Gay Marriage: A Civil Union would be nice...
...or even a Courteous Country. Outside of few reasoned arguments, I hear a lot of rhetoric that frankly makes the speakers sound confused.
I just don't get this issue, at all. I don't get the passion it evokes. I don't get what denying anyone the right to pass on an estate easily will fix. Everything else is pretty much babble to me. For instance,
The law is vague and, as practiced, is an exercise in what is possible and not what is right or appropriate. So I don't see much point in figuring out what the law is going to do. If it were up to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals it would be legal, most other places it would not. I can't trust the law for my idea of what's right and fair. In any legal sense my marriage is not affected by any other so why not let gays legally marry?
Despite loud opinion to the contrary, religion is a bit fuzzy on this one as well. After all, a gay couple can have a religious marriage ceremony in any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. On the other hand, nearly a third of the worlds population can nullify the sanctity of marriage by saying "I divorce you" three times to their wife. The sanctity and strength of my marriage not affected by anyone else's marriage (or divorce, for that matter) so why not let gays legally marry?
The idea of History, Culture and Natural Law providing direction on this issue is laughable. We are constantly revising or outright debunking theories in these areas on a daily basis. Does anyone out there believe that Piltdown Man was for real? Does anyone still believe that a persons intelligence can be judged by the bumps on their heads? Both of these were factual realities within the last century. The fact that history is replete with cultures that avowed bigamy, harems, and rape in no way affects the strength or sanctity of my marriage, so why not let gays legally marry? (Except for those homosexual bigamists, of course!)
I'm a finance guy. My job is to make sure people have the money to do what they want, including giving it to whomever they want. I have many hundreds of clients; straight, gay and still deciding. The only thing that denying a gay couple the right to a marriage certificate does is make me jump through a few more hoops to ensure that their wishes are fulfilled where their estate is concerned. That's it, nothing more.
So is there anyone out there that can give me any reason why I should not want a gay couple to legally marry?
I just don't get this issue, at all. I don't get the passion it evokes. I don't get what denying anyone the right to pass on an estate easily will fix. Everything else is pretty much babble to me. For instance,
The law is vague and, as practiced, is an exercise in what is possible and not what is right or appropriate. So I don't see much point in figuring out what the law is going to do. If it were up to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals it would be legal, most other places it would not. I can't trust the law for my idea of what's right and fair. In any legal sense my marriage is not affected by any other so why not let gays legally marry?
Despite loud opinion to the contrary, religion is a bit fuzzy on this one as well. After all, a gay couple can have a religious marriage ceremony in any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. On the other hand, nearly a third of the worlds population can nullify the sanctity of marriage by saying "I divorce you" three times to their wife. The sanctity and strength of my marriage not affected by anyone else's marriage (or divorce, for that matter) so why not let gays legally marry?
The idea of History, Culture and Natural Law providing direction on this issue is laughable. We are constantly revising or outright debunking theories in these areas on a daily basis. Does anyone out there believe that Piltdown Man was for real? Does anyone still believe that a persons intelligence can be judged by the bumps on their heads? Both of these were factual realities within the last century. The fact that history is replete with cultures that avowed bigamy, harems, and rape in no way affects the strength or sanctity of my marriage, so why not let gays legally marry? (Except for those homosexual bigamists, of course!)
I'm a finance guy. My job is to make sure people have the money to do what they want, including giving it to whomever they want. I have many hundreds of clients; straight, gay and still deciding. The only thing that denying a gay couple the right to a marriage certificate does is make me jump through a few more hoops to ensure that their wishes are fulfilled where their estate is concerned. That's it, nothing more.
So is there anyone out there that can give me any reason why I should not want a gay couple to legally marry?