On Marriage and Mesmerism
Monday, June 5th, 2006Lotta problems in this old world, eh? Terrorists in Toronto. IEDs in Iraq. Taliban insurgents. Global warming. Deforestation. Desertification. Where will it end? And where to begin? Of course! Let’s solve the “problem” of same sex marriage. In Bush’s address today he regurgitated the party line which blames activist judges for thwarting the will of the people by allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The man seems Hell-bent on defining a fundamental human relationship through a constitutional amendment.
I dunno what God wanted me to do, so I sure wouldn’t presume to tell other consenting adults who they can or can not marry. Straight? Yup. Gay? Nope. Lesbian? Nope. Transgendered? Hmmm. What are they supposed to do, George? Two-spirited? If you insist on some sort of Biblical foundation, I do know that people who have read that stuff (more thoroughly than I ever will) have identified three sames-sex relationships between its covers. Others have pointed out that at least eight distinct forms of marriage occur in the Old and New Testaments. It’s a wild and crazy world George — not unlike the animal world, where same-sex relationships abound.
Anyhow, this issue is smeared all over the entire infearmation highway — and there is no escape, so you may as well enjoy it. You might relax a little with a look at the Politics TV Report on GOP sexual hypocrisy. Those guys are right on: Bush just wants y’all to stare into his googly eyes and get all mesmerized over same-sex marriage so you’ll forget about those pesky problems mentioned in paragraph one. And guess which North American Prime Minister wants to re-open the same debate in the Fall of 2006?
As George Clooney cooly remarks in O Brother Where Art Thou: “We’re in a tight spot now boys. We’re in a tight spot now”. Health care crisis. Rogue nuclear states. Darfur. Pharmaceuticals and hormone disrupters in the water…
