{"id":476,"date":"2010-01-22T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/01\/good-piece-on-gay-marriage.html"},"modified":"2010-01-22T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:13:31","slug":"good-piece-on-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/01\/good-piece-on-gay-marriage.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Piece on Gay Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many years ago when I first heard about the issue of gay\/lesbian marriage, my initial reaction was “Big deal – there are more important issues
\naround.”  <\/span>My second reaction was “Marriage
\nhas traditionally been between a man and a woman, so why mess with it? Civil
\nunions are just fine. Go away.” (My first reactions to a new issue tend to be
\nconservative.)<\/p>\n

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\n<\/p>\n

When the issue would not<\/i> go away my third conclusion, arrived at much more slowly, was “Marriage today is primarily about love and
\ncommitment.  <\/span>Who am I or anybody
\nelse to get in the way of two people who want to live their lives together?” <\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly, statistics indicate those
\nparts of the country most opposed to gay marriage also have the most trouble
\nstaying married<\/a>.  It might seem that those parts of the country most opposed to marriage between gays or lesbians have the greatest difficulty with practicing love?   <\/span>Maybe they should
\nlook at the beam in their own eye… <\/p>\n

So it was with sympathy and admiration that I read today how
\nRepublican Jerry Sanders, former cop and mayor of San Diego, account of how he came to reverse
\nhis thinking and support gay marriage<\/a>. 
\n<\/span>It’s a good read. His press conference statement is on youtube,<\/a> and is a good and deeply moving example of a man with genuine integrity and courage.  We need more like him.<\/p>\n

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