Same Sex Marriage

The idea of happily ever after with white wedding gown and black tuxedo was first impressed upon me with Cinderella I think. At 21, when I was planning my own wedding, all the brides magazines were of beautiful women and handsome men - all romantic and perfect. So, that's mostly the image of a wedding and marriage most people I know have. Not the day to day reality, but the image of it.

Now...

When I see two really ugly people walk down the isle, I think "dang, their kids will be crazazy but you gotta 'love the love' baby."

When I see an octogenarian marry a bimbo, I think "she's marrying for money, he's marrying for - what - sex? seriously? at his age? but you gotta love the thought!"

When I see two very young kids take the plunge, I think "they are too young, it'll never last, but gosh I hope it does."

So when I see two same sex people pledge their love in front of their friends, I think "I hope they legalized a trust because they have no automatic legal rights like I do."

On my soapbox, marital status in general doesn't affect me personally. Whether someone chooses to tie the knot or not doesn't change my taxes, my income, my ability to work, vote, shop, drink or dance. I couldn't give a care if you love your sweetheart and date for the rest of your lives, live together, or marry. If you have a child and decide to raise it as a single person or not, doesn't impact me or pose a negative threat in my community.

So, I think the fuss is silly. But the arguments for prop 8 are not. They are horrific. They remind me of book burning and scream intolerance. That without changing the Constitution, we would then be forced to teach our kids that same sex marriage is okay. Perhaps these same pundits believe that their kids are not already aware that there are in fact gay people in the world who are currently not allowed to commit to each other in a legal way that means the same thing as marriage. And that these kids don't already disagree.

I urge all who are as appalled as I am to please lend your voice before its too late. March 5 is coming sooner than we think.

Podcast Show Notes 

Racial slurs fired against African Americans by homosexual Proposition 8 opponents and seeking retribution against supporters of Proposition 8.

Church burnings threatened, elderly attacked. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin.)

Something rotten in the state of Minnesota with the recount.  (Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

State employee on administrative leave due to snooping into the records of Joe the Plumber. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin.)

Obama's first president-elect gaffe. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin.)

Mandatory national service. Now you see it, now you don't.

From the one-state recession in Michigan, Obama is getting economic advice from Jennifer Granholm. (Hat Tip: Stop the ACLU.)

Change you can believe in: Obama's new chief of staff, a former Director at Freddie Mac. (Hat Tip: Newsbusters.)

San Francisco stands up for the JROTC. (Hat Tip: Malkin.)

Words you can't say about illegal immigration in Arizona. (Hat Tip: Malkin.)

Second Amendment update via Gun Watch.

Watching sex on television increases teen sexual activity. (Hat Tip: Right Mind.)

Hole in One palooza in Illinois.

Conservatives win in New Zealand. (Hat Tip: Don Surber.)

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 One of the wonders of being a voter in California is that you have so many opportunities to vote, and yet so little of it matters according to the courts.  California voters made it clear in 2000 that marriage is going to be between a man and a woman.  You know the rest.  

Starting June 16, thousands of homosexuals will marry.  

In November we have another opportunity to ban gay marriage again.  However, I am skeptical that the same campaign of values can be run again in California and expect that to be sufficient. The pro-tradition supporters need to update their talking points to be more inclusive.  

I think the campaign needs to send out a contemporary message that recognizes that the state has changed, and that gays need their relationships affirmed.  California is one of the few states that all but grants marriage rights to gays in the guise of the 'civil unions'.  If there are any drawbacks to gay marriages compared to gay partnerships (gay divorce for one), that should be part of the campaign.  Anyone else has ideas how gay marriages will be inferior to gay partnerships?