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Lou Dobbs has an article out today called, “Gay Marriage Amendment: Sheer Nonsense.”
Says in part:
[...]President Bush and the Senate have decided they should take up a constitutional ban of gay marriage. Polls tell us most of us oppose gay marriage. Those same polls are also shouting to our elected representatives in Washington that we want real leadership and real solutions to real problems.
The president and the Senate’s Republican leadership are now claiming that an amendment to our Constitution is necessary to save the American family. No matter how you feel about the issue, and many of us feel deeply, a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is utter and complete nonsense. It’s an insult to the intelligence of every voter, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.
When will the religious right understand that “marriage” is no longer a sacred term tied to religion? It is now a matter of law, and of state’s rights. It has been for a very long time. If you have a “church wedding” and do not file the proper legal documents, you ARE NOT LEGALLY MARRIED. However, you can have a ‘ceremony’ consisting of an Elvis impersonator at a drive-thru window in Vegas, and as long as you file the proper paperwork, you ARE.
You don’t like gays? Fine. Don’t associate with them… that means doing your own highlights, producing your own plays and films starring, well… yourself, since you really never know about anyone else… stuffing your wages earned from your own business where you are the only customer into your mattress because that bank teller is probably a “pinko” too. Do your own taxes, but don’t file them, since your postman, and the IRS agent are probably a couple.
I’ll paraphrase Jon Stewart from last night’s Daily Show where he totally OWNED Bill Bennett in the debate on gay marriage: The fact is this argument boils down to whether you believe homosexuality is a part of the human condition, or just a random fetish.
It is not a slippery slope from Gay Marriage to Polygamy and, this one always makes me laugh, marrying animals. Polygamy and beastiality are CHOICES. There is no inherent NEED to marry multiple spouses, or mate with animals.
I would like to propose a solution, though. Let’s make this debate actually BE about polygamy and marrying animals… at least then the horse fuckers in Kentucky will have an issue they can really (pardon the expression) get behind.