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"AIDS Tax" From Gays in U.S.

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lora lee butler

i think this is atrocious and an excuse to deny our gltb community the opportunity to finally be united as a typical married couple...the divorce rate among married people who are straight is at its highest...and they can get a divorce and then married as much as they want....which begins the cycle of marriages among straight people in a so call god fearing world...there is no way that if the civil unions were approved here in colorado or any other state that the rise among sti's would rise...thats an excuse...so tell me what about the straight preachers and catholic priests having GAY SEX???all i can do is shake my head and wonder why you all keep denying us the opportunity marry if we so choose...TAKE OFF YOUR ROSE COLORED GLASSES AND STOP JUDGING US........

April 7, 2011

Terry Angel Mason

(MARRIAGE EQUALITY WILL BECOME A REALITY) I am tired of being attacked, robbed, and denied equal rights by heterosexual religious zealots who blame same-gender-loving people for their failed marriages. Last year, on January 27, 2010, I read a statement released by the Associated Press, quoting the founder of a family values think-tank who said (while testifying before the California Supreme Court) that rights of same-sex couples should come second to preserving the cherished social institution of marriage. You may have also noted that this year, President Obama is catching a fair amount of grief from theologically conservative African American pastors for his decision to no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bans the recognition of same-sex marriage. Reverend Anthony Evans, who heads the National Black Church Initiative, recently lashed out at Obama, stating, "The president has harmed himself on this issue... He has openly offended the black church, and he didn't need to do it." Most of my life, I have served in worship centers across America in one capacity or another, and I can tell you that what has eroded heterosexual marriages has nothing to do with a secret gay agenda and/or conspiracy spearheaded by evil men and women dressed in rainbow-hooded robes like the Ku Klux Klan in the '50 and '60s. I have decided to remain in the ranks, unlike many same-gender-loving men and women who have left the church because of crazy statements like these (heralded from pulpits across America) and attitudes that demean and demoralize them as individuals. So I know first-hand that the reason Bishop so-and-so and Prophetess so-and-so got divorced had absolutely nothing to do with my attraction to another man. I didn't live in their house! I did not attend their lavish wedding! I certainly didn't secretly carry on an illicit sexual affair behind the scenes with either of them. And I was not the confidant they confided in when things began to crumble in their marriages and the erotic flame burned out in their sex lives. Nor was I the person they sought when they made their decision to marry and needed marriage counseling, although after observing the horrific aftermath of their failed marriage, perhaps I should have been! Excerpt from my Blog entitled: DON'T BLAME ME FOR YOUR MESS! BLOG LINK: http://blogs.realhealthmag.com/angelmason/2011/03/dont_blame_me_for_your_mess.html

April 5, 2011

Antonio Marquez

It didn't surprise me in the least that this bill was killed with the house in republican control. What else could be expected? This venomous group backed by the religious right wing, an even more venomous group, will fight our civil rights till the bitter end. Some of their argument was protecting their traditional marriages. Their divorces are at an all time high. Still, they insist on blaming the gay community for their failed marriages, thus striking down any chance we may have for our own rights. When will they take responsibility for their own failures and stop using the gay community as a scapegoat? Enough is enough! It frightening to think that the republican party may take further control in our nation. The only way to prevent this is with our vote in 2012. Haven't they done enough damage?

April 5, 2011

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