re: #42 GeneJockey

My 23 year old son objects to me using the N-word to say that someone used the N-word. ;-)

I seriously think the younger generation’s inability to understand my generation’s hesitancy on marriage equality is a lot of what drove many of us to accepting it.

You know how Conservatives use the “What am I supposed to tell my kids?” argument? well, it works the other way, too. Try explaining to kids why you think Marriage is okay for opposite sex relationships, but same sex relationships only get Civil Unions.

This is a great post and being a little older than your son, I really appreciate this. Honestly for me regarding that issue, it just bugged me seeing people use the same defense against banning interracial marriage against same sex couples. I am not going to try to paint myself pure as snow. I used the word faggot on many occasions. I as a young teenager found gay eww. But you know what, I saw especially after meeting a distant gay relative and then getting to know some gay people over the years that they were fellow human beings. A lesson totally lost on the people who want to call gay people pedophiles or blame them for Nazism.