Who friggin' cares?

I've discussed same-sex marriage issue with many of its opponents, and I've never been given a convincing reason why letting gays and lesbians marry will ruin that ancient institution for the rest of us. Neither has Skippy:

...Not being content with financially crippling America’s most populous state, the people of California decided on Tuesday that they really missed Jim Crow and wanted to bring it back, if only for well-dressed people with spotless kitchens. The state Supreme Court gave them just the right opening to do so on May 15th of this year.

I support same sex marriage simply because I can’t think of a reason to be against it without feeling like a moron. I’ve never understood the case against gay marriage. It truly mystifies me. One would think that social conservatives would be all for gay marriage, if only because the alternative is gay promiscuity. It stands to reason that if you’re a social conservative, homosexuals are precisely the kind of people to instill family values in, and I can’t think of a better way to do that than allow them to marry. On the other hand, maybe people like Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell really liked Crusing but can’t bring themselves to admit it.

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Who precisely does gay marriage hurt? Can anyone give me a serious answer to that? If your society is so fucking fragile that the idea of homosexuals committing their lives to one another - just as social conservatives say they want everyone to - is threat to your society, then maybe your society just isn’t worth saving. At what point does the government and, by extension, the people, mind their own fucking business?

This issue may not be settled, though:

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Sunday said "we will ... maybe undo" a measure passed by voters Tuesday stripping same-sex couples of the right to marry.

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In an appearance Sunday on CNN, Schwarzenegger said the state Supreme Court might overturn Proposition 8, the Los Angeles Times reported. He also said it is likely Proposition 8 will have no effect on the estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages already recorded in California.

"It's unfortunate, obviously, but it's not the end," Schwarzenegger told CNN. "I think that we will again maybe undo that, if the court is willing to do that, and then move forward from there and again lead in that area."

The comments seem to represent a change in Schwarzenegger's thinking, the Times said. In the past he has said he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman, but he has also said the matter should be decided by voters or the courts and he opposed Proposition 8.

He told backers of same-sex marriage they "should never give up."

"They should be on it and on it until they get it done," he said.

Churches which supported Proposition 8 are being picketed, which strikes me as perfectly fair. It would be disingenuous, to say the least, for institutions which took a political stand to insist they shouldn't be "demonized."

Damian P.

Posted by damian at November 10, 2008 07:33 AM