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What the hell does that have to do with what I posted??
I believe momonkey is acknowledging that you are correct. By posting the Constitution he is suggesting that the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness most certainly extend to homosexuals, as there is no mention anywhere in the Constitution that it should be banned or oppressed.
I applaud you, momonkey, for having the fortitude to admit you were mistaken. That takes a lot of courage.
When my kids were very young we lived in Seattle where there are lots of gay families living quite happily along with everyone else. It's not a big deal, live and let live. My children were asking all sorts of questions from a very early age. My daughter was always very jealous that she didn't have 2 moms, because I am really terrible at doing her hair, and she really wanted an improved female role-model. My son once asked if he could marry his best friend when they were older. I answered that if they both loved one another they sure could, but the chances of them both being gay, and loving one another in that way when they were older was unlikely. So many people on this thread make the issue of educating our children about sexual orientation so much more complicated than it need be. Little kids are not asking about sex, why would they as it has no relevance to them. They are asking about love, security, and acceptance, those are the things that matter to them, and in my opinion that is how education regarding sexual orientation should be handled at elementary school level.
Very well stated! I'd have given you reps, but the system only allows for one each day or so any you have been much too eloquent on this thread for one rep per day!
I believe momonkey is acknowledging that you are correct. By posting the Constitution he is suggesting that the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness most certainly extend to homosexuals, as there is no mention anywhere in the Constitution that it should be banned or oppressed.
I applaud you, momonkey, for having the fortitude to admit you were mistaken. That takes a lot of courage.
True, however in terms of homosexuality, the younger generations accept is as it is....as fact. Slavery is a little differnet & also has nothing to do w/this conversation.
I understand that this has nothing to do with the conversation, but it has something to do with someone calling me out who preaches tolerance, but has an inclination to disrepect our elders.
I can point out the fact that Jefferson never rejected castration laws against homosexuals. Since then, many old people have died, but the intolerance still lingered.
Curing the intolerance against gays stems well beyond wishing that old people would die off.
I think this responsibility belongs to the parents. Schools should be allowed to punish any child caught bullying for any reason. If it is minority/gay bashing, then the parents need to be brought into the school immediately for a conference. I do not want my 2 and 3rd grader learning about sex. It is hard enough to keep them from seeing it on normal station's commercials.
Look at the videos at the beginning of this thread - it's NOT about teaching about sex at all!
p.s. I realize we're all in different time zones, but what an active little thread for officially being the middle of the night clear across North America.
Very well stated! I'd have given you reps, but the system only allows for one each day or so any you have been much too eloquent on this thread for one rep per day!
What about an "I have no need nor desire to populate" (and that's it) day-- I find it interesting how so many people find it really strange when I say I have no interest in having children (I'm assuming I've passed that phase when I should have "grown out of it" because when I said it in my teens and early-mid twenties they always said "oh, you'll change your mind" with that knowing look).
I just have to agree with this because my oldest son has made the same statement for nearly 20 years - he's currently nearly 39 y/o. Still wants no children, in fact has no serious female companion. His brother is rethinking that, but at nearly 38 isn't sure he wants children. Youngest at just 36 has one son, but isn't sure he wants more. (Wishing I'd put as much thought into having kids as they have before I had the three of them. Probably would have had al three of them, but might have waited a bit longer.))
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