While reading this the first thing that jumped out at me right away was that she is the daughter of a preacher and how she did not invite him to their "ceremony" because they didn't know how their parents would react and didn't want the pain of refusal. I am curious to see how her father would have taken this invitation being a preacher and what he thinks today. Personally I am still uncertain how I feel about gay and lesbian unions right now although I do not think that it is right because of certain bible passages against it. Even though I don't agree with it that does not give me the right to judge others for the lifestyles that they may choose to live. One of my good high school friends has an uncle that is gay and he has a partner and I worked for them all last summer and they are two of the coolest guys I know and always made me feel welcome and used their four-wheelers and different things for fun. Honestly if I would have seen both of them I wouldn't have guessed that they were gay unless I was told. I do not have a problem with gay and lesbian people if they don't try and push their views onto me and don't do things in front of me that I don't agree with. I can see the point she is trying to make about having the same benefits as married heterosexual couples because that benefits everyone no matter what. It is interesting how they have lived and made this work for so long which is a good step for gay and lesbian couples towards receiving these benefits and she said that her and Carol are married in all the ways that matter most and no piece of paper could strengthen their commitment so I wonder if they were granted just those benefits but not an actual marriage how they would feel about that? Also another thing that I have wondered is how if affects the children having two parents of the same sex because I think it's important to have a mother and a father because they both bring important things that are important to the growth of a child. I think this is a very sensitive subject that people are starting to open up to and more states are allowing marriages and unions now then ever before.
Questions:
1) Do you think having two parents of the same sex has a significant affect on a child as he/she grows up?
2) Do you think gay and lesbian marriages should be legalized throughout the United States?
3) Do the views of a family that they have in the article differ from your views of family or are they the same?
I like how you pointed out that they didn't invite their parents to their little version of the ceremony and that the fear of refusal should not have stopped them from reaching out to their respective families. Although she never mentions much about what her family feels about homosexuality so it may be that they have altogether disowned her.
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