Gay Marriage
As we all know by now, the California State Supreme Court recently “legalized” gay marriage.
This topic is a gold mine of essays. Here's five short ones.
I imagine the so-called conservative types are having a collective conniption fit. (Picture me smiling!) Seriously though, conservatives are wont to conserve the principles our country was founded upon—and that does not include straight democracy. Never forget: the US is a republic.
Since the founding fathers would abhor the concept of people voting directly on the issues, how can a good conservative circulate petitions to overturn the ruling and still adhere to his principles? I suppose if I ever make the acquaintance of a principled conservative, I could ask.
A few years ago, the faux conservatives were circulating petitions because Vermont—maybe it was Massachusetts—legalized unions between gays. The real conservatives knew Article IV, Sec 1 of The Constitution, the “Full faith and credit” clause, would trump any initiative.
Not that it will make one bit of difference, but I imagine millions of dollars will be go to make media-types rich as the intolerant impotently try to stop the inevitable. Of course, this is why the media-types are hyping this issue.
I was listening to some fellow from the Atlanta Constitution on the radio last week and he was talking about “equality.” Of course, it’s always about the equality. He and the host were mixing it up and during the discussion, the topic of health insurance came up. The topic only surfaced; how the insurance industry started the whole discussion of gay marriage was not mentioned.
Gay marriage is all about the money. Believe me, our representatives care about the rights of gays about as much as they care about the rights of the rest of us—damned little.
To get divorced, you have to get married. To get a divorce, you need a lawyer. It goes without saying that the supremes are lawyers—as well as most of California’s legislators.
Call your insurance company. Tell them you have AIDS or that you are HIV positive. Ask them what your premiums will be.
That’s right. You can’t get insurance. The insurance companies aren’t in the business of losing money. They won’t insure for diseases that carry astronomical costs.
But if your partner works for the government or certain companies, because of laws already on the books, you may be able to get health insurance. Of course, it’s expensive. But who cares? The cost is spread out; in the case of local governments, the cost is passed on to you and I. Of course, not every city or county in California covers domestic partners. Many companies do not. Making gay marriage the law will make sure that the insurance companies can profit off of more Californians. People with terminal diseases who aren’t married to someone with mandated coverage will just have to settle for being less “equal.”
I think a legitimate argument can be made for “What’s next?” By that I mean, if gay marriage is legal, is there a possibility that polygamy or interspecies marriages would come next? Interspecies marriages may be a bit of a stretch, and of course this is a “slippery slope” argument—and therefore fallacious. Yet, if the question is between “consenting adults” who is to say how many consenting adults should be in the marriage? After polygamy, then what?
A contributor to my local paper answered that question for me just this morning. Admittedly, I had not given any thought to the subject of an incestuous marriage--that's really weird--but why not? IF the adults are consenting.
Personally, I don’t give a damn. I think the government should not be involved in anybody’s personal relationships. There is no reason they can’t live with whomever they want. Why should there be?
If the so-called conservatives wanted to “protect” marriage, they’d pass laws to make divorce harder—or maybe provide counseling to anybody who even thinks about getting married in the first place!
Speaking of all those so-called “Christian Conservatives.” Why can’t they get over the fact that God made us all different? I mean, they claim to put their faith Him, then second-guess what He does! I don’t get it.