MCGREEVEY AND SSM: Chris Crain

...Discouraging gays from successful same-sex relationships and not allowing them to marry makes for heartless religious doctrine and counterproductive public policy. Expecting a gay person to change his or her sexual attraction and enter into a "normal," opposite-sex relationship is an exercise in frustration that will almost inevitably lead to great personal pain and humiliation, as the McGreevey story illustrates. And it puts at risk the personal happiness of not only the homosexual, but innocent third parties as well, including the unwitting (or even witting) spouse and children.

If conservatives do not want gays to enter into committed, long-term relationships, then they should accept that every other alternative is less attractive, even to conservatives themselves. Whether like McGreevey, pretending to be straight and courting familial disaster down the road; or by attempting an impossible and empty life of celibacy, or by engaging in promiscuity or serial monogamy, drifting from sexual encounter to sexual encounter--none of these outcomes is healthy for the homosexual or for their loved ones.

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[A different view may be found here, of course... and still a different one here. --Eve]

posted by Eve at 3:56 PM VOTE

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