‘Invisible And Overlooked’

The larger issue is inheritance taxes. They are wrong and unfair. The issue effect everyone from passing down family farms to the people in this article. If the tax was eliminated, many of the important issues in this article would be solved. Focusing on one particular group of people will tend to polarize the issue and is counter productive. The focus should be the larger issue which would befit many interested groups. Ironically the gay community tends to vote for Democrates who are more in favor of this tax which have a big impact on their rights to pass their hard earned money and property to whom they wish.

I dont think you have a choice in who you fall in love with.

My point was in response to his comment that somehow a "man / woman" relationship "never" spreads the disease, which is ridiculous. If in ANY relationship, gay or straight both parties are not infected at the beginning of their relationship and stay monogamous there is ZERO chance of transmission, period. He was implying that somehow a male female relationship was different, and that's not true.

getthe point: AIDS is not spread by same sex monogamous relationships either. Your point is meaningless - the common denominator is MONOGAMY, not gay or straight. Nice try, though.

with regard to the spread of aids........we should be clear.........aids may be spread by homosexual men and women as well as straight men and women. However, it is never spread by a one woman, one man relationship.......never....... You can call it gay marriage, you can even apply all the benefits that society grants to the term, but it will never be equal..... Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear would get that point.

OMG! I can not believe that you would post a picture of 2 women kissing when you go to this website! Have some prudence please! It is bad enough that I have to live in California where I see this kind of BEHAVIOR daily-but what is worse is trying to expalin to our children WHY 2 women are kissing! Distasteful and no regards to your publics NORMAL readers.

I have looked back into my past for an answer as to why I personally was open to lesbianism, and I think it lies primarily with a problematic relationship with mom. Early on, I decided I didn't want to be like she was. My adventure into the gay scene started with fun and excitement. But years later, it had fundamentally changed me--spiraling me downward into a depression that nearly cost me my life.

There has been no scientific evidence to prove that homosexuality or lesbianism is part of our human design, and the fallacy of the "gay gene" theory has been revealed. We must conclude that all of us are designed to be heterosexual, but that something happens in those early formative years in the child that sets the stage for alternative sexual behavior.
(Linda Wall)

My dad falls into this catagory. He's 72 and lives with his partner who is 82. He has VA benefits and the pharmacist wouldn't fill his ED meds because of his sexual orientation. I thought that it was outrageous. If a private pharmacist didn't want to fill it, then that's up to them. But one working for the government should be fired for not filling the prescdription.

As far as I know, that's the only time he's ever been discriminated against. By in large, Gay Men make more money than straight ones do. We don't owe them any more than we do anyone else. Gay marriage, fine. I've always said that let's make Gay marriage legal and make adultry illegal again.

getthepoint-this article was about older gays (65-years old plus) and not about the young gays of today. Those older gays grew up when gays were required to hide their sexual orientation from family, friends and the workplace. They grew up when long-term relationships among gays were practicially unknown. They literally had to hide their sexuality "in the closet."
You will notice that the article mentions those gays that grew up after the Stonewall riots. Many gays who grew up after the riots never really knew what it was like to have to hide your sexual identity. Life is much different know for younger gays and probably more dangerous due to HIV/AIDS. But the older generation of gays lived a much more secluded life having had to hide for many, many years.
It is not very easy for anyone heterosexual or homosexual to make new friends when you are in your seventies and eighties.
Life is much more different when you are in your seventies than in your thirties.

Homosexuality is a mental issue. Okay get it thru your small head people, how can you sit there reading this and not professed to this. ITS NOT RIGHT. humans makes mistake and homosexuality is one of them.

I cant believe how people can think about this, Yes its okay to LOVE SOMEONE. yeah yeah, so what but to praise this problem, i think not, ill be certaon to vote to BAN gay marriages. They cannot create life, so they should be allowed to have a family. Sure go ahead Love who ever you like. Just dont praise it as something
glorious because its not. Its wrong on all levels. but hey Humans makes mistakes.

BostonMan: Until the mid 90's the American Psychiatric Society recognize homosexuality as a mental disorder.
Oh enlightened one: the American Psychiatric Society stopped recognizing homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973. Look it up.
As for the poster 'getthepoint' who said these folks just need to make new friends: These are elderly people. Many of their peers and immediate family members are no longer living. And it is not as easy making new friends and new family when you are 75-years-old as it was when you were 21-years old. These people may well be beyond the working age and may also have disabilities (non-HIV/AIDS related) that preclude them from working or even volunteering. This is also true of heterosexual men and women.
As for the Christian bible and homosexuality-nice book, good stories but not the word of God-just the opinions of uneducated men with no more understanding of mankind and the universe than what they were able to observe outside their front door.

I can at least listen to the religious reasons for why people oppose homosexuality, but why on earth waste the time to spew such hatred without even being able to back up your hatred with anything substantial - PresidentSupporter? However, without you this discussion board wouldn't be nearly as entertaining.

That's funny PresidentSupporter.
Change everything you said about homosexuality to blacks.
And let's go back two hundred years.

Irony, much?

Here's the key.........what these people are running from is judgement. You hear it all the time, "dont judge me". If you dont have any responsibility, then you cannot be judged. Problem is, when you turn over the things which you are untimately responsible for, like your choices, then someone else gets to make those choices for you. So I guess they dont have choices..........but that was thier decision. You give up your choices when you decide to believe in a lie.

...and if monogamy is all that is needed to fight the AIDS epidemic, then society should sanction gay marriage, because marry encourages monogamy.

Can anyone give a good reason that I should respect an individual that practices a deviant lifestyle? Until the mid 90's the American Psychiatric Society recognize homosexuality as a mental disorder. Of course, they have since be enlightened (pressured). Homosexuality is a giving of one's self over to tendency, must as a rapist would. After all, he is simply expressing his sexuality. It is absurd to think any sexual behavior that violates the Word of God (oops, I am sorry we are not expected to believe in God, let alone His Word) will result in anything positive. While millions continue to suffer and thousands die each year from ungodly sexual practices the homosexual community demands their rights to continue to practice their sexual abnormalities i.e. anal/oral sex

The Center for Disease Control reports another 60,000 men infected with AIDS last year. That same report reported that one in every four adults in New York City has a sexually transmitted disease. The result of ungodly, safe sex practices.

While anyone can justify to themselves something they chose to do it doesn't make it right.... ever.
I believe that homosexuality is the end result of several decisions to practice unhealthy sexual behavior regardless of where one started.

I have spent the last 29 years helping the poor, the aged and yes, even homosexuals in need. I will continue to do so. However that does not mean I will ever accept their lifestyle as normal. It has ended in so many dying or carrying an infectious disease until their death it would absurd for me to believe otherwise.

By the way, I have been faithfully married to my wife, we have raised five healthy children and been responsible adults to our community. Barring a tainted blood transfusion, there is an infinitesimal chance I will ever get AIDS because of my faithfulness to my children and my wife. Nor will I face my final years alone as I have several other family members, born of my mother and father, who are more than willing to care for me.

Sincerely,


Jack Driscoll

This is a great eye-opener. Even for those who refuse to see the facts. Gay men and women are three times more likely to live alone. The reason for this can be debated for years but the fact remains, they will live alone. Which means they will rely more on public assistance as they age.
Same-sex couples also have no legal recognition by law, which means they will not be able to receive inheritance or benefits when their partner dies. Picture grandma living on the streets after grandpa dies and you get the idea.
Married couples, regardless of orientation, are more likely to 1) Have the same and monogamous partner, which reduces the risk of any sexually transmitted disease. 2) Still have their partner later in life, which will help with day-to-day responsibilities. (Not you) and 3) Have kids, who will, most likely, take care of them in their ???golden??? years. (Also, instead of you)
But no, lets continue to deny same-sex couples the same rights as married couples. Because that???s what 49 states in America have chosen to do, deny rights offered to others. So, when your surrounded by 80 year-old men and women who can only go steady and have to choose between medicine and food, I'd like to you to remember today.