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Originally Posted by gmku
I am, of course, all for the right to gay marriage, but I remember some comedian joking a while back: "Marriage? Why do gay people want to make the same mistake we've made?" Or something like that.
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When Kinky Friedman ran for governor of Texas, he said that he was for gay marriage because (and I paraphrase) "they have every right to be as miserable as the rest of us". It's funny but cautionary: be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. And for straights as well as gays, it's always wise to use your head and not just your heart when considering marriage. It's not for everybody. John Waters said a few years back that he was for gays opening serving in the military and having the right to marry, although he never would want to do either himself. Although he obviously was too old to enlist in the military...