I ran across this piece a couple of weeks ago and am just now getting around to posting it. It's a very interesting idea and it's not so far out there. The only reason same-sex marriage is being debated is because "some people" don't believe in it and don't recognize it and feel that they should deprive others of it. The issue over whether or not it's a right is really just a cover for their desire to force their beliefs on others. Most polls show that "some people" isn't even a majority of the country anymore. What if we all decided that anything that doesn't fit our idea of "right" just doesn't exist? And even further, what if we all decided to outlaw what we didn't believe in?
Our situation in Washington state is different than that in CA with Prop 8; it wasn't voters here who struck down marriage equality. But, our Supreme Court did rule against marriage equality saying that the purpose of marriage is procreation and same-sex couples can't naturally procreate. No reason the same logic that Tom Ackerman uses couldn't be applied to marriages here: "I don't recognize your marriage because you haven't created children. Your marriage is invalid." Would be interesting to see what reactions that got.
This post from Kos nicely sums up what I would like to see put before voters to see if they really would vote like they claim they believe. It's convenient to use the christian bible to keep others from having rights, but would they use the same bible to keep from giving themselves rights? I seriously doubt it. More often than not their faith only goes so far.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I no longer recognize marriage
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Of course we should have Biblican Marriage for "those people". I mean if they want to go around spouting quotes about what their Bible permits, by god they should be forced to adhere to ALL of the laws.
But then most of them would have to be put to death for violating any number and combination of such laws. May not be such a bad thing after all.
They have no clue about their position or what they're talking about simply put. They just pick and choose which laws they want to follow, and which passages fit their agenda to push their faith on the rest of the public who do not subscribe to their narrow point of view.
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