Sunday, November 23, 2003
On Gay Marriage
With all the discussion, debate, argument, enraged spewing, and general hoo-hah going on these days about gay marriage, it is interesting to see that a self-professed conservative come out in favor of it. David Brooks, does it in the New York Times in this article. Note:free registration is required. It's worth it. Thanks to Daryl for bringing this to my attention.
It is amazing that with all the problems we have in the world these days that a large number of people want to modify the Constitution of the United States to try to clarify the definition of a religious term.
I am all in favor of gay marriage. Let people who find someone special enough to want to make that commitment be able to do so. "Defense of Marriage Act" indeed. We heterosexuals certainly have not done a very good job of defending it with a 50% divorce rate, myself included.
Why do we keep wanting to get involved in something that is essentially none of our %*&(%^^&*(% business in the first place? Why is it so important to stop something that has no direct effect on you as an individual? Get over it. We should publish the number of marriages/divorces of any politician who is against gays marrying. Let's see how much these people have defended marriage.
08:47 AM in Current Affairs
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Comments
thanks for bringing this article to my attention. an interesting one. i have been thinking about the institution of marriage a lot lately. i have several good friends who have broken off engagements (2 in the past year), and one guy who was divorced at 26. i think society, thru TV and movies, makes us feel that we should be married or with some one and headed that direction. i think marriage is sacred but too many people do it at the wrong time. partnerships, no matter what gender, are the right thing to strive for...and i agree, it is really no body's business.
Posted by: kelly at Nov 23, 2003 2:26:41 PM
I agree with Kelly, and will add that not only does society tell us we should be married through media like tv and movies, it also tells us what those marriages shoule be like, what "true love" really is and how we treat those we love. On top of that, it tells us what kind of people we should love and what they should look like. This creates unrealistic expectations which in turn can seed discontent in our lives and relationships.
Posted by: Alicia at Nov 23, 2003 9:30:07 PM
