Francis W Porretto you are spot on.
The www amplified by talk radio is a great understanding.
To has to laugh. Yeah gays are just other people, but marriage is not the proper formality for them. I don’t understand being gay, but I have some understanding of being human. Over time, I think something could emerge that would recoqnize whatever they emotional require without impinging on marriage as most of us here think of it.
I think the abortion arguement contains a lot of guilt. It is such an emotionally charged circumstance. Those involved and likely to be at risk of being in the position of contemplating such action are almost always going to be under thirty.
Women have the gift of giving birth. With that gift comes responsibility. Like it or not, their bodies do not belong only to them when they conceive.
For a long time I struggled with this issue. When I came to appreciate that not one life was involved, but two, the answer became very plain.
If conservatives simply present that reality, I believe it can be most persuasive.
