I have to say I have nothing against gays, and this is a difficult issue for many families across the nation.

It goes against my own personal convictions, but sooner or later there will have to be a point where gays who enter the bonds of partnership have the same liberties as those of us who are heterosexual. I think Frontier's story about the guys he knew is a good enough example. I think some sort of recognized civil union would do alot to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening.

I myself I guess am one of the fucked up people who think that "marriage" is the religious bond between a man and a woman.(IMO) Meaning, that it was an institution traditionally founded upon the church and teachings from the bible. (also IMO)

The question is, do homosexual couples want a civil union to recognize their "lifestyle" and the fact that they too should get equal rights protection under law? -or- Do they want to further their own "lifestyle" political agenda and force society to accept them and at the same time change laws to make them appear more "normal" thus forcing the masses to accept something that the majority still believes is "abnormal"?

Look, if you want to be gay, then be gay. It's morally wrong IMO, but it's the right of the individual...And those rights should be protected under the law in the form of a civil union of some sort. Why isn't that enough for them? Why the need to force an agenda that is "lifestyle" based upon the rest of us as if every other person feels it's normal?

But no matter what laws are passed, no matter how the homosexual agenda is forced upon society, they will never be able to legislate acceptance.

I'm sorry, but acceptance and "normalcy" seem to be at the core of the debate.

Equating slavery and holocaust to the gay issue is just plain stupid. I don't see gays being shackled and loaded up on trains. Nor do I see them as being a "race" as they would like the rest of us to think they are. I do see violence unfortunatly...the incident with the Sheppard kid was bad, not the norm. Most of us accept the fact that some people are gay. Does it hurt me in any way? Not at all, until the gay interest groups want to come into my kids school and teach homosexuality as normal sexual behavior. Not until homosexuals want to adopt children and attend my church as a family in the guise that being gay is normal.