Not A Good Thing
Le Dance Pathetique…as choreographed by The Barefoot Bride…
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I have grown up in a home where Martha Stewart Living is one of the most oft-read magazines and, since I was old enough to truly appreciate weddings, have been a faithful purchaser of Martha Stewart Weddings.
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However, I feel I would be remiss if I did not share my great disappointment with the current issue. As part of the large portion of the population who strongly believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, I was rather taken aback to see a homosexual wedding featured in the Winter 2010 issue.
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I may not always agree with the lifestyles and life choices made by all the people featured in every publication I read, but I do not appreciate picking up my favorite magazine to see photographs of homosexual couples being affectionate.
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For someone who believes that same-sex marriage is wrong, such articles and/or photos are offensive – and something I certainly would never knowingly pay money for.
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I understand that one reader’s views, opinions, and purchases can not change the course of an entire magazine. However, I believe that I speak for a majority. A very large majority.
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As marriage amendments protecting marriage as between one man and one woman have been passed across the country, the facts speak for themselves – America as a nation does not support same-sex marriages.
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Note: I just wanted to clarify that I don’t hate homosexuals. I actually know a couple gay and lesbian people and they’re great folks.
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January 11th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
She doesn’t hate gay people, but the very SIGHT of a happy couple offends her?
Y’know, when Jeremy Hooper-one half of the couple featured in the magazine-posted on his wedding, he included video footage of his family and friends, and the ceremony itself, which I thought was one of the sweetest videos I’d seen online all year. Watching it, I thought myself, “What kind of person is offeneded by this? What kind of person begrudges a gay couple-and THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS-this kind of joy?”
Now I know. I don’t think all homophobes are evil. Some, like this person-are simply thoughtless morons.
January 12th, 2010 at 9:50 am
She doesn’t hate gay people, but the very SIGHT of a happy couple offends her?
She says later in that post “…as a paying customer of Martha Stewart Weddings, I would like to be able to read the magazine without having to see photos of homosexual couples being intimate.” So it went from their being affectionate to their being intimate in just a few sentances after she assures us she doesn’t hate homosexuals. It’s like she sees them cutting their wedding cake and all she can think of is sex. Okay, maybe she’s not a raving vein popping madwoman but she’s still a bigot. Some folks just cannot see the heart for the sex. That’s what prejudice does to them. That’s how bigots think. Homosexuals don’t love, they just have sex…
January 14th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Words fail.
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I’d like to be able to read a magazine, newspaper, or watch TV without having bigots spoil my evening. However, those nights are few and far between.