Just to clarify, the last anonymous post above is NOT the same anonymous that posted the history of homosexuality in the Christian Church and I resent this person trying to pervert my message.

I feel deeply saddened that this is this person's view of the world.  And, Civil Unions most certainly do provide the same rights as a marriage license.  They provide that both partners have inheritance rights, can obtain property together, joint credit, they provide repercussions to a dissolution of the union in the same manner that a divorce applies to a marriage license.  We are now talking semantics.

This person states that Christians see all people as sinners.  I wholeheartedly disagree with this assessment.  As Jesus clearly dictated, "Judge not, lest ye be judged."  That doesn't mean that as a Christian, I cannot and should not use discretion with whom I associate, but I am NOT willing to judge people as sinners, simply because of idealogical beliefs.

Sign me anonymous no. 1

Blaze: you say that "one's sexuality should not give them special protection or privileges." Please consider conventional straight marriage and you will recognize all of the special protections and privileges afforded to straight people by way of legally sanctioned marriage. Why should everybody not be afforded those same benefits? There is a constitutional principle called separation of church and state which should also be considered on the subject of marriage.

mykidsparent: you say that you don't know any Christians who want gays oppressed or undervalued. It seems abundantly clear from your posts that you think you're a Christian and that *you* in fact want gays oppressed and undervalued. Not only that, but nearly everything expressed in this blog by a person claiming to be a Christian would imply that they undervalue gays and lesbians and strive to continue their oppression. If you were referring to Christian *groups* ... well, there are a multitude of examples to choose from, my personal favorite being www.godhatesfags.com . Charming, no? 

Also, mykidsparent why would your family member who you characterize effectively as a lazy, good-for-nothing loser remind you of the gay and lesbian community? Pray tell! It disturbs me that you apparently have children. I hope that they grow up to think independently and form their own opinions about religion and life.

I have never understood why any group or individual would think they have a right to have a say in who sleeps with whom. Because let's face it, it isn't the rest of the relationship that's intolerable to these people. Why does anybody care? Why does anybody think it's their business? Don't tell me it's because the bible says so. I'm not buying that. The bible says all sorts of crazy things about what happens to a woman who's raped and what the rapist has to pay her father. As a society, we disregard those portions of the bible because they're outdated and ... well, crazy.

To close, I'd like to say that I don't believe our public secondary schools should be teaching one way or the other about hetero- or homosexuality. But then, they shouldn't be teaching about creation theory in science either, and that's what I was taught when I went to Tehachapi High. One would hope that kids' parents were teaching them to be tolerant and open minded, but clearly that isn't the case. Don't bother with accusing me of being a left-wing wacko - it won't fly. I'm a registered Libertarian.