Comments on: Richmond speaks out on Gay Marriage

By: Kimberly Dawn Thurston

Kimberly Dawn Thurston — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:28:25 +0000

I agree with you William. I have friends that are gay, and have life partners and while I do think there should be some sort of a civil union that allows the same rights and privligies (except child adoption) as a marriage, I have to say that marriage is between one man and one woman. As the saying goes, God made Eve for Adam, He didn't make Steve for Adam…

By: Kate Hall

Kate Hall — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:08:21 +0000

Reader Victoria brought up a great point: "I don't agree with gay marriage. Regardless though, I did think one thing was missing in the article- a non-knowledgable reader might finish the article and conclude that
Va is one of a small # of states that is "backwoods" etc. And doesn't allow it when there are 31 with constitutional bans. ny is an exception, not the norm."–thanks for that feedback.

By: William

William — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:54:49 +0000

Again, Kate you are 100% correct in your response to me. I agree with you, I hope you don’t feel as if I’m ‘beating up’ on you. But gay marriage is bad for society. We have to have limits and set boundaries, otherwise why even have ‘marriage’ at all? Why not let polygamy be legal? This upside down way of thinking will eventually lead antarchy

By: William

William — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:40:30 +0000

In response to guest, who here is being ‘hateful’ ?? And why are you calling someone a bigot? Who here is a bigot? Can someone disagree with you without being hatefuland a bigot?

By: William

William — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:35:16 +0000

Kate, thank you for your response, it is much appreciated. Very respectful and I really do agree with you that this is your article and your opinion is ok. We are all biased to a certain degree.

By: William

William — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:31:39 +0000

Kate I thank you and very much appreciate your response. You obviously are very respectful and courteous to me. You are absolutely 100% correct to say that that you are free to express your opinion and honestly, we are all biased to some degree.

By: PowerMamaRVA

PowerMamaRVA — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:11:24 +0000

You go Kate! I simply ignore the voice of anyone trying to justify bigotry. Gay Americans are no different in any way shape or form from Heterosexual Americans. We are all Americans and deserve nothing less than equal treatment in the eyes of the law. Period. I hope all educated and open-minded Virginians will take to the polls and join New York soon. Equal rights for all!

PowerMamaRVA

By: Kate Hall

Kate Hall — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:40:12 +0000

aw, thanks! I’m pretty used to getting beat-up about issues like these, so thanks for the kudos, my skin has grown thick over the years of writing publicly

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:05:22 +0000

Don't let bigots intimidate you! Keep writing thought-provoking blogs. Enlightenment is the key to a forward-thinking society. Unfortunately, there is never a shortage of hate.

By: Kate Hall

Kate Hall — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:39:22 +0000

William, thank you for your feedback. This was a random survey of women who read our site and follow our Facebook page. Some of the interviewees happen to be friends but I certainly don’t know everyone personally, and in fact I pulled in our writer Rhonda Day who interviewed others outside of the readership circle so we’d have more diversified opinions in this article. I tried to be as unbiased as possible,although because this is my blog and not a large media-owned site I assume that I am free to express my opinions as I wish. I do agree that most folks are unwilling to speak out against gay marriage which is likely why we had less “con” responses, although I’m sure they exist. We welcome all feedback to our readers as long as it’s not offensive to others, which unfortunately is very subjective.