Posted On: October 27, 2006, 1:47 pm CDT

Posted By: KLS

What a gay couple does (provided both are consenting adults) behind closed doors isn't any of my business. If a gay couple gets married, I don't see how it would adversely affect me.

If a gay couple is treated equally by an insurer, the same as how my husband and I are treated by an insurer, again... I don't see how it has a negative impact on me.

Bruce, I appreciate that you want people to see things from your perspective. I appreciate that you possibly want to change the minds or opinions of those who don't agree with you.

In what ways would you be personally harmed if gay couples were treated equally?

Clearly you do disagree with gay people and that's your perogative. You own your opinion and that's fine. You also have tools and publications that align with how you feel and you use those to support your opinion. That's completely fair.

However, it is also fair for other people to support equal rights for gay couples and it's fair for other people to have a neutral opinion. It's great that everyone is speaking their mind and exercising their freedom of speech.

Does a moral disagreement give someone grounds to deny equality to a group of people? Are we required by law to have morals?

How does the argument for or against equality for gay couples change if the morality issue is removed? I'm most curious to read answers to this question.

I really like Tolerant Christian's message of peace, love and tolerance.

We may define ourselves as followers of certain faiths, members of political parties, by race or nationality... none of that matters in the big picture though. We are all *humans* and frankly, not one of us is superior to another. So perhaps we should try to practice a little bit of live-and-let-live in most situations?

(Please note, I qualified that with "most situations". If someone is physically hurting my child or my self, I'm not going to sit there and take it. There are times when live-and-let-live doesn't apply, but equal treatment for gay couples is, in my humble opinion, a situation where it absolutely DOES apply.)