But people notice when you're depressed. And then you learn to disguise it as something else. I usually use insomnia to explain my Parkinson-like blank face during depression, when all I wanted to say is "I'm depressed" the same way someone would say "I have a migraine".Gangler wrote:Haven't seen a lot of bigotry, but his diagnosis isn't really a commonly known fact. He doesn't go around talking about it and his family members are pretty much all of the opinion that medical information is private, so we don't go around talking about it either.
I'd agree with you. Even if they feel such relations aren't healthy, like I have had many Evangelical people point out that my darker, depression themed tastes aren't healthy and attract the Devil, they shouldn't try to rule on our right to engage in such relations and tastes.Gangler wrote: You certainly make some good points about what qualifies someone as bigoted. You're right, there's not necessarily any hatred in them. They don't feel that homosexuals should be allowed to pursue homosexual relationships though... I don't know if that qualifies for your definition of Intolerance or not, but at the very least it doesn't seem to speak too well of them. Definitely obstinate though. These are religious people we're talking about. When was the last time you ever saw one of them listen to reason regarding something that contradicted their interpretation of the Bible?
NOM isn't, however, trying to rule on their right to pursue homosexual relationships per se, apparently. Here, from astrogirl's link:
http://www.nationformarriage.org/site/c ... Points.htm
Gays and Lesbians have a right to live as they choose; they don't have a right to redefine marriage for the rest of us.
I think civil unions could perfectly be unrelated to sex. The benefits could be extended for any two people sharing a roof, for instance, since they will be depending on each other very much in the way a family does. They could have a modern equivalent of the old blood oaths under which two very close friends are to be considered brothers by the tribe. I have had friends, from both sexes, I would have liked to have made part of my immediate family for the purposes of the Law. Why can't I adopt brothers and sisters?6. What about benefits? Don’t gay couples and their kids need the benefits and protections of marriage?”
A: “If medical proxies aren’t working, let’s fix that problem. If people need health care, let’s get them health care. Don’t mess with marriage.”
A: “The issue isn’t benefits, it is marriage. Local folks can decide benefits. This is about the meaning of marriage, our most basic social institution for protecting children. “
