I find it odd, that 50% of marriages will end in divorce. You have people getting married and barely making it a year. Or serial marrieds, who get married 5 or 6 (8 if you're Larry King) time. I also read something saying that in 75% of marriages at least one partner will have an affair. But for some reason people seem to think that same sex marriage is what's going to destroy the "sanctity of the institution."
My next issue is this word 'sanctity' that keeps getting thrown around. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it means: The quality of being sacred or hallowed; sacredness, claim to (religious) reverence; inviolability.
Now I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I learned in grade school about this thing called separation of church and state. I'm pretty sure that that means words like holy, sacredness, sanctity should in no way be connected to our legal institutions. This tendency for people to keep trying to legalize their version 'Christian' morality is really very irritating to me.
Also, I'm a Republican. I believe in small government. Which means to quote Ainsley Hayes: "I believe that every time the federal government hands down a new law, it leaves for the rest of us a little less freedom. So I say, let's just stick to the ones we absolutely need to have water come out of the faucet and our cars not stolen." It also means to me that the government keeps its nose out of things that it really doesn't need to be concerned with. Namely I believe that the government has absolutely no business in my bedroom whatsoever beyond establishing that everyone is able to consent. If I want to sleep with men, women, or some combination thereof it is no one's business but my own and the state has no business regulating it beyond that. Ditto for marrying them. That consenting adults want to get married isn't anyone's business but their own.
And I'm following your example and ending my rant there before I get really angry.
Everytime that I think of the fact that someone is able to vote on my rights based on how they feel is just the most baffling and upsetting thing. I can't think about it to much, because I start getting out of control with my emotions.
I'm very bi-polar, that's why I have to take medicine to keep it under control. LOL!
I was going to comment with essentially the same things, aside from the Republican perspective and Ainsley Hayes quote ;D The whole "sanctity of marriage" argument drives me up the wall. So, it's okay for straight couples to marry on a whim and divorce when it doesn't work out in less than a year, but in order for my partner and I to be governmentally recognized we have to jump through a series of hoops to be in the Domestic Partner Registry, which doesn't even provide a parity of rights?! If I can find a rector to perform the ceremony, then it should be no one else's business. The argument against gay marriage is, to me, a red herring that many on the conservative Right use to rile up their base and get people to the polls. It's also an excuse to formally legalize homophobia, which I, as a civil libertarian, find disgusting and repugnant.
Great, now I'm all riled up and pissed off, too. I should have followed y'all's examples and kept this shorter so as to curtail my anger this early in the morning.
My next issue is this word 'sanctity' that keeps getting thrown around. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it means: The quality of being sacred or hallowed; sacredness, claim to (religious) reverence; inviolability.
Now I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I learned in grade school about this thing called separation of church and state. I'm pretty sure that that means words like holy, sacredness, sanctity should in no way be connected to our legal institutions. This tendency for people to keep trying to legalize their version 'Christian' morality is really very irritating to me.
Also, I'm a Republican. I believe in small government. Which means to quote Ainsley Hayes: "I believe that every time the federal government hands down a new law, it leaves for the rest of us a little less freedom. So I say, let's just stick to the ones we absolutely need to have water come out of the faucet and our cars not stolen." It also means to me that the government keeps its nose out of things that it really doesn't need to be concerned with. Namely I believe that the government has absolutely no business in my bedroom whatsoever beyond establishing that everyone is able to consent. If I want to sleep with men, women, or some combination thereof it is no one's business but my own and the state has no business regulating it beyond that. Ditto for marrying them. That consenting adults want to get married isn't anyone's business but their own.
And I'm following your example and ending my rant there before I get really angry.
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I'm very bi-polar, that's why I have to take medicine to keep it under control. LOL!
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Great, now I'm all riled up and pissed off, too. I should have followed y'all's examples and kept this shorter so as to curtail my anger this early in the morning.
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