Oh no. Not again...

I can’t believe that this bullshit is coming up again. Yes, I’m talking about the Constitutional Amendment to BAN gay marriage. Holy freakin’ Hell. What are these guys thinking about? I know, it bothers them to think about 2 men kissing, let alone the same 2 men, in a loving relationship, getting married and being legally bound to one another. It’s not the legality of it of course, it’s the “moral” part of it that they have the most problem with. “The Bible says..” they’ll say, and use it to justify their homophobia. What do these guys care if 2 people get married? It’s not going to stop the world, it’s not going to weaken America, it is not going to weaken their marriages (except for the fact that some of them might be able to then come out of the closet), and overall, it won’t affect them on a daily basis. It’s like if they let gay folks get married, that’s all we’re going to see day in and day out, you know, the whole “gay agenda”. I guess they figure that if they could get something passed through that made English the official language of the US of A, they might as well try to squeeze this one through, again. Although, I am seriously doubting it has the votes that it needs to get past the Senate, but there will be plenty of republicans, and probably a couple or few democrats who rally behind it, and then proclaim to their constituents who un-god-ful the other folks are because they didn’t vote for it. I’ll be watching how my Senators vote, and if they vote for it, I’ll not be voting for them, even though I didn’t before. This would just shore that up. Anyway, why do they want to ban something that most States in the US doesn’t allow already anyway? Can you take something away from gay folks that they already don’t have? That’s what doesn’t make the most sense. The republicans talk of smaller government, less mess, and now they want a Constitutional Amendment to impinge on someone’s rights? What in the Hell is going on around this country. Last time I checked, our Constitution spelled out our rights, and our laws, it didn’t take them away from us, and yes, I do think it is a gay person’s absolute RIGHT to get married if they so choose. Why can’t they be with the person that they love? Some will argue that they’re not telling them to NOT be with that other person, but that they just shouldn’t get married. Well, if that’s their main argument, why does anyone need to get married then? I hate this whole thing. Let them get married, let them be happy, and let’s just be over and done with it. Can’t we? I would love to hear any legal justifications that anyone can come up with that says 2 gay people can’t get married. Why? Legally why? Not morally, because we don’t all adhere to the same code of ethics and morality now do we? Ironically enough, the same people who will scream and yell about this issue, will be the same folks who love them some death penalties, and they love war, but at the same time, they don’t want 2 men or women kissing, and they want to make sure that all the fetuses in the world are saved. Blatant hypocrites on the moral scale of things, that’s for damn sure.

Then they’ll say, once again, that God says you shouldn’t do this. That’s fine and dandy, but last time I knew, God didn’t write the laws of the US, we do. And the Constitution sets forth the framework as such, and within the Constitution, there is a line between church and State. Drag God and morality into this whole mess, then I’d say you’d have to drag her into every law that they write. And the Constitution is a lot of things, but it has no mention of God, and how we may or may not believe in one all powerful all knowing creator. It leaves the law making to men, women, and whomever it is we choose to place into the offices of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This is the most stupid thing ever. Ever. Just let the gay people be, and let them get married. Some will. Some won’t. As with heterosexual couples, it’s all about what’s right for that certain couple in that relationship. Sometimes marriage is right for some, and sometimes it’s not right for some. Ah, like I said at the onset of this little diatribe, it’s all a big old steaming pile o’ bullshit.

And for one last thing about this. Don’t our politicians have more pressing things at hand than whether or not gay people can get married? I think that they do. There is a war raging in Iraq, people without insurance, the threat of possibly another war with Iran, threats of terrorism, global warming, bad environmental policies, and so on and so forth. As mentioned, there are a lot more pressing issues than this. Funny, that during an election year, the republicans try to bring this out again. Last time they trotted this old horse out was, oh yeah, 2004, in an election year, when Bush promised his ultra-conservative ultra-Christian base that he would fight tirelessly for a Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriages. As soon as we was elected, he dropped that one way down on the priority list. Now that his party is facing what will probably be an unprecedented defeat in November, they’ve tossed out this old carrot to entice people to vote, once again, for the republicans. If people are stupid like this again, and listen to this dime store rhetoric, I’m not sure what I’m going to do, but moving out of this country wouldn’t be out of the question, that’s how much this place is pissing me off lately. Then again, living in Europe would be pretty cool, at least for a little while, like until George W. Bush and the rest of his merry assholes are removed from office either by impeachment, resignations, or just getting voted out. I can’t wait for 2008, and then 10 years on down the road when we can all really see the damage that Bush has done to what was a once great nation. Could we be looking at a downfall greater than Rome? I’m not going to say it’s out of the question really. We are running into hard times, and with other world powers rising to the fore, we may, in short order, not be the only superpower left in the world, I’d put a fair amount of money on China in the near future. I like the reaction from the people that I bring this up with. Normally it is one of stunned amazement, and then they just dismiss it, and I think that’s the prevailing attitude of people in this country, but I believe we’re walking a fine line right now. If we’re not careful, we’re going to fall off the edge of the razor, and next thing you know, we won’t be the great nation we are today. We must be vigilant, but unfortunately, most Americans are too busy watching American Idol (almost 40 million last week) and voting for their favorites like mad after the show. This is not to say that you can’t be entertained, of course you can be. But listen to a morning radio show the day after an American Idol show. They will devote hours of their airtime talking about who was good, who wasn’t, how could they be better, who is going to get voted off, and on and on and on and on some more. You can’t get the same people to discuss anything serious for more than 5 minutes. Again, not saying we’re doomed as a country, not yet at least, but we must be careful, very very careful.