The term "partner" - gay or straight - is meaningless

[Dakota_Roberts]

How would you describe legally married people? They clearly intend to be life partners. They are committed legally, and recognized by the State. Are they not “life partners”, regardless of the Church’s or your view on the morality of their relationship? Can you see the difference? Loving and caring for someone, is not gender specific. Can you see that?

If you can understand this, then why exercise bigotry with your language?

Forget about sex, and try to understand love. Love is not gender specific. This is not a debatable issue.

Why are Catholics so obsessed with sex? This is the bigger question for this site. Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex… that is the Catholic topic, it seems. MASTURBATION… oh go to hell. Gay sex… OH GO TO HELL. etc…

It is time to get some maturity on the topic, and free yourselves from talking dribble. Move on to more important topics than sex. It is not a big deal, in the real world.

Have you stopped beating your wife? Loaded questions are inappropriate.
Although I must admit I still don’t understand why the Moral Theology forum is so obsessed with homosexuality, I believe I’ve seen cases where that type of thread covered a quarter and perhaps even a third of the front page (ask Elizabeth, she’d remember).

If there were a like button I’d like John’s post.

 

[BlueEyedLady]

I actually really like the term ‘partner’. Its what I call my fiance now and what I’ll continue to call him once we’re married. He is my partner in every sense of the term. It doesn’t mean that we aren’t committed or that we see marriage as a temporary thing.

I could call him my pet goat if I wanted to. It doesn’t make our impending marriage any less special.

 

[buffalo]

I do not call myself Pro-life… I literally did a dance in my living room when Bin Laden was killed. So that term just doesn’t apply to me.

I am however Anti-Abortion.

I don’t accept someone saying they are “Pro-Choice”… They are Pro-Abortion. If they object to the word then why in the Name of all that is Holy do they not object to the procedure?!?

We need to bring the word Abortion back into the abortion debate.

God bless

Bingo! - you are absolutely right - originally they were called abortionists. Seeing the negative connotation they came up with pro-choice. Now who could be against that in America?

Start using the words infanticide, murder, culture of death, planned deathhood.

or

Pro-choice is the choice and power a woman wants to murder her unborn baby who is denied choice and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (see how they react to that)

 

[3DOCTORS]

I wrote a blog post once about the insidious nature of the word “partner.” It’s very characteristic of the modern left to demand that words relating to status and obligation, like “husband” and “wife,” be swapped out with words in which those concepts are missing. “Partner” perfectly encapsulates the modern view of relationships as temporary and instrumental.

I’d like to read that post! :compcoff: Is there still a link to it?

 

[SwizzleStick]

Whenever I hear the word “partner,” I always think of a business partner first. Then, unfortunately, I think of a homosexual couple, probably due to cultural influences. Guess there is always the “partner” referred to in square dancing too, as in “Bow to your partner” and “Premenade your partner around the ring”, but my initial reactions are those stated.

 

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