For the Captain
Captain Lou Albano died today at the age of 76. He was, or course, a famous wrestling manager, but he also played Mario in a live action TV show, and is well known as Cindi Lauper's fake dad from that one video. I think Gawker.com wrote the best epitaph:
Body slam Jesus for us, Captain Lou!
Now, I don't know much about Captain Lou's personal life, but I'm going to borrow a trick from Fox News and use his passing to push my own agenda. I have started writing in to the local alternative newspaper, The Inlander, on the subject of Gay Marriage. For Captain Lou. I've come to the conclusion that fighting for Gay Marriage cannot be won on a moral level. I believe morals are relative, and one's moral imperative is another's worst nightmare. It can be easily argued, on the other hand, at a legal level.
As I think I wrote earlier, the 14th amendment to the Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law for all U.S. Citizens. An opponent in the paper has argued that not being able to discriminate against sexual preference means people could marry animals, objects, and children. Captain Lou thought that was a ridiculous notion, and so do I. It is not difficult to use the term "consenting adults" in a marriage law. All civil rights matters from Slavery and Jim Crow laws to Women's Sufferage to Gay Rights all stem from a violation of the 14th amendment. Captain Lou and I agreed that this was the definition of a civil rights violation.
And so I will fight for the rights of Gays to marry and adopt because discriminating against them is not only unlawful, but it's what the Captain would have wanted.
For the Captain!
Body slam Jesus for us, Captain Lou!
Now, I don't know much about Captain Lou's personal life, but I'm going to borrow a trick from Fox News and use his passing to push my own agenda. I have started writing in to the local alternative newspaper, The Inlander, on the subject of Gay Marriage. For Captain Lou. I've come to the conclusion that fighting for Gay Marriage cannot be won on a moral level. I believe morals are relative, and one's moral imperative is another's worst nightmare. It can be easily argued, on the other hand, at a legal level.
As I think I wrote earlier, the 14th amendment to the Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law for all U.S. Citizens. An opponent in the paper has argued that not being able to discriminate against sexual preference means people could marry animals, objects, and children. Captain Lou thought that was a ridiculous notion, and so do I. It is not difficult to use the term "consenting adults" in a marriage law. All civil rights matters from Slavery and Jim Crow laws to Women's Sufferage to Gay Rights all stem from a violation of the 14th amendment. Captain Lou and I agreed that this was the definition of a civil rights violation.
And so I will fight for the rights of Gays to marry and adopt because discriminating against them is not only unlawful, but it's what the Captain would have wanted.
For the Captain!