A new blogging friend wrote recently about our country’s current, and hopefully temporary, inability to support same-sex marriage. I blogged about this briefly in the past, but I’m pissed again and need to vent.
Small-minded opponents to same-sex marriage say that it threatens “traditional” marriage. How ridiculous is that? My husband, whom I’ll call Archie, and I don’t argue about whether or not Sid and Tony should get married. No, the top three things that married couples argue about are: sex, money, and in-laws [I know, I can’t believe I quoted Dr. Phil either!]. I can assure you that my marriage to Archie would not be in the least bit threatened if Rob and Dave, our neighbors up the hill, were to marry each other. Quite the opposite: their 23-year bond is an inspiration.
Clearly, this threat-to-traditional-marriage bs is a specious smokescreen for what they really object to, but for the life of me, I can’t imagine what that might be. Some words in an ancient document written and re-written over the past 2000 years by unknown sources [sorry, I know this comment might offend some of you, but I just have to say it]?
I’m so ashamed of what used to be the most progressive state in the union, my adopted state, California, for passing the hateful Proposition 8 last November. I think we should decouple marriage from our secular government altogether. We should all get civil unions, gay and straight, and civil unions should come with all the protections that are now applied to marriage. Then if religious folk want to seal their union in a church of their choosing, go dog go!
Kids, I’m standing in my cubicle now, red-faced, banging my fist on the desk. I better sit down and get back to work before I get fired or something.
What do you think?
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This just makes my blood boil too. Just what the world needs, more hate and discrimination.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous, Thanks for your comment. Not sure exactly where you’re going with it, but that’s okay, I’m not always sure where I’m going either!
ReplyDeleteJust to be clear tho: while my comments may seem, and oh heck, even be, hateful, I only discriminate in who I hang out with and who I’m friends with. I don’t pretend or try to influence legislation (other than by voting my conscience) or attempt to interfere with the rights of others.
-mttw
I think you're SO totally awesome - to be passionate about a subject that may not directly affect you - NOT to mention thanks for supporting my blog, as well.
ReplyDeleteRobert L. Danforth
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Hi Robert,
ReplyDeleteYay! you're back. I really like your blog, and I know my readers will, too. Secondly, we're all in this cosmic journey together. If we were only passionate about things that directly affected us, we'd be wicked boring people--not to mention incredibly self-absorbed. [Which isn't to say that I'm not boring or self-absorbed, mind you, just that I know what it would look like if I were!] And lastly, well, okay, you're right--I am totally awesome. :)
-mttw
I can't believe you even knew you were quoting Dr. Phil!
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