Gay Marriage
I read the newspaper every day, an unfortunate habit that my eighth-grade teacher bred me into. It is unfortunate because this county and all that surround it are generally Bible-Thumping Christian territories. (There are about four atheists I know of, and I'm the token Pagan.)
On one hand, it means endless ranting-fuel for me. On the other, it enrages me to no end how people use their religion to shield everything.
Today's topic is gay marriage. Every other day, the opinion pieces get in an anti-gay-marriage bit. I have yet to see one that opposes the matter without using Christianity as a shield. Make no mistake; I like some Christians, the ones who can accept that what is, is, and leave it at that. I just don't like the insane ones whose opinion pieces read like this:
"This is a total abomination! God says that there aren't supposed to be homosexuals! And this country should do what he says because it's in the Bible!"
Le sigh. It's a pity to think that all this energy is expended doing something inconstructive like that instead of actually doing something good like J.C. instructs.
But I'll save that for another rant.
The only other defense I've heard against gay marriage is, "it's nasty and unnatural!" Not true. There are a lot of gay animals in nature's kingdom (would it surprise you that poodles are among them?) And so what if *you* say it's nasty? It appears to be perfectly beautiful and natural to some other people who view it. Besides, what you say doesn't really matter anyway.
Why do I support gay marriage? Because A) I'm bisexual and B) it's perfect to me. There is no reason why two consenting adults cannot get married. It is not listed in the Constitution who can marry and not marry. Actually, gay marriages sometimes last longer and better than straight marriages. (I have an aunt who married my uncle and produced two of my cousins. After about three years, she left to be with her girlfriend. Ever since, they've been together and very, very happy. This has been almost ten years.)
Also, denying gays and lesbians their right to marry is almost denying them status as a human being. Who are you to dictate who can and cannot love each other? What matters is that they *do* love each other. And they want all the benefits of being married--like spousal insurance and all that jazz. A civil union is basically no better than living unmarried. Sure, the state recognizes you as a couple, but it gives you absolutely nil in benefits.
This is why I shake my head and sigh, looking at the headlines of the Observer. Haven't these people anything better to do, like fight cancer or AIDS or something?
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