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: 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.

By: William

William — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:10:36 +0000

And just one more thing as well (pertaining to "civil rights")…We ALL have Equal rights…ANY one man can legally marry any one woman and vice versa. This is a right that WE ALL have, regardless of what YOU choose to do in your bedroom and this is the ONLY marriage institute that SHOULD be recognized by our government because it is designed the BEST for RAISING CHILDREN…they do need a Father and a Mother. None of what I've said has much to do with the Bible, rather NATURAL law and COMMON SENSE. Please people. Althought I am a firm believer and follower of my LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ. I am a broken person and have my own struggles with sin but I do not want the government to legislate my bad attributes. I don't force my sin that I struggle with on others and I don't try to say it is good and call people bigots for opposing me.

By: William

William — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:03:56 +0000

If you want to be a committed homosexual and live with/love your one and only partner for the very rest of your entire life…then by all means do so. I love you and I really wish you the very best but please don't put a child in that environment, forcing the kid to grow up very confused. Please don't cram gay marriage down my throat or say I am "hateful" if I simply oppose your view. If you want to be married, so be it. Just don't expect the government to back you on it and condone it, making it seem like a good lifestyle choice because ultimately it's not. What you do in the bedroom is between you and God.
I can't wait to see if I'll get any responses or replies to this. I'd love to read them. I just hope they are LOGICAL and RESPECTFUL…and not NAME CALLING.
Thank you,
William
btw…I woulda put this all on one comment but it only allows for so many characters so I had to split up into many diff comments.