Posted by rayww on November 8, 2008, at 13:16:55
If we want to wear our sexual orientation on our sleeve I choose "Marriage" for mine. They don't get it.
A person can be of any sexual orientation and not choose to be married. Heterosexuals can be just as immoral as Homosexuals, Transsexuals, Lesbians, Bisexuals. Immoral to me means having (or desiring) many sexual partners.
Marriage to me means I (a woman) have chosen to be married to a man, and commit to only him in my sexual relationship. It also means I have chosen to have children, our own flesh and blood.
If a Homosexual, Transsexual, Lesbian, or Bisexual wants that same kind of commitment, let them have it, but DON'T WEAR MY LABEL. It must be called something different, like H-arriage or L-arriage.
They want to wear my label, but I'm not willing to give it up. I wear it with a capital "M". I have been true to my husband and my children, and it hasn't always been easy.
If the definition of marriage has become a political issue I ask for the definition of sexual orientation to also include what I have stated above. We're not animals, nor are we just sexual beings with labels like heterosexual.
rayww
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