows
> now why I moved out from his mother, the brave gay rights activist who
> marches on Washington, but is too chickenshit to tell her own mother.
> My inlaws seem to have assumed that I'm a worthless philanderer who
> can't be bothered to support his family -- they also don't know who's
> paying the lion's share of the expensed back at the house, as his son
> does live there.
>
> Where the hell is MY tres chic support group and marches?
>
> If you're so fucking hot on gay marriage ("civil union"), move here to
> Vermont.  A word of warning, however:  welcome to gay divorce.

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