________________<br>Britain France and Germany and their governments are all homophobic<br>________________<br><br>Possibly but Canada, Belgium, Spain, South Africa, Norway and The Netherlands/Holland are not.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>(Britain France and Germany and their governments are all homophobic)<br>Possibly<p><hr></blockquote><p>Well, 'possibly' means 'possibly not' which is a shift of position on your part and an admission that a person can oppose gay marriage without being homophobic. That's just as well because the suggestion that nations that have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation are homophobic would not be credible. <br><br>km<br><br>

I've got a million stories...gay friends, gay workers, gay clergy, gay AA meetings etc.<br>I will never understand til the day I die why straight men are so intimidated by gay men.<br>Am I off topic?<br><br>Oh well, all three of your points are good ones.<br><br>

Like you<br>I have many gay friends<br><br>1 - I am not opposed to gay marriage<br>2 - I am not opposed to same sex parents adopting<br><br>I do question when it comes to same sex parents adopting a 6 month old baby who had no choice in this one gender family - IMO a hetro family should get first dibs so to speak when it comes to a child of that age - One gender families can adopt children which that child at an age can make that as a choice.<br><br>I cannot subscribe to just dropping off an infant with 2 guys or 2 gals , when there are more traditional parents who to want to adopt as well . I am not saying that same gender are better or worse parents . However when it comes to an infant the child should be place with the best balanced parents<br><br>

I read, not too long ago, though that the sudden surge in newly insured had led to major case overload for physicians and caregivers. Has any progress been made in recruiting more doctors in the state?<br><br>BTW, we start house-hunting in earnest in mid-December, and even with your 16% decline in the median price in MA, real estate values here are still 50% less. Your typical South Natick tri-level or Newtonville brick ranch goes for $150-200K here. So I'll deal with the homesickness by counting my change. <br><br>

The straight men I know who are intimidated by gay men are the ones that do not have a good sense of self, sexually and otherwise. Many straight men are not only comfortable around gay men, they thoroughly enjoy their company.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

Massachusetts needs more doctors? Is someone pulling your leg? We are wall to wall doctors. Everyone I meet is a doctor married to a doctor birthing more doctors my taxi driver is a doctor my daughter's bus driver is a doctor. <br><br>OK, I might be exaggerating and I might hang out with the wrong crowd but that is the first I heard of that one. Personally I cannot imagine wanting to be a doctor. Having to be at the clinic to snap on the rubber glove and stick your finger in God knows what. Or schedule from 7 in the morning to 5 at night 20 vasectomies. Shave cut snip. Shave cut snip. I would go completely bonkers. Medical doctors are technicians these days. Very little thinking and putting two and two together. You get sued doing that. Better to turn head and cough and read the PSA results. The only smart doctors I know went into research. <br><br><br><br><br>

Oh, that darned Globe. Always making with the jokes,<br><br>

[color:blue]We are wall to wall doctors. Everyone I meet is a doctor married to a doctor birthing more doctors my taxi driver is a doctor my daughter's bus driver is a doctor. </font color=blue> <-- that sounds Socialist<br><br>Now if you got into the cab and stubbed your toe would the driver doctor treat you right there and or ask you to make an appointment first now thats Capitalism <br><br>

That's because medicine in MA is socialized, Steve, so automatically lines form. Doesn't matter how many MDs there are, donchaknow.<br><br>[color:red]&#63743;</font color=red> [color:orange]&#63743;</font color=orange> [color:yellow]&#63743;</font color=yellow> [color:green]&#63743;</font color=green> [color:blue]&#63743;</font color=blue> [color:purple]&#63743;</font color=purple>