Wednesday, November 19, 2003
If we start from the premise that people's private lives are private, which is not an unreasonable place to start, then the controversy over same sex marriage begins to come into better focus. Those who are opposed are bigots-- there can really be no other explanation. The basis for their opposition is expressed in religious terms, but nobody is talking about compelling anyone's religion to perform marriages for gay couples-- if you don't think g_d sanctions same sex unions, that's fine with me, but I fail to see why that religious viewpoint should be imposed on anyone else. Indeed, so doing impresses me as being kinda unconstitutional. All this talk about marriage being a sacred institution is fine-- in the context of sacred institutions. If a couple wishes to be married in a courthouse instead, I don't see what Leviticus 18:22 has to do with it.
It impresses me as profoundly weird that there are, supposedly, so many people in this country that are that interested in other people's sex lives. Once again, I guess, we see what a much better world this would be if people learned to mind their own business.
It impresses me as profoundly weird that there are, supposedly, so many people in this country that are that interested in other people's sex lives. Once again, I guess, we see what a much better world this would be if people learned to mind their own business.
// posted by Bill @ 3:20 PM 
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