tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post7533597538432168866..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: And then there are the families just trying to have a life ...SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-87344628020686218992008-11-09T22:00:00.000-08:002008-11-09T22:00:00.000-08:00Thank you for posting the piece about Lorian and D...Thank you for posting the piece about Lorian and Darcie. Although I don't know them, I understand so well how they are feeling.<BR/><BR/>We are the only gay couple in a very small mission congregation in the Inland Empire. We were married in September (after ten years together), but everything about our wedding was carefully orchestrated so as not to cause offense to anyone who might not approve.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213122051278285764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49467757470463547082008-11-09T19:42:00.000-08:002008-11-09T19:42:00.000-08:00I can't help but think of the Biblical phrase: "So...I can't help but think of the Biblical phrase: "Sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind."<BR/><BR/>Marriage is the ultimate <I>conservative</I> act, for same-sex couples.<BR/><BR/>Deny us marriage (or, in Arkansas, even <B>adoption!</B> :-0), fundamentalists of all stripes: don't you think we'll become MORE radical? MORE in-your-face? LESS likely to stay constrained the closet? MORE likely to SHOW JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-56834925380648987772008-11-09T10:58:00.000-08:002008-11-09T10:58:00.000-08:00Thanks for posting this article about us, Susan. ...Thanks for posting this article about us, Susan. We've only recently begun to recognize that our complacency and feeling "just like everyone else," was probably a bit unrealistic. I think it's important that we all do what we can to be more visible so that nobody in California continues to labor under the false impression that they don't know anyone who is gay, and can discriminate freely Lorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607439799725636481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-57500236388272325952008-11-09T08:12:00.000-08:002008-11-09T08:12:00.000-08:00I absolutely agree with the sign. I was telling a...I absolutely agree with the sign. I was telling a straight but not narrow friend of mine that since the definition of marriage has been made law, I want to start a grass-roots movement to define it even narrower.To marry a man and woman must be of childbearing age,fertile and willing to raise children.Since men can continue to sire children most of their lives, once the wife passes menopause,theRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049717236296164547noreply@blogger.com