To the editor:

I see Michael Heath and Paul Madore are at it again, with arguments against same sex marriage as vacuous and inane as in 2009. What is so special about being allowed to marry the person you want to?

It’s not as though the proposed law is in any way restrictive. Under the law, Mr. Heath and Mr. Madore will be able to get married if they choose to avail themselves of the opportunity. I assume they will not want to, but that is up to them.

Everybody will be allowed to choose a same-sex marriage partner if they want one. A choice is hardly a “special right” if anybody can choose it, even if most people will not choose that option.

As for Mr. Heath’s preoccupation with sodomy, I wonder why. Nobody is asking him to participate that I know of. Why does he feel compelled to dwell on the most personal and private activities of other people? Does it give him a thrill or something?

Go take a cold shower and lie down, Mr. Heath. You are getting far too aroused.

I find his hang-up about the word “marriage” astonishing. It’s a word. It has no fixed definition handed down from On High, though Mr. Heath may believe it does.

All words change in meaning over time. “Marriage” is no exception. Its definition has changed over time. The world won’t come to an end if the definition is broadened to include same-sex couples.

I am reminded of Benjamin Franklin’s acerbic remark about “People, with no business of their own worth minding, must mind everyone else’s.” It certainly fits Heath and Madore.

Steve Wellcome,
Brunswick

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