So I know I'm supposed to be gone the whole summer, but....

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-07-17 12:03am

...I saw something the other day and just had to find out for myself.

I was reading the July 21 edition of Newsweek while my car was having its oil changed and in the Letters to the Editor was one from a Michael Wong of Toronto, Ontario, applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the sodomy laws of thirteen states.

So, the simple question I posit is this: Was the letter indeed from our esteemed Lord Wong, or is it just a shocking coincidence?

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 12:05am

If not, we need to track down that Wong and kill him, for he's an imposter!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-07-17 12:15am

Mitth-raw-nuruodo wrote:If not, we need to track down that Wong and kill him, for he's an imposter!

It may already be too late! What if he has already killed our Wong and is currrently posting uner his name and living his life!

BODY-SNATCHERS!

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 12:29am

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Mitth-raw-nuruodo wrote:If not, we need to track down that Wong and kill him, for he's an imposter!

It may already be too late! What if he has already killed our Wong and is currrently posting uner his name and living his life!

BODY-SNATCHERS!

OMG RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-07-17 12:35am

Who else could it be? It couldn't be evil mirror-universe goatee-wearing Mike Wong, because he would support sodomy laws.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 12:38am

found it: linky! (down a bit on the page)

I was pleased to see the U.S. Supreme Court recognize what Canada did back in 1969: the government has no place legislating the private activities of consenting adults. But social conservatives shouldn’t worry—it took Canada 34 years to progress from that point to its recent recognition of gay marriage. If the United States remains on schedule, gay marriage won’t become legal until 2037. I am a member of a traditional nuclear family: a heterosexual male with a wife, two kids, a dog and a four-door sedan. Conservatives approve of me today, but 30 years ago, they would have cast me out in the cold along with the gays, because my wife and I do not share the same skin color. Perhaps someday social conservatives will realize that they don’t need to destroy other people’s families in order to protect their own.
Michael Wong
Toronto, Ontario

Sounds like Mr. Wong to me!

Oh, and I like this viewpoint:

Justice Scalia’s angry rebuttal to the Lawrence decision is based on the “ick factor” emotions of a divisive political —strategy, not on a fair administration of the law as it is supposed to be applied equally to all citizens. Gays and lesbians pay the same taxes—taxes that pay for schools, health care, the police, the military, etc. Our “agenda” is simply the same access to the systems we support. If there are special laws to exclude us then we should have tax exemptions. Why pay for membership you can’t use?
Les Perkins
Glendale, Calif.

This person seems really cool too:

Congratulations on your July 7 cover story, “Is Gay Marriage Next?” We shudder to think of the venom-filled letters you will get, and are dismayed that our fellow Christians use their religion to justify hate and judgmental attitudes. We sit in the pews, too, and are the proud parents of a committed lesbian daughter and daughter-in-law, eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child so they can begin their family. There are millions of parents like us who love their gay and lesbian children and celebrate that they have found people to spend their lives with. Isn’t this every parent’s dream?
Nikki and Harold Babbit
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-07-17 12:49am

Well, at least I'm not insane for that reason.

Now, if I could just explain these little pink Carson Daly monsters I keep seeing....