In which Marvin wonders aloud why this year he feels drawn to the Olympics and considers if it is because he is now a Christian and a Republican. Go Team America!
The other day I received the following e-mail from Susanne, a woman who found out her some years ago that her husband has same-sex attractions. I felt so moved by her words that I asked her permission to share them with you on the blog. I (recently) saw your Doin Time... and I was the one who asked about your wife during the discussion period that followed. I just read your thoughts on What About the Spouse ....and I can say, most women who find out their husbands are gay feel ALL of those things you wondered about....some in more degrees than others... When my husband was dragged out of the closet because of his irreverent, immoral, and amoral behavior that our, then, 14 and 16 year old sons had to find on our home computer, I went into the closet. I didn't know what to pray for.... Do I pray that this will go away? Do I pray that he could go back to the way things were in our family before we knew about him,? Do I pray that I could go back to the way things were? After all ,...
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I thought it could be because I enjoy seeing the hunky guys in tight fitting outfits....speed skating, figure skating, etc.
Maybe it's just me....
I imagine the environmental impact of such an operation must be pretty horrible. However, considering the widespread horrifying turmoil in Iraq, coal-powered snow is likely the last thing on the minds of families and communities there.
I guess "the desert" is for those folks (probably from the U.S. of A.) who don't know where that is. I don't know, just struck me funny.
Marvin, I find it interesting that you are now Christian and Republican. Do you think the two have to go together?
I think my voting history has lined up with where I've been on the gay/ex-gay path. I originally was registered a republican (because that's how I was raised and never could understand how a *real* Christian could vote Democrat). Then when I came out I switched to the Democrat party.
When I was ex-gay I switched back to the Republican party, and even cast a vote for GW (the first time around).
Now that I consider myself ex-ex-gay, I'm...oh. I don't know. I guess democrat. Sort of. And Libertarian and Green Party. But I can look at my voter registration cards and know where I was in my gay journey...
I really wonder why that is. Is it mainly the abortion issue? Sure as hell is not marriage equality. Most of the democrats are pansies about the whole thing.
I imagine the switching of the parties is just because Dems and liberals in general are painted as evil and anti-Christian. Mainly, to me, because of the abortion issue. But, really, the abortion issue has such coded meanings. After all, the argument for abortion rights is the idea that a woman has a right have power on her own. As much as it is about whether a fetus counts as human or not, it is also hugely about women's rights, and you can't deny that, even if you're arguing the other side.
And... Marvin enjoys watching the ice-skating? I'd've never imagined. (snort-snort-giggle-giggle)