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November 23, 2003

gays and marriage

This is such a hard subject to discuss. I was raised totally unaware of homosexuality. I never knew what it was until I was in college. Now, of course, I know quite a few homosexual men and women. Being a libertarian at heart, I don't care what people do behind closed doors, as long as no one is hurt (this knocks out all pedophilia, to my mind).

I had honestly never even considered that homosexual people would want to marry each other - how dumb can I be? The media has always described gay and lesbian people as being rather promiscuous. Obviously wrong.

Now, with one State Supreme Court deciding that the Constitution upholds the idea of gay marriage, I am forced to consider it.

And now, this silly Constitutional Ammendment that people are trying to get going to be sure to ban it forever forces me to speak my mind.

I don't think the federal government should get involved in this - let them worry about war and peace and toting the mail and keeping terrorists off the street.

I think that it's okay for gay/lesbian people to marry each other. For one, they would then be subject to the same tax laws as we hetero-married folks are - and I think that would be a good thing - it might change the politics of those who are far on the left when they find out so much more of their hard-earned money goes to the IRS.

I think that encouraging monogamy is a very good thing, and that universal marriage laws would do that.

I also think that wonderful people like AndrewSullivan should have the same opportunity to legally bind themselves to those they love, as I have.

I have heard too many stories of gay partners now being allowed into hospitals when a dear partner was sick or dying. This would give them those rights.

I know there are a lot of religious arguments against gay marriage, but heck, this is not a religious state. So there.

Posted by Beth at November 23, 2003 5:32 PM

Comments

The "religious right" doesn't seem to agree with you about this not being a religious state. Some of the statements of the most radical in that group resemble what we've heard from the radical Islamists.

Posted by: Jack at November 24, 2003 6:59 PM

As may be, Jack - but I don't think the Fred Phelps' of the world run the country yet. Nor are they likely to.

Posted by: John of Argghhh! at November 24, 2003 7:35 PM

John, you are right that the Fred Phelps' of the world do not run the country. I still wake up in a cold sweat at times because I fear they have influence all out of proportion to their numbers, especially when I hear our professional politicians make statements that sound like they are from the Fred Phelps "talking points" book.

Posted by: Jack at November 25, 2003 4:28 PM

Ah, well that's a horse of a different color. Though I have no idea how to fix the primary system so that it doesn't favor the radical wings of either side! Which gives us (especially at a local/state level) idiot politicians.

Posted by: John of Argghhh! at November 25, 2003 7:22 PM