This morning, Bush backed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I was getting very excited about the chances of legal gay marriages becoming a reality. Apparently, Bush was not feeling that notion like I was.
Bush spoke to the country about twenty minutes ago in order to quell the "growing confusion" surrounding this issue. He wants to make it clear that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. This, clearly, is a religous notion. In the eyes of your chosen God, it likely matters if you are thinking about marrying someone of the same sex. In the eyes of the government, all that should matter is the benefits provided to those who are married.
We are supposed to have a seperation of church and state, but that seems to be less and less important these days. Think about this: Republicans want the government to be smaller and less intrusive when it comes to economic matters but want to have more control over our social and spiritual choices. Conversely, Democrats typically want a bigger government that provides more economic support while allowing greater personal freedoms. What seems to make more sense?
This brings me back to my original point. Bush is Crazy. In fact, anyone who thinks that our government should decide who I can marry, give money to religious interest groups, or tell me what I am allowed to do with my body is crazy. C-R-A-Z-Y. Period. The end.
Update (Noon EST): It just hit me that Bush wants to make this a Constitutional Ammendment. He wants to change the Constitution. I cannot fathom how big this really is and the shitstorm that is likely to follow in the next few weeks. I can only imagine what he'll do during the two months between when we elect John Kerry and when he has to leave office. Gah.
Related: The text of Bush's speech
More gay marriage talk at Capn Design - The conversation brings up the important question of, "What is marriage?" Any thoughts?
02/24/04 11:28 AM
I am straight. Not homophobic but straight. If there is any gay in me it has to be my feminine side. If that bitch exists, she is certainly a dyke. Nevertheless, I could not agree more with you and your point. What is going on in the head of these stupid farts running the country??? (Or most of them, anyway) And the worse is, the more they support this ridiculous fake moralism, the more violent in-the-closet mucho macho wanna-be gays get. Isn't it time for Liberty and Justice For All?
02/24/04 12:30 PM
This whole country is ridiculous.
"On the list of things we have to worry about, gay marriage is right after 'Are we eating too much garlic as a people?'"
-Lewis Black
02/24/04 1:41 PM
Totally ridicurous. I can't believe it. Well, actually, I CAN believe it. Come up to Canada y'all, where you can get married in Ontario just like anyone else.
In fact, there were so many same-sex marriages last summer that I'm still waiting for my marriage certificate--the government has issued a longer-than-normal wait time on certificates due to an 'influx' of last minute marriages.
Seriously though...who is Bush to decide what is and isn't a marriage? There are thousands of great gay couples who want to get married--not everyone gets married to start a family, etc. Just look at all the drunken Vegas style weddings, short lived celebrity romances, etc. Straight people themselves have made a mockery of marriage.
02/24/04 4:13 PM
Good call. I was searching for a way to summarize all this in my head, and you were able to clear the picture up for me. Matty, you've done it again!
02/24/04 5:09 PM
i've been clicking around pubsub search results on this topic... i've yet to find more than a small few *sites* that may at one time have spoke out against gay marriage... and both of them (heh) are pretty far christian-right...
The president is doing more to divide than help anything.