Senior groups need to protect older gays

The Detroit News ^ | Monday, February 9, 2004 | Deb Price

[presidio9]

Gloria Bailey and Linda Davies laugh when they recall singing the Beatles

[MeanWestTexan]

Maybe they should not have persued a perverted lifestyle, and instead gotten married to a person of the opposite sex, had children and/or adopted, raised them well, and then relied on their wise finacial planning and children.

OK, that was heartless even for me. But what a bunch of whinners.

[TruthConquers]

Sounds like a case of follow the money.


This gay agenda drive for marriage has nothing to do with "love".

[jtminton]

I concur.

[King Black Robe]

And mistresses don't get money, and single persons don't leave SS money to boyfriends or girlfriends, etc.... Roomates don't get money, though a death might really cause them financial difficulties. If a parent is caring for an older child and dies, the child doesn't get survivor benefits either. If a prostitute is murdered, her pimp doesn't get SS money. There are countless immoral living situations. Why should queers be allowed to collect SS when the rest of immoral American cannot?

[Dolphy]

Plenty of middle class married and unmarried older people, as well as surviving children, face similar problems. Allowing gays to marry does not even begin to address what happens to the elderly who are punished for having a home or any sort of small retirement fund when their health care costs go through the roof. Nor would it address the taxes survivors must pay.

[presidio9]

Plus, if I die, what happens to my goldfish? Who will look after Goldie? He depends on me dammit!

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I'm sure the Viking Kittens would, um, look after him...

[King Black Robe]

Dangit, you're right. We've got to stand up and fight! Stop Fishphobia Now!

[presidio9]

Neither my "partner" nor I are amused by your total lack of sensitivity. Goldie and I just want the same rights guaranteed to everyone else by our Constitution. Is that too much to ask?

[LisaMalia]

I always really liked the Beatles song "When I'm Sixty Four". Reading this article just ruined it forever for me. I'll never get *that* mental image out of my head!

[presidio9]

In fairness, since the average lifespan of one of my goldfish is about six months, the chances of Goldie outliving me are pretty remote.

Hey... wait a minute... "relationships that average about six months..." There's something else my "partner" and I have in common with gay couples.

[presidio9]

[claptrap]

Who in their right mind gives a flying you know what?
These whiners are just more of the same if you are old
you are gonna get devoured

[tdadams]

Maybe they should not have persued a perverted lifestyle, and instead gotten married to a person of the opposite sex, had children and/or adopted, raised them well, and then relied on their wise finacial planning and children.

It sounds like you're trying to prescribe to others what you think is best for them. Is your name Hillary, by any chance?

[DameAutour]

It sounds like you're trying to prescribe to others what you think is best for them. Is your name Hillary, by any chance?

He didn't say any of that should be law. But by following his advice, they would have avoided having to whine now. Just the consequences of their own immoral behavior. Now they want the law to bail them out.

[roadcat]

Plus, if I die, what happens to my goldfish? Who will look after Goldie? He depends on me dammit!

If you bequeath your estate to Goldie, then I'll look after him! ;>

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping!

Oh, the heartbreak of two homosexuals facing difficulties as they get old! Oh, sniff, sob, wipe nose, etc!

More entitlement. More rights. More demands.

As though a majority of homosexuals (note they used women as examples, I wonder why?) stay with the same partner for 25 years.


(presidio9, where was the "Barf Alert?" Should have been at least a Triple Bagger!)

[JesseHousman]

...they fell in love as closeted social workers in Massachusetts.

Only in Messachewsets could two female social workers fall in love and while in a closet!

This crap is becoming so sickening that eventually most Americans will not be able to stand it.

On another thread today appeared the story of a twenty-something lesbian who passed herself off as a 15-year-old boy in order to cuddle with a 12-year-old girl she had her queer eye on!

[JesseHousman]

...It sounds like you're trying to prescribe to others what you think is best for them.

Yep. You're a "classic" liberal alright.