Posted on 11/22/2008 12:52:26 AM PST by GVnana
ELTON JOHN SOLVES GAY MARRIAGE CONTROVERSY
Posted by: Michael Medved at 1:40 PM
Thursday, November 20, 2008
One of the world’s most prominent gay entertainers offered some rare common sense on the explosive issue of same sex marriage. In New York City for a gala AIDS benefit, rock legend Sir Elton John appeared with his long-time partner, David Furnish. “We’re not married,” he told the press, “Let’s get that straight. We have a civil partnership…I don’t want to be married! I’m very happy with a civil partnership. The word ‘marriage,’ I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships”.
If more people on all sides of this issue embraced the simple, irrefutable logic of this clear-thinking superstar, a vastly divisive, unnecessary controversy could reach a successful and amicable solution.
California, Are you listening?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Oh, he is I assure you. He just doesn’t have a taste for the same institutions as we “breeders”.
Oh dear. Will the Prop 8 opponents now boycott all of Elton John’s music and concerts, and anyone who ever had anything to do with him? Will he now be labeled a gay traitor, and would that make him a gaytor?
THANK YOU, Elton!!!
Until the Gay Fanatics study Sematanics, the implied and diverse meanings of Words; We’ll need Elton!
He’s actually been married before. To a woman.
He grew up a military brat and has a ton of money. That tends to make one conservative on most issues, his sexual proclivities notwithstanding.
I don’t think you could find many conservative values residing within Elton John. He’s pretty outspoken in his liberalism, particularly with regards to his hatred of George Bush.
I’m with him on the civil partnership arranagement .
It is VERY difficult , even for conservatives , to LIKE George Bush these days .
Simply an observation....from Alabama....but we must have two hundred thousand couples in the state of Bama...who aren’t married and the guy involved really doesn’t want marriage period. He’s been through one or two marriages before and refuses to get into another stupid marriage. If you held a real ballot vote in Bama....allowing marriage period (even with straight couples)...just might not pass. I’m sure I’m not going to make some California folks happy...but marriage might be the last thing you’d really want to get into.
Kudo Oooo to Sir Elton..
Now yall can post your Preaching to the Choir.
Thank God Sir Elton will not be insisting at knock knocking at the Conservative Catholic doors..
He is more Man than he knows.
Gee You forgot the sarc ee tag.
Some of us Hetros are not breeders...we leave that to the lower common class. /sarc or did I need that tag.
Can I order a Pesto Base slice with that post. : )
Okie Dokey bud.
I have a nail and hammer ready if you smoke and or drink scotch.
To be honest, I don’t support civil unions either. I don’t support them because it is state support of an immoral relationship.
“He’s actually been married before. To a woman.”
She probably had a weirder honeymoon than that guy who was married to Britney Spears for a day.
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