It irks, irritates and it’s irrational!
What? The idea that letting homosexuals marry somehow degrades “traditional” marriage.
I’ll tell you what degrades the notion/concept/sanctity of marriage:
Britney Spears getting married in Vegas and seeking an annulment after 55 hours.
Nicky Hilton getting married in Vegas and seeking an annulment after two months.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey turning their marriage into a television show.
Two people who love each other and want to make a legal, socially accepted, government and/or church sanctioned commitment to each other should not be prevented - regardless of sex….damnit!
October 19th, 2004 at 10:18 am
I understand your point of view but what is mariage really all about then? Is it the flowers, cake and awkward speeches by drunken family members or aunts who think they can actually carry a tune? Or is it the Christian concept of a man and a woman building a home together so they can reproduce little good Churchgoers like themselves.
October 19th, 2004 at 10:28 am
Speeches by drunken family members - definitely!
October 19th, 2004 at 12:30 pm
As usual, tradition versus reality… and sorry but tradition is not good in this case. For me, I want to marry my
girlfriend because I love her dearly, because I’ve been with her for more than a year and because we haven’t killed
each other yet.
If you really want to go into Christian tradition, you are not supposed to have sexual intercourse before you are
married. Some people still wait. I don’t. And yet, I want to marry. Why?
October 20th, 2004 at 2:55 am
Hi jen (first time visit!)
You don’t see anyone protesting against the lack of sanctity in those relationships.
The whole idea that someone should be able to tell someone else who they can and cannot marry is arrogant beyond belief.
October 20th, 2004 at 6:36 am
Marriage has nothing to do with Christianity - we had a civil ceremony, for example. Marriage is whatever you make it and its meaning is entirely unique to you. Whatever someone deems as being traditional is completely subjective. Case in point, we assume that “wedding” means “go to a church”. Poo to that, I say. Poo.
October 20th, 2004 at 8:20 am
Fi: exactly how I see it - arrogant!
Lady: precisely, POO!!!
October 21st, 2004 at 12:23 pm
AMEN!
We’re on the same page
October 24th, 2004 at 12:10 am
Hi Jen!
For a little lighter take on the subject, here’s Andy Borrowitiz’s news report from a few days after the Massachusetts gay weddings.
HUNDREDS OF GAY MARRIED COUPLES HAVE HISTORIC FIRST FIGHTS
Petty Spats Erupt Across Massachusetts
Updated May 18, 2004
Just minutes after same-sex couples celebrated their historic legal marriages in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hundreds of those couples had their first legally recognized fights, Massachusetts officials said today.
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney confirmed that an epidemic of petty spats among gay newlyweds had erupted across the state.
“From Boston to Stockbridge to Wellesley, gay married couples are rolling their eyes at each other and muttering insults under their breath,” Governor Romney said in a press conference today. “It’s a proud moment for Massachusetts and for our nation.”
According to Governor Romney, the lion’s share of the acrimonious squabbles occurred when the same-sex newlyweds realized for the first time that “they now have in-laws and there’s nothing they can do about it.”
“The specter of interminable Christmas vacations spent with horrendous relatives plus the prospect of no-account brothers-in-law hitting them up for cash appear to be at the heart of many of these historic first fights,” Governor Romney said.
Lana Colfax, 46, and Marge Stovell, 43, lived together as a couple for twenty years but had their first invective-laden spat only after getting legally married in Newton, Massachusetts on Monday morning.
Ms. Colfax and Ms. Stovell started ripping into each other, reportedly “about money,” just moments after leaving the church where they exchanged vows, wedding guests confirmed. Hours after their argument subsided, Ms. Colfax hailed their first fight as “a great milestone for us,” to which Ms. Stovell added, “You moron.”
Elsewhere, President Bush said “significant progress” was being made in Iraq and upgraded the situation there from a fiasco to a shambles.
Note: you can sign up for his several times a week report at http://www.borowitzreport.com/email_signup.asp
October 24th, 2004 at 12:13 am
There was also a great cartoon recently. Don’t know where I saw it, maybe someone can provide a link to it:
The preacher is marrying a man and a woman, and he says: Do you promise to love each other for better or worse, in sickness or in health, for richer or poorer, and even if two gay people somewhere else in the state get married?