The end of the world watching

If you were or are a gay couple, would/do you really want to be the same as a heterosexual couple?  Aren't you different, and don't you want to be different?  Aren't you proud of being different?  Why then press for marriage, when you can have a civil union and be different?  Do you need to have marriage to be equal with heterosexuals, when you already have the same legal rights through a civil union? Why are gay extremists really pushing for legal same-sex "marriage"?  Is it really so they can live happily ever after with their same-sex soul mate? Of course not.  And here, Russian journalist Masha Gessen explains it all clearly for us: "Fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there — because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change and it should change, and again I don't think it should ex...

Have you tried internet dating yet? I put my photo and some info about myself up there on a dating site to see what would happen.    Well, my inbox was soon full of messages, but almost none of them were worth replying to.  So I thought I would share some of the messages I've received and write some tips for men.    Attention, men:  this is how you should not write to women you want to date! These from non-native speakers of English: "Greetings Hello Gorgeous, I am here for a true relationship,with totally commitment, that will hopefully end in marriage. although i know that every relationship start friends, after going through some profiles i find yours stand out from the rest, many things about you , your hobby, not to talk of your beautiful photos.   please feel free to reply me back." "You are a kind of a person that everyone will celebrate as friend, I want you to plz give room for my friendship,it will makes me feel...