Slog - Comments on Letter of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32 Typically, posting Letters of the Day is the job of web editor Amy Kate Horn, but since she's the subject of today's letter, I shall do the posting. Enjoy, and ew. Dearest Ms. Horn: Pretend for a moment that I am your good mother who embraces you and supports you 100% for the person you are. In fact I do love you unconditionally and I am very proud of you for your kind email to me today. Honey, don't you think that after the big splash your editor made with the "Stranger Gets Religion" that it would be a fabulous... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:03:04 -0800 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:11:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Amy Kate Horn I don't want a pro-life mom-friend! I already have a good mother who embraces me and supports me 100% for the person I am—and she would never say *twinkles*!!

Also: "Being a heterosexual married to the same person for a lifetime is not easy." No, shit, really? I'm approaching my nine-year anniversary.

Can I get Casey Treat to be my pretend houseboy?

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754032 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:18:36 -0800 Comment by stiletto Ew, I want a shower too.

]]> stiletto http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754042 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:23:26 -0800 Comment by Thom Ummmmmm.
What the fuck? This is the reason I don't go to church, and think that organized religion is creepy as hell.
“We get just as lonely sexually as anyone else.”
Sounds like someone should be writing to Savage Love, not Horn.

]]> Thom http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754046 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:24:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Um, my mom (who had five kids) is pro-choice.

I think I'll listen to her, bitter pro-"life" mom ..., instead of you.

At least with her respecting people didn't end at birth.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754047 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:24:47 -0800 Comment by Tone The real scary part is that she thinks if gay marriage were made legal, the government would "force" her church to sanctify such marriages. If we could get these "moderate" Christians to realize how ludicrous this is, maybe we'd have a shot at some sane laws around here.

]]> Tone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754067 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:34:17 -0800 Comment by dirge "If you are not Catholic or a Christian, we do not hold you to our same standards."

"But we only ask that our religion be allowed to flourish without government interference, just as Gay men and Lesbians want to be allowed to flourish without government interference in their life choices."


Apparently telling the truth isn't one of their standards.

]]> dirge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754082 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:39:13 -0800 Comment by monkey The problem is many of them (hi mom) doesn't care if the church isn't forced to sanctify such marriages, they just go against their beliefs and therefore must be stopped.

It's pretty sad. Amy, will your parents adopt me?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754084 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:40:22 -0800 Comment by j So this guy is saying that gay marriage is only a problem if his church is forced to perform gay marriages. I don't think anyone has ever seriuosly suggested that that should happen. If gay marriage were made legal, it would only be the courts that would be forced to perform them.

So he's going to vote to legalize gay marriage, then?

]]> j http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754111 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:53:27 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn Monkey, I doubt it--I am trying to talk them into a dog that needs a foster home to no avail.

My real mom is a pro-choice, liberal Easter/Christmas Eve Catholic and I love her to death despite all the religious ed. classes she bribed me into as a kid. (Happy Birthday, Mom!)

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754114 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:53:53 -0800 Comment by Carollani I can absolutely imagine what this creepy lady looks like when she *twinkles* and it makes me want to vomit.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754153 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:14:56 -0800 Comment by Gitai Um, why would she be so concerned about The Stranger's circulation? Does she have some idea that Month of Sundays is going to drive readers away in droves? Has she actually read The Stranger?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754165 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:22:32 -0800 Comment by elswinger If the government can't tax churches or make them comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, why would they think that a law allowing gay marriage would make them perform the ceremony?

A Catholic couple can't wander into a synagogue and demand the rabbi perform a Catholic wedding. Churches always have a right to refuse service and can't be sued. It is such a stupid argument.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754169 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754169 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:24:35 -0800 Comment by Just Me Oh Fuck, Hell, I think Churches should be forced at gun point to perform same sex marriages. And if they do not they should be shot!! I am feeling a little bit militant today!! GRRR!!!!

I am SO SICK of the whole lot of all the religious folks these days it just makes me puke. I have tried to be nice to them when they try to "save" my tight bottom boy ass but I just can not do it any more. It ended two weeks ago when the Mormon missionaries stopped at my door asking me if I wanted to hear about the message of Jesus Christ. I finally lost it; I told them no but I was interested in some hot three way action with them and are they interested in the joys of fisting? The ran off.....

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754210 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:52:21 -0800 Comment by Katelyn *twinkles* is funnier than "Oh Hai!"

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754211 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:52:43 -0800 Comment by Switzerblog Dear Mom,

Imagine for a moment I was your son. I was conceived (by you and Dad - thanks!) and born into a country that treasured freedom of religion - meaning the government can't mandate that the church recognize or perform marriages that go against their religious beliefs. Imagine, in fact, that in this country churches are free to do pretty much anything they want as long as it isn't patently illegal (hello human sacrifice! *twinkle*).

What happened in the intervening years that convinced you things had changed? Why have you come to believe that the legal recognition of same-sex marriages would require your church to acknowledge, much less perform, same-sex marriages? Did Casey Treat steal your brain? Have you been using Ted Haggard's meth?

I loves you, Mom, but please stop acting like a retarded junior-high dropout about our constitution and it's relation to your church.

All my affection, Pro-Choice Straight Gay-Supportive Son

]]> Switzerblog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754218 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:56:46 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage She's right. My secret desire to have a bunch of hostile penecostals forced to join my parter & I in holy matrimony. Maybe afterwards we'll honeymoon in Zimbabwe or Iran.

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754269 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:40:19 -0800 Comment by Dylan Dearest Amy Kate,

You are hot.

Your pal,

Dylan

]]> Dylan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754280 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:39 -0800 Comment by GW2 What if we want our government without religious interference?

]]> GW2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754281 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:49 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn Dylan! That's more like a letter I'd like to receive!

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/letter_of_the_day_32#c754291 What the Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:11:30 -0800