Re: the next wedge issue

[joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Melvin wrote:

> Personally, I abhor homosexuality and feel no compulsion whatsoever to
> explain why I think a man penis should be place in a women and not another man. I am
> not required to explain my ideology.
Actually, there is no such thing as "a man's penis," right? I mean
there's your penis, which you have the right to decide where to place.
And then there's other men and their penises, and I guess the question
is, do you feel that they have the same right as you -- to put it where
it feels best?

> I abhor the idea of homosexual couples being granted medical benefits as
> homosexual couples when male and female couples with children are denied the same
> benefits. As a union representative I voted against this and voted in favor of
> all couples being granted company benefits.
I think you're absolutely right in sticking up for all non-married
couples to have health benefits. In fact, health care should just be one
of the benefits taking part in any society.. The question is, would you
expressly forbid homosexuals to be given mendical aid, when that aid was
available to everyone else?

> The fight for homosexual rights - rights based on same sex between the same
> sex, has never been a "progressive issue."
Well, historically, it has been insomuch as it is also a right to
privacy - a right to leave the state out of your bedroom.

> Joanna