The Misguided Notion of Gay Marriage
May 19, 2008
Back from vacation more stressed and less than I was before, but hell what’s a family for anyways if not to complicate your life. Since I last posted the biggest news has undoubtedly been Friday’s revelation that gays can get married in California. This is only partially true of course.
When California starts marrying gays in next month it is a step forward for equal rights, but for the many nothing will change at all. Most states and the federal government will refuse to acknowledge the marriages. Most employers and insurance companies will refuse to give benefits to the gay spouse. Christians everywhere are going to bitch and moan about things that have no effect on their lives.
I would love to tell my gay friends, “Big fucking deal!” Of course now that it is on record I can be happy for them, nod, smile, and wish them happy times on their summer vacation to California. When they come home and find out that little piece of paper has changed absolutely nothing I will point them towards my blog and remind them that if they had been reading my blog they would have been warned in advance. Sagely wisdom is never easily won, until fucking reality has smacked you in the face.
I can’t deny the moral victory here, but the legal one has no more implication for the rest of the country than does say speed limit in Montana or what kind of tampon Hannah Montana uses. When gay marriages done in California and Massachusetts are considered binging in all fifty states and by the federal government then there will be something for the rest of the country to get excited about.
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Very true. One small step here doesn’t exactly qualify for one giant step anywhere else. We’ll see how all of this goes, but right now I see no chances of this coming up in the legislature of my own state.
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