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And Jesus said unto Bush, "Stop gay marriage"
But if you want to know more, try this poll, just out today:
Asked to name the most serious moral crisis in America today, 28% of Americans cite “kids not raised with the right values”; followed by 22% saying “corruption in government/business”; 17% saying “greed and materialism” or “people too focused on themselves”; and only 3% citing “abortion and homosexuality.”
Right. Sane people don't care about gay people--that is, as objects and targets. Sane people don't care if gay people want to get married; it's none of their business. But sane people do think that, insofar that marriage is a contract, gay people ought to have the same rights that the rest of us do--getting on the spouse's health plan, most notably.
But as we know, sane people do not run our government. Which is why, every few years, the maniacs on the extreme Christian Right force Republicans to bring gay marriage to a vote. In part, that's a way to show that the Dems who vote against anti-gay legislation are godless Commies. But it's also to prove to the Faithful that Dobson and his pals can bring the bitches in the White House to heel.
The problem with this charade is that there are people on the receiving end who have done absolutely nothing to deserve anyone's scorn. They work hard. They live clean. Hell, they're a damn sight better than fire-breathing Christians who, after church, head off to the no-tell-motel with the hot chick in the choir. [Note to the lip readers and slow thinkers: If you think that's a condemnation of ALL Christians, go back and read the last sentence aloud four or five times.]
It's the correct thing here to say: Hey, pal, have you noticed that the schools suck? That we don't have a friend in the world outside of Tony Blair? That we're going to washing dishes in Chinese and Indian restaurants if they call in our debt? [I'll skip global warming, because it's just a "theory."] That our troops need to be instructed to give Iraqis a running start before they cap them?
But you know all that. You grasp that Bush’s speech is a farce, destined to be equalied by the idiocy to come in the house and on Fox. Let's use the occasion to talk about...sex.
On AMERICAblog--a site run by a gay guy--they're cutting through the sanctimonious talk about "values" to ask, very simply, what members of the House and Senate are doing to protect the sacred institution of marriage. That is, they're calling the offices of members of Congress who support the "Marriage Protection Amendment" to ask them...
....to vow that in the past, now, and in the future they will abstain from sodomy (including same-sex and/or male-female analingus, cunnilingus, and fellatio), masturbation, adultery, prostitution, out-of-wedlock sex, and marriages that cannot procreate. We will also ask them about divorce, as there is no greater threat to marriage today than divorce (in addition, the Bible makes clear that divorce is a no-no).
Personally, I think this is a grand idea. Face it, nobody gives a damn what you think about sex. All we want to know is what you do. And if it's fun. And if we can get into the action.
In the interest of inspiring great confessions on the message board, I'll go first. I'm not gay (though some of you surely have your doubts), but I've found that, over the years, a lot of what we straights do isn't so different from what gays do. I mean, I have, on occasion, had someone ....... And once or twice, I put it .....And isn't that what gay people do? Or do they just...kiss?
On the other hand, on this historic day, I notice that I'm thinking more about sex than usual. And you know, the dog is looking kind of good to me. I guess Rick Santorum was right. You get beyond the missionary position with a good woman, it's a slippery slope.
Pray for me?
