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I've read the reactions to this posting. I have to say, I don't think bible-quoting is helpful or constructive in this context. I might add, that when I was much younger, I wanted to become a priest. (Anglican, not R.C., just for clarification). For the record, I am not religious now, but that's beside the point. All I know is, I have to do this. I have made a commitment. In a strange way, I am content. In another, well, who knows? All I know is: God ain't got nothin' to do with it.
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Hi there, Froggy! (Sounds so much better than Toady, don't you think?!!)
You are certainly not alone here, neither in terms of your situation nor in terms of your commitment to fidelity.
In the nature of things, not every life partnership (of any gender combination) will endure, because we are all imperfect creatures. There are times when divorce or dissolution of the partnership is the only practical option. That's life! The really important issue is that no such partnership should begin without a mutual and sincere commitment to fidelity.
In a way, I'm sorry for the guys mentioned in the article, and others like them, because they have been exposed to so much social pressure as children and young adults to conform to the heterosexual norm. The saddest aspect, to me, is their rather pathetic justifications for continuing their marital relationships whilst indulging in casual liaisons outside of their marriages. In essence, it makes no difference whether these liaisons are gay or str8; they are equally wrong. These guys want jam on both sides of their bread, and I suspect that there's little more to it than that; the deception is not continued to avoid hurting their respective partners or children, but to avoid hurting themselves. Besides, as several posters here will attest, the admission of gayness may well be forgiven, though an admission of infidelity is likely to endanger the relationship, regardless of the gender of the extra-marital partner. These guys should either stop their extra-marital activities or they should get a grip on reality and end their marriages.
You are so right, Froggy, in arguing that this isn't a religious question; it's sharp-end moral philosophy, and religious taboos and postures only serve to obscure the real issues.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Your good Cossie!! Cheatting is Cheatting no mater what. Like I said, I cant make a real statement about marrage, but I know whats right and whats wrong.
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