Gay Marriage

I'm not going to be popular for this view, but really, honestly, who gives a shit if two people of the same sex want to get married? Just because you think that gay marriage is wrong, doesn't give you the right to deny that right to gay people. What they do in the privacy of their own home, with consenting adults, is none of yours or my business. In Canada, they just defeated a motion to define marriage as between a man and a woman.

Why is this even being debated? I can't do the gay lifestyle because: A) I'm not gay and B) I can't dress and decorate well. Ok, so the last one is a stereotype, but come on, have you ever seen a gay man who has no fashion sense? I didn't think so. :)

I know several gay people in my life and they get treated the same way that I treat my regular friends. Sure, I'll make gay jokes, but then again, I told my friend with cancer to "walk it off and stop being a pussy". I call their "partners", "boyfriend" and "girlfriend". I don't like the word "partner". Makes it sound like they are in business together or something stupid like that.

Besides, marriage is about misery and pain. Have you ever seen a sad gay man? Every one I know is always happy all the time. I want them to know the misery and pain involved in dealing with the same person day in and day out for 50 years. :) Although I did have a lesbian once tell me "You're all right for a straight, white, Republican guy. Usually you guys are against us."

So if the Bible says that gays shouldn't be gay and you want to protest, go for it. Protest. But Freedom of Religion means ALL religions and a lack of Religion too. Gay people don't have to believe what you believe. We came to this country to get away from religious persecution and you're doing the same thing to gay people. You're using Religion to persecute these people because their lifestyle is different from your own.

So let them get married. Let them have the same health benefits from their jobs that straight people get. Let them divvy up assets after a nasty divorce like straight people. Who's it really going to hurt? It's not like it's going to "turn the whole country gay" or anything stupid like that. If you believe in God and believe that the Bible says "don't be gay", then do that. But don't push your beliefs onto someone who didn't do anything to wrong you.

Travis
travis@right wing lunatic .com