Oh Brian, thank you for this post and for your own reflections of life.
I too have seen marriages go bad because people just went forth and married. One friend of mine told me she knew that her husband was gay but that she thought she could make things "right."
It is tragic and tragic as well that people who are in love cannot marry freely.
And that it is because of the pressure of religious groups is an outrage. Churches do not have to sanction marriages, just those for the people who want to marry in them.
It is an outrage all the way around and heartbreak for many.
Thank you again and this has inspired me to write about this as well.
Thanks Fran for this and the link from your site. When I was teaching in a senior high and open about my sexuality, a student from the previous year visited and asked for guidance about marriage although he had gay feelings. I advised him against it until he was more sure of his feelings. His girlfriend rang the next day and abused me and said she would overcome his feelings. I do not know what happened but at least she was aware.
A retired teacher librarian who loves travelling especially by train and wastes a lot of time on the Internet.
An Anglican who knows God loves me as a gay man.
Moved at the beginning of 2010 from the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia to Dunedin, NZ.
One of the best things I ever did.
I became a New Zealand citizen on 2nd March 2016
I will always be an Aussie by birth but am proud to be a Kiwi by choice.
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Oh Brian, thank you for this post and for your own reflections of life.
I too have seen marriages go bad because people just went forth and married. One friend of mine told me she knew that her husband was gay but that she thought she could make things "right."
It is tragic and tragic as well that people who are in love cannot marry freely.
And that it is because of the pressure of religious groups is an outrage. Churches do not have to sanction marriages, just those for the people who want to marry in them.
It is an outrage all the way around and heartbreak for many.
Thank you again and this has inspired me to write about this as well.
Thanks Fran for this and the link from your site. When I was teaching in a senior high and open about my sexuality, a student from the previous year visited and asked for guidance about marriage although he had gay feelings. I advised him against it until he was more sure of his feelings. His girlfriend rang the next day and abused me and said she would overcome his feelings. I do not know what happened but at least she was aware.
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