Reply #20: Most southerners really don't care about this [View All]

[KaraokeKarlton]

Dean doesn't support "gay marriage", he supports granting the same rights married couples get, but calling it something else. Civil Unions is not gay marriage. Just as Dean believes that gays need to have equal rights, responsibilities and protections, he also believes that the church needs to have it's autonomy. Separation of Chruch and State is a good thing, and this issue falls under that category.

And I shouldn't have to point it out to anyone that parishoners don't take everything their ministers tell them as gospel. A good many southerners go to church not so much because they are extremely religious as it is that they go for appearances, because it's just the proper thing to do. I can't even count the number of southerners I knew living there who went to church religiously every Sunday while committing damn near every sin imagineable Monday thru Saturday. To be fair, the northern church goers are essentially the same. Go to confession, make the appearance so you don't feel guilty, and sin like a banshee 6 days a week. Hell, even the preachers have been known to do this. My ex husband's family are "devout catholics". His aunt is a nun and she puts away the Jack Daniels like nobody's business. Let them pitch a fit and watch it backfire and turn people off. I've seen it all happen before, and it's NOT something anyone should be losing any sleep over. As soon as the actual battle happens, gay rights will come out victorious. If it began tomorrow, gay rights would win. Everyone has a friend or family member or at least knows someone who is gay. As soon as you put an actual face on homosexuality the entire mentality towards the issue changes. This fight is ripe for the winning, whenever the homosexual community decides to make the push.