PS to Apathy...While your benevolent act of not kicking homosexual's tulips and not inconveniencing yourself by leaving a resturaunt if they're your waiter is truly noble, it does not make you tolerant.
ok, we also don't lock people up for homosexual acts. we generally make an effort to treat gays the same as we would anyone else. when I work with someone who happens to let it be known he's gay it makes no difference in how I treat him or if I'm friendly or not. we don't single them out for any special negitave behavior, that is tolarance.
if you want congratulations on a new boyfriend you've come to the wrong place. I don't aprove, I wont pretend that I aprove. I wont go out of my way to bring it up, but if you want to bring up the subject I'll speak my mind.
but to many people mariage is a sacred thing (most who don't treatit as such don't stay married for long), we don't allow marriages for political convenience (imigration purposes, it happens but is not legal), we don't allow people to marry animals, and we don't allow people of the same sex to marry each other. it cheapens the institution and is an ofront to many married people.
there are others who's behavior I don't aprove. adulterers, I have many people I work with who freely screw around on their wives while out of town. they say they have feelings (horneyness being the main one) and they use thisto justify their acts. how is this different? I'm tolorant of them too. I don't aprove of their behavior but I tolorate it. I do my best not to treat them any different because it's none of my business, much like the gay situation.
but if they wanted to start effecting the curiculem in my childrens schools to reflect that adulterous behavior is ok, they'd face the same resistance from me that gays do.
maybe the adulterers would want a law that allowed for temporary 'mini marriages' for when they are out of town, legaly recognised and all. that way if the girl you are shacking up with while away from your family gets sick you could put her on the company health plan and drive the rates up further for the rest of us.