I have many gay friends with kids and I dare to say there are happier because their parents love each other so much to stand together discrimination and hardship. Many man+woman relationships today would never be strong enough to go thru the stuff they go thru. We have tons of divorces today and tons of kids living world war 3 in their houses and that happens on “traditional marriages”. So really, please do no ever say again kids are happier on traditional houses because just walk around your neighborhood: is not true.

Discrimination is wrong in any format – thanks for standing up for what is right.

I wish I lived in California so I could have voted NO on 8. I am so happy to have helped elect (President-Elect!) Barack Obama, but so sad that as we start breaking down barriers in one aspect of our country’s prejudices, we write new hatred into law. I want my daughter to be able to love anyone regardless of gender. Hopefully laws and propositions such as these will be overturned before too long.

I couldn’t agree with you more and I commend you for taking a stand.

JoEllen. You are misinformed. No churches will have their tax status challenged. No churches will be forced to marry anyone. I’m Roman Catholic. My church won’t marry a man and a woman if they don’t agree to raise their children Catholic. They have not been sued for this, it is their right.

Churches will not be told what to do. Church based agencies that want to act as government agents, as Catholic Charities did (including being paid solely by the government to place children in the STATE system) will have to obey the law. There’s a big fat difference. A Private adoption agency can do whatever they want.

Children are not going to be taught that they should enter into a gay marriage. That’s insane. Children will be taught, as I hope they are now, to respect all of their classmates regardless of their family make-up. Just because Jimmy is being raised by a single mom and Betty is being raised by her grandparents and Suzie is being raised by two moms doesn’t mean ANY of them should be picked on.

And finally. Marriage, as it was understood in biblical times, was between a man and the father of a woman. The woman was property. Nothing more, nothing less. Also, at that time and for many centuries after it, marriage was generally recognized as being between a man and several women. Our understanding of what we will accept as a society has changed over time.

As far as the people who unsubscribed to your blog simply because you brought this issue up? Good riddance.

I fully support this blog! Even if you don’t believe in gay marriage (that line seems so inane, as if saying, “I don’t believe a person with blond hair should marry a person with black hair”), I WISH everyone were a little more tolerant of others’ beliefs.

I personally don’t like that my friends say grace before a meal, but I’m certainly not going to try to stop them from doing it in their own home; it’s none of my business. Think about it. Just think long and hard about how you’d feel if someone tried telling you you were less deserving of basic rights. It’s plain-old discrimination, and it’s disgusting.

Wendy – I love your suggestion for activity #1104.

Wish I could vote, but I’m still waiting for Illinois to catch up to California.