Reply #118: Please take a step back. [View All]

I don't have to engage you in a discussion if I don't want to, and I don't have to explain it. I don't want to talk about your 1049 benefits. No offense intended. I don't want to talk about it and I won't.

I didn't say gay marriage was about symbolism rather than equal rights. I simply never said that, and you admit to not understanding my point. I would like to discuss my point, thank you.

I was more asking a question than anything else. I asked if there wasn't a larger issue than same sex marriage, per se. I think there is. I don't see how that is offensive. There is a bigger issue and it should be discussed. I never said I was for or against that issue. I just said I thought there was a bigger issue, and there is. I think it's even more than equal rights, but that's just my guess.

What's so terrible about that?

I am not mad. You're projecting that on me. I'm sorry you don't like the term "radical." Others here have pointed out that the term is not offensive. It simply means that you want something and you want it now. It is not derogatory. Again, you get all excited about what, exactly?

Your "stats" and your "facts" are your stats and your facts. I have said nothing either way. I'm absolutely entitled to do that.

Do you want to discuss what I think is the larger issue? If so, I'm open to that. My opinions on this are not written in stone. I am very much in favor of same sex marriage as I have said a million times. That doesn't seem to matter to anyone.

So do you want to discuss the issue, or do you want to get pissed at me for some reason? I don't think we can do both.