I just read that Putin stopped in the middle of a crowd of people, bent down to a little boy, lifted his shirt, and kissed him on the stomach. Putin said that he wanted to touch the little boy “like a kitten”. (article) Does ANYONE else find this completely disturbing? I mean, there are people that do things like that here, and we call them child predators and/or molesters. Wow. I honestly don’t know how to feel about that.
Also, two states, including the lovely one that I live in, still don’t think that preventing gay marriage goes against civil rights. Not that it is a surprise to me, but it just makes me want to distance myself from the hope that we will ever get to have the same civil liberties as all the straight people around us. I just don’t understand what is so threatening about gay marriage, I mean, other than the fact that I stated before; that it would make more straight men want to divorce their wives to get married to gay men (because that is all that is stopping them from jumping on the cock). Either way, James and I will get married some day, mark my words; I just hope that we get the rights that come with it, like having my stuff will pass to him (or vice versa) without taxation, and that we will be able to receive each other’s benefits (like married couples do). Oh yeah, and that our children (very distant future) will be able to see their parents treated somewhat equally. We can hope, right? Well, not today, but hopefully someday.
I also have a headache and an upcoming conference call. Shit.
Speaking as someone who has to continually write about this issue for a GLBT magazine, I have to say it’s exhausting. I’m getting burned out over the same-sex marriage debate. It’s one of those things that is so simple (we should have the same rights as heterosexual couples who marry), yet so frustrating.
Most people, when you sit them down and explain what you want — inheritance rights, social security benefits, hospital visitation rights, etc. — understand completely. I’ve even talked to people who are against same-sex marriage, say, “Well, let’s call it something else then. I’ll give you those rights but just call it something different.”
One day, we will figure out a way to convey this to the entire American public. One day we will be equal in the eyes of the law.
What’s particularly galling in the NY decision is the condescending language they wrote about children, intercourse, and the “advance of science”.
I excerpted some of it in my post today (of course I stole it from another more well-informed blogger)
Check this out: http://smarmybastard.spaces.msn.com/Blog/cns!C4A3822D65740527!1939.entry
People don’t think of the gay marriage issue this way. They usually say, we can do the same things, draw up legal contracts, powers of attorney etc. But heterosexuals have that simply by signing the marriage certificate. And even thought they have said legal documents drawn, homosexual partners still have to jump through hoops to see their loved one in a hospital. It has nothing whatsoever to do with ruining “the institution of marriage”. If anything, it would make it stronger. It just discrimination and intolerance pure and simple, glossed over with seemingly harmless and logical arguements to justify said intolerance.
Our country is built on prejudice & discrimination: hell, look at our origin. We stole it from the Native Americans. I think we’re in for a long haul on this one. However, the U.S. has improved ever-so-slightly. I remember coming to Atl in the mid-eighties, & I never saw gay couples show affection outside bars.
I think it’ll happen eventually, but all minority groups have to struggle & fight for long periods of time before we can break through the legal system. It’s pathetic.
The thing about Putin was odd…just odd. WTF, is right!
It’s insane that it’s even an issue. How can the government possibly justify infringing on the basic civil rights of a group based purely on the moral objection of another group? It should not matter in the LEAST if the group that objects is in the majority. This is a democracy, but that does not mean that the majority rules in all matters.
I do feel that many of the people who object to gay marriage are stupid enough to believe that they’ll have to see gay marriage in their stupid churches. Because the world is full of them. Stupid people, I mean.