Same-Sex Marriage

For as much as I oppose the continual lack of “we the people” in our government, I love and am proud of my country for many things. All these reason involve the people of America uniting with each other for something. Granted, we have never united as one, and it would be ignorant to think that is possible in the world that we live in, but those small groups that we have formed in opposition of ourselves, are what has given us the ability to overcome some of the most horrendous violations of civil and human rights. That’s right, us fighting each other lead to something amazing, more than once. The first big hurdle was in the Civil War, which many people forget was about more than slavery; it was also about succession, the ultimate divider of citizens. What came of a four-year war was the beginning of freedom for black men and women in the United State. More hurdles were climbed in the 1920′s when women first got the right to vote. There was no war, no blood shed, but people were divided, and they argued, and they protested. I proudly voted in the presidential election for my first time last year, at age 19, because it was my right too. More blood was spilled in the 1960′s during the Civil Rights Movement. People were hung, and shot, children were banned from schools, and the country was again divided. For 12 years we fought against each other, desperately trying to convince the opposing sides that our team was right.

After the smoke settled, America looked down to see where we used to stand and said “Ew, fuck that.” Younger generations, (myself included) are embarrassed at the racial slurs our grandparents blurt out–as if it’s socially acceptable for them to have an underpaid Czech women cook for them, clean their house’s, and watch their three dogs. We are so sensitive to the subject of race because of our past that we have changed the politically correct term for a black man five times. That’s how caring America is to human rights, right?

So, will somebody please explain to me why gay people STILL cannot get married? No bullshit arguments allowed. I will not tolerate excuses like “well, it’s really about the children” because it’s fucking not. The American Psychological Association takes the standpoint that homosexual couples might actually be better parents than heterosexual couples, because not only do they exhibit a happier overall relationship with eachother, they also have a more “favorable pattern of child/parent interaction” (it’s right here bitches). Some people claim they are against it because marriage is sacred, and stated as a sacred bond between two people. Pshhh, please. We threw sacred out the window after we drove threw the 24-hour chapel where a guy named Eddie in a satin, crotch-hugging Elvis costume pronounced us enemy and enemy.  You can have a sacred, wonderful wedding–how is RuPaul ruining your big day? The stupidest fear is that children who grow up in the home of a lesbian or gay couple will grow up to be just that. I would like to point out, that there is NO evidence to support that. None what so ever. If you happen to find some, I’d be interested in looking at it, and investigating it’s legitimacy.

Screw statistics, screw studies, this is simple logic here people. It doesn’t matter if it weirds you out seeing two girls kissing, it doesn’t matter if your uncomfortable with the thought of two guys holding hands. Shut up about it, just like you shut up about how it worries you the baggage handler at the airport was Pakistani, (not that you could tell the difference, asshole.) You don’t have to like it, but you have to suck it up and understand that essentially, what you are saying is: “No, I’m sorry, you picked the wrong person to fall in love with.” Yep, that’s right, all you gay people out there, whow. I mean you messed up big time, right? To think that all of this time you could have just flipped that “love” switch and boom, love be gone.

Do you remember the first time you were dumped? Or maybe you weren’t dumped, maybe you were the heart breaker (see, I knew you were an asshole.) How many hours did you spend drawn in your own thoughts, just remembering? Remembering what it was like to be next to them, remember how you could them tell her anything, I mean stuff you wouldn’t tell you best friend. Remembering how he used to do that one thing, that one look, and it would calm you down completely. What a glorious world we would live in if we all could just flip that switch when the break up came. Especially after those 2+ year relationships. Fuck, it hurts. Alas, all this sappy reminiscing is evidence that there is no choice. Hell, there is no reason when it comes to love. There just is. That’s what makes love such a magical thing, so how can we set laws on things we don’t understand. How can we set laws against love? In American! The land of the free! Our entire country is based on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Unless your gay I guess.

What a Joke.

To me, this seems like the last big civil hurdle that America has to climb over. Now, I’m not saying that if we fully legalize gay marriage, all of our other economic and social problems will go away. I am saying that there is NO moral standing on the subject of gay marriage. That’s right, I just said fuck the Bible. You know why? Because the God Book is filled with hateful misogyny and ridiculous views on human rights that, while it was culturally relevant and socially accurate for the period it was written (the earliest writings have been placed back 3500 years), it in very little ways resembles the ethical map we follow today. Sure, Jesus was a cool guy. Be nice to your neighbor, and your enemy. Don’t trade in your soul for material possessions. All that good stuff. But what about the misogyny I was talking about earlier? “And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire” (Leviticus 21:9). Oh, and I shouldn’t be writing any of this, because women are supposed to be “in silence”: “Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” (I Timothy 2:11-14).

What is the Bible’s stand point on slavery, on owning another human being? “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;” (Ephesians 6:5-6).

Now that I have thoroughly ripped on the Bible, have I made my point? There is no other arguement against homosexual couples and parents accept that it makes you feel weird! Well you know what? I get wigged out when I see anybody kissing on the street. Especially heterosexual couples. Especially when it’s just you and the couple, and they are making out, and you have to keep watching the re-run episode of Cops that is on the TV, and pretend you don’t notice them sucking face. But I’m not going to say “Excuse me, can you not do that please? It’s making me uncomfortable. And could you never do that again? As a matter of fact, this bug’s me, could you two just break up? It’s all wrong.”  Because I don’t have the right too, it’s not my place , or yours, to tell people who they can and cannot love, like, or even just want to fuck for a night.

America, I beg you, let’s choose sides, fight and argue over this. I’ll tell you that you’re a fascist, greedy, control-loving bastard who does nothing more that use this topic as a red herring for your political interest, and you can tell me that I am a pinko-commie-nut-job, a tree-hugging, angry 20-year old feminist. Bring it on, I’m all for it, because it will only push us in a direction, and it’s up to us to push harder  so that we can collectively get over the last steaming pile of shit.

Lets do this.

~ by Bunny on November 19, 2009.