tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post113474715579973609..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: The Happiness of Married PeopleHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134967423000878422005-12-18T23:43:00.000-05:002005-12-18T23:43:00.000-05:00And I think they even held a vote, so you know it ...And I think they even held a vote, so you know it was scientific!Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134941470479286972005-12-18T16:31:00.000-05:002005-12-18T16:31:00.000-05:00You can't say that, can you, Kathy?Love is love, r...You can't say that, can you, Kathy?<BR/><BR/>Love is love, regardless of the plumbing involved. The American Psychological Association <A HREF="http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/copptherapyaddendum83100.cfm" REL="nofollow">says so</A>, so it's an established scientifical fact.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134930005976902782005-12-18T13:20:00.000-05:002005-12-18T13:20:00.000-05:00Kathy, that is one of the more perceptive comments...Kathy, that is one of the more perceptive comments I have ever read.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134851636504556252005-12-17T15:33:00.000-05:002005-12-17T15:33:00.000-05:00So why oppose gay marriage? Then everyone can be h...<I>So why oppose gay marriage? Then everyone can be happy!</I><BR/><BR/>It's my own completely non-scientific guess that it's not being married that makes you happier, but attaining the frame of mind necessary to getting and staying married that makes you happier. It's my further guess, based on observing my friends, that gay men, at least, are extremely unlikely to cultivate that frame of mind, whether they "marry" or not.<BR/><BR/>It's my further observation, again of my friends, that any gay man who says he wants marriage is self-deluded or lying. What he really wants is a wedding.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134850781019784272005-12-17T15:19:00.000-05:002005-12-17T15:19:00.000-05:00Because marriage, by definition, is the legal, sex...Because marriage, by definition, is the legal, sexual, social, etc. union of men and women. <BR/><BR/>We don't actually know what sort of sociological results we'll get from same sex unions. It will be interesting to find out.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that we'll see a lot of these deals working out reasonably well with gay women and not so many with gay men.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134752231271611972005-12-16T11:57:00.000-05:002005-12-16T11:57:00.000-05:00"...married people are happier than others."So why..."...married people are happier than others."<BR/><BR/>So why oppose gay marriage? Then everyone can be happy!James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1134752188381043902005-12-16T11:56:00.000-05:002005-12-16T11:56:00.000-05:00Or as the Talmud (Yebamot 62b) puts it: "Any man w...Or as the Talmud (Yebamot 62b) puts it: "Any man who has no wife is in a state devoid of joy, devoid of blessing, devoid of goodness."Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.com