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Our elected representatives are unbelievable. The number of Americans living in poverty rose for the third year in a row (to 36 million), 45 million people don't have health insurance, we're mired in a war of dubious legitimacy with frightening, potentially destabilizing outcomes, the world faces a mounting environmental catastrophe (habitat
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But I really loved it - it enraged and enlivened my dull 9am mood over here at work (hey Mike, I'm back at Sydney Uni - this whole place is missing you!). These are the facts that I wish I could throw out at my Dad when he says dumb things like "Things aren't THAT bad Brett. Bush is a good guy!"
As for the gay marriage debacle, what makes me screw my face up in frustration is the whole and wholly flawed argument that gay families are destroying God-endorsed families. Why would the recognition of former mean that there would be less or fewer of the latter? Like, if Gary and me became a family, would that mean that we'd eliminate or replace or wipe out one hetero setup? Wouldn't there be just as many straight families as before, regardless of how many non-straight families are afforded some measure of "hey, hello, how are you? You exist!". ??
To rip a great post off the Coopes -
This from the SMH letters page on monday:
A normal routine, yet apparently destructive
On Monday morning my partner and I went to work, then met some friends
to see a movie, ate Thai takeaway while watching Enough Rope, then went
to bed.
On Tuesday we went to work, met some other friends for dinner,
drank a bit too much red wine, then went to bed. On Wednesday morning,
work again, and tonight we'll probably watch a bit of tele.
In those three days George Bush, John Howard and Phillip Ruddock and the
Vatican all announced that recognition of our relationship was a threat
to heterosexual marriage and the family itself. And here we were
thinking we were just living our lives.
Apologies to those whose marriages and families were destroyed as a
result of our actions. We will try to be more careful next time.
Scott McKinnon
Balmain
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Of course you're right. But the Republicans don't care about the actual societal impact of gay marriage (which would almost certainly be positive). It's pure politics. They grandstand about "protecting marriage" without explaining how it's endangered. This tactic is absurd, and pointless, and depressingly effective at drawing out their conservative Christian voting base.
Mike
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