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Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

For me personally, our marriage has had many difficulties to overcome because of his upbringing. The first year of our marriage was extremely frustrating for me. I spent much of my time with my mouth dropped open in awe at some of his odd behaviors and thought processes.

For many years, my husband has struggled with OCD, which I feel is directly related to the sexual abuse my husband has repressed for his entire life. There is no question in either of our minds that his father had abused him in his early years.

Please always remember this: If a gay man grew up in a traditional home with a mother and a father, he should have been to receive from the feminine mother as well as the father. If a straight man grew up in a gay home with two fathers, he never received the feminine motherly love. I am speaking about emotional traits, rather than superficial ones. The lack of, or substitution of, creates confusion at a young age. These very important emotions are not able to be duplicated with ten thousand men. And the outcome is that if follows the child his entire life, through every single relationship he encounters.

At the end of the day: Is it ok for a gay couple to live comfortable for themselves, but expect a child to live with them in this environment and become a complete functioning adult? How does a child know the differences between a gay and straight relationship? Is this fair?

My husband can survive in an environment of gay folks, not because he is gay, but because he is not comfortable in the straight one. How is this fair to him, his children, and myself?

Wife of Survivor

In response to some other comments. Yes, it takes a courageous publisher, but it also takes people like yourself and many here who are making a difference.

Children need safe environments to be raised in. Please see Dawn’s webcam at www.protectmarriagewa.com for a six minute video re the impact on children (right side of page). With same-sex “marriage” being considered in Australia, it is vital to consider what are the best and most appropriate home and school environments for kids.

Dawn Stefanowicz, Canada

Yes quite right. In today’s age where PC reigns and many people are characterised by cowardice rather than guts and commitment to what is right, it would be hard to find one publisher out of a hundred willing to run with a book like this. So the publisher, along with Dawn, is to be praised for having courage and backbone – rare qualities indeed today.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

I was amused by the bit about the open-minded liberal woman who took in two homosexual tenants. What did she expect, considering the significant behavioural trends of male homosexuals? My experience of social liberals is that they are typically ignorant and rather closed-minded. They fail to seek out the evidence that would put their liberal views to the test. For them the self-congratulory badge of tolerance is more important than truth. There is no point to tolerance without objectivity.

I think the acceptance that homosexual activists think they have won is partly illusory. If you look at homosexuality in terms of the sexual behaviours that define it, for example “cottaging”, there is no way thoughtful heterosexuals will endorse it. They might put up a politically correct veneer, of course, but underneath there are reservations. “Acceptance” of homosexuality is a sort of secular make-believe.

John Snowden

We are all indebted to you for your courage and willingness to speak out on this important issue. Thank you for taking a stand. Our prayers are with you.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch