Gay Marriage

So Owen, are you for Gay marriage?

Well, yes I'm "for" it, but that's a pretty easy way out, isn't it? It isn't all that pragmatic. I think it's really important to investigate some of the factors involved.

First of all, gays can already get married. Indeed, two people can sign a social contract that will be validated (and enforced) on the state level. And as more people do this, the more standard it becomes (common law) and the easier it becomes for the next couple (precedents).

So then it became a federal issue. I don't know whose doing this was, but they are at fault. Remember our first assumption: attitude follows behavior. Behavior is this: marriage as a term is not attributed to gays, gay couples aren't prevalent outside of cities, and homosexuality is not supported by the church. In fact, many people find sodomy disgusting (I couldn't imagine why...) So what's the resulting attitude: marriage should be protected from bastardization.

Bringing an issue like this to the federal level is not how to enact change in this country! Of course people will react negatively! Because it's different! One changes the law first, and attitudes follow. Martin Luther King knew it, and that was why he was our greatest civil rights leader. So I, of course, think that whoever or whichever group brought this to the forefront was trying to make a stand. Trying to confront people who have been denying them their natural rights.

I mean face it, if you're gay in high school you're going to get made fun of big time. I got made fun of for something--I can't quite recall what--and really took it to heart. But that's just it: some people would want retribution for all that torment. They might want to say, "After all these years, I win."

I imagine it was people like this who brought this issue up. The only real way to show their oppressors that they won requires that it be a national issue (because people tend to mind their own business out in the suburbs). And what makes this ploy especially viable is that it was guaranteed to have a negative response.

So the question is this: do gays want marriage or do gays want everyone to know that they have marriage?

Now you're angry.

What amazes me is that Bush's orignal stance what the right one: when elected, he said that is was a state issue and that it should stay a state issue. But due to the inherent reaction of our populus he then was advised to change his stance to get votes.

Hem, it's hard to be libertarian. You can only choose the lesser of two evils.