86-Year-Old WWII Vet Talks Sacrifice, Gay Marriage in Maine
Submitted by DeepDiveAdmin on Oct 21, 2009
The next battleground state in the fight over same-sex marriage is undoubtedly Maine. The state is in the midst of its own "Prop 8"-type debate.
As part of the discussion, this video of an 86-year-old World War II veteran named Philip Spooner has surfaced. It shows him speaking out on gay marriage in April 2009. During his remarks, he talks about having four sons, one of them gay -- and the reasons he fought in such major battles as Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge.
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hear hear! makes me so happy. yes we can!
GAY AND/OR LESBIAN LIFESTYLE IS A CHOICE AND NOT INBORN. IT IS UNGODLY AND SINFUL, AND IF A PERSON CHOOSES TO DO THIS, THEY DESERVE WHAT THEY WILL RECEIVE!
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How does two people being married affect your marriage ?
He is right, and you are wrong.
Homosexuality is not a choice. Who are you to tell other people who they can and cannot love?
You are nothing but an evil racist bigot.
When God made Adam and Eve he saw that it was good. NOT Adam and Steve, so you see, you are
among the wrong way believers if you see it their way!!!And as for the names you have called me, that says something about who you are too.
It's fine if you believe that, but please do not push your fairy tales onto the rest of society . This nation was founded as secular for a reason.
You are assuming that everyone believes in your god .
There is something called "freedom of religion" which ignorant bigots like yourself apparently don't get.
The bottom line is, homosexuality is not a choice, and you have no business telling other people how to live their lives.
I truly pray that everyone would believe in The Great God of Heaven and Earth, for He it is, that shall judge all flesh at the end of
time! It has nothing to do with me,you or anyone else, it WILL happen. I sincerely hope and pray that you will not wait too long to make a yes decision to accept the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
If the freedom and equality he fought for in WWII so obviously includes marriage based on gay sex , why are we only _now_ (meaning this decade) hearing about it? Why didn't he say something sooner, like maybe in the 1950s?
All those years I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s no one saw fit to tell me that gay marriage was a fundamental human right. What _else_ is a fundamental human right, I wonder, that I might not yet have been told about?
Spooner is saying that he and his brothers in arms fought for freedom and equality for all, including his son who is gay. At that time there were other civil rights issues that took the forefront for obvious reasons. Moreover, it is only now that society as a whole has begun to truly wise up on this issue. While many are still bigoted, many more have realized that they know and love someone who is gay. Before, very few gay people were "out" and the stigma of being so was quite high. The stigma is still high in places, but clearly less so overall.
I'm sorry that you feel the need for someone to tell you what is a human right. It seems to me like equality would be an obvious one.