Blogcritics Comments on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Comment by STM on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:35:29 EST

If that's the opening line, I'd be turning the page. What a load of rubbish. If you were married or in a serious relationship, it might have more than a grain of truth ... but if not, it's a load of bollocks. What, are we going back to Victorian-era moralising now?

Comment by Mac Diva on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:31:17 EST

I believe Brooks is on to something, so I've followed up with an entry on courting the conservative gay voter here.

Comment by Eric Olsen on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:46:53 EST

We tried the "banning divorce" thing for several centuries and it didn't work. The situation we have now, though less "stable," is much more humane. People make mistakes, people change: marriage should be a "make every effort"-type deal, then if it isn't working, go your separate ways. The point is marriage is good for society, for children, for the spouses - they are healthier, live longer, always rate higher on quality of life and happiness indexes, make more money, etc. Why shouldn't gays be able to partake of these felicities, these "family values"? There is no good reason, and Brooks make a brave case geared toward conservatives, those least inclined to be supportive of gays in general, and for that he should be applauded.

Comment by Natalie Davis on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:35:30 EST

I see both sides of it. Marriage is indeed the legal conferrance of assorted rights and responsibilities, but the reason behind it, one hopes, is love and commitment. I won't speak against those who have multiple partners, having had more than one lover in my life over the years. The greatest truest love I had (have) was one I could not wed, sad to say. My nonmarried relationships were things of beauty and honor and goodness; I don't regret them at all. Fidelity is a beautiful concept, IMO -- perhaps not a natural one, but a lovely one and an honorable one too. So neither will I speak against those who opt to spend a lifetime together exclusively. Yes, I think gay marriage should be sold on the commitment ideal and on the equality ideal. But I see no reason to cast aspersions on the married or the happily single.

Comment by Jim Carruthers on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:07:42 EST

You know what really burns my biscuits about this whole marriage thing? That people are assuming that marriage is a natural condition. I'm single, always have been, and given my general nature, probably always will be. What makes these people think that being married is somehow desirable, or even sane? What sort of people would engage in a contract to be bonded for life? If these hypocrites are so hopped up about marriage, then where is the push to make divorce illeagal? You want to make marriage so all that and a bag of chips, then ban divorce. And burn the divorced hypocrites at the stake, starting with the men who are against gay marriage.

Comment by mike on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:34:39 EST

Total laff riot. What a loser Brooks is. Guy needs to smoke some dope. I'm all for gay marriage, if that's what gays want, but wrapping it in this moralizing bullshit does more harm than good. Like he isn't in the spare bedroom at night jerking off to "Watch Her Suck My Big Dick.Com."

Comment by Eric Olsen on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:16:47 EST

Good for Brooks - it only makes sense from a conservative perspective unless you consider gay people to be subhuman, which in their hearts of hearts, I don't think very many people really do. At least I hope not.

Comment by mike on "Anybody who has several sexual partners in a year is committing spiritual suicide."

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:09:13 EST

Maybe you commit spiritual suicide, but oh, baby, you rise from the dead every morning. I attained many blissful spiritual states during the too brief period I engaged in this shameful, sordid, soul-deadening behavoir. They were the worst years of my life, a searing hell that will forever haunt my memory. Can I ever forgive myself?