Comments | butmadnnw: I don't know, can we talk?

butmadnnw

I don't know, can we talk?

Feb 05, 2009 00:27

This bloke feels bad about all the yelling around Prop. 8 and asks, "Can we talk?"

My comment on the Newsweek site was truncated and my quotation marks and apostrophes turned into "???" (what I get for copying and pasting from Word), so I'm reposting my submission here.

( Escape route cut for those who don't want to read more about Prop 8 )

same-sex marriage, marriage

Comments 2

fiona64 February 5 2009, 16:32:15 UTC

Please stop back by my journal to see some of my comments that amplify my position. I don't agree with this guy (I think you know that) ... but I think it will help you understand why I shared this and why I'm trying very hard to be more civil than I have been in the past with my opponents. Yes, there are some whom I shall never reach ... but there are a few that I have already.

butmadnnw February 5 2009, 22:08:08 UTC

I did go and read the comments on your entry, and I know you don't, never have, and never will agree with that guy.

You and I do both agree with him that reasoned dialogue is the best way to go about it, and I have done my utmost to stay calm. That said, after reading his essay, I felt I had to address his concerns with my own. The only reason I posted anything about it here is because of the Newsweek site messing up my formatting and truncating.

As you said, he has to be prepared to listen as well as talk - and that's where we're having problems. I don't think he wants to really listen to our side - he just wants us to tell him it's okay for him to vote his repressive religious beliefs into law. Like I said above, if he doesn't want to impose his convictions on the broader population, why did he vote to do so?