Gay marriage in OD

This wasn’t the entry that I was planning to write, but it’s just broken and I think it’s great news. A judge has just ruled that proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California is unconstitutional and has overturned it. This will, of course, be appealed and the issue will likely end up in the Supreme Court.

My attitude? Like I said before, it’s good news. Now, I know what the objections will be so let me work through them as best I can.

It’s unnatural! Well, let’s start with the point that one does not chose to be gay or straight. I certainly can’t remember a time when i sat down and decided ‘Y’know what? For the rest of my life I’m going to be interested sexually only in females.’ With that said, it’s probably gay marriage they say is unnatural. My response? It used to be unnatural for people of two different races to marry. Times change.

But if you allow the gays to marry then before long people will be wanting to marry their horse/cat/dog/dolphin/toaster/bedroom wall/(insert other insane scaremongering thing here! Oh, please, do make with the fucking off right now. Really? Really? You think THAT’S actually a valid argument?

But it’ll ruin the sanctity of marriage! This, by the way, goes hand in hand with the ‘gays can’t keep their hands to themselves and are insanely promiscuous’ argument. That argument is also used to argue in favour of keeping gays out the military. It’s also not true. Gays ruining the sanctity of marriage? Yeah, cos I’ve never heard of straight people cheating on their spouses, getting divorced or committing bigamy. That never happen. Hell, some of the things that have been done by straight people in marriages it may well be that that needs banning.

But the Bible says Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve! You know what else is in the bible? There was Adam, Eve and their two SONS. And from them came everyone else in the world. I’ve got a feeling there may have been a wee bit of incest going on there. Either that or Adam and Eve had more children, in which case, the Bible probably isn’t as accurate as we’re led to believe.

It’ll ruin the country! Over here, we’ve had gay marriage (well, OK, civil partnerships) for quite a while now. It was the banking industry that nearly destroyed the country.

My personal opinion? Ban marriage. I’m serious. I’m against any and all types of discrimination. So, ban marriage. Civil partnerships for all, gay or straight. Then, if it’s really important to you and you can find someone willing to do it, have the union blessed in the church, cathedral, mosque or synagogue of your choice.

That, to me, seems like the most sensible way to do things.

Will