04 November 04
[Update 2/13/2005 - Keep in mind I wrote this after the election, but before the problems with the election and vote-counting were publicized. Now I know that more people voted for Kerry overall and in both Florida and Ohio. I still think that the 'moral' view of homosexuality is over-the-top hateful, but I don't blame them for Bush's fake re-election.]
So millions of Americans apparently poured out of the polls in support of John Kerry and honesty and civil rights. Unfortunately, millions more Americans poured out of the polls to vote based on ‘moral issues’. The sacred institution of marriage was being threatened by gays and their sinful wishes to live amongst us. States like Mississippi and Arkansas were being threatened with the presence of men who lived together, constantly turning heterosexuals to the dark side for their parades and healthy food. Being obvious sexual deviants, they threatened these wholesome American states with inevitable paths towards exhibitionism, polygamy, necromancy, and incongruence. To the rescue came every evangelical Christian in the known universe. Never again will gays be able to establish families or visit each other in the hospital in these states. Never again will a man be able to take care of his dead lifemate’s estate. Never again will two people of the same sex be able to join together in paying their taxes, thus forcing themselves into a higher tax bracket. And to top it off, the rest of the states had similar turnout to ensure domination everywhere to reintroduce national legislation banning gays from looking at each other with them devil eyes.
There is some light and darkness at the end of the tunnel. Many courts are already saying that these amendements were illegally worded, infringe on inalienable rights, or both. The thing I wonder about is if these amendments were clearly unacceptable given current laws, statutes, rights, etc., why did they still get to the ballots to waste everybody’s time? The only answer I can come up with is to motivate these millions to get out and vote and assert their dominance in the ‘religiously motivated anti-homosexual’ demographic. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture Karl Rove about five-six months ago, realizing that as things were going, he might face another 2000 election. Knowing he couldn’t get away with directly stealing the presidency again, he needed a plan. Eureka! Offer millions of southern and midwestern voters the chance to KO that pesky homo-gay sect of the population. Tell them that God and Jesus want them to vote for these bans to prove they are good Christians. Whether or not those motivations had any chance of fruition, it won’t matter. With their corageous participation against these dangerous half-citizens, the election will see a significant Republican boost across the board. Any suggestion that this was a dirty trick will be quieted by the new government and the sheepish media that salivates over any guidance they are given.
I have a hard time coming up with any good reason to support a gay marriage ban or any restriction of rights based on sexual preference. Sexual preference isn’t something you buy at Wal-Mart. It isn’t something you choose from a greeting card. You just have it or you don’t. Some people dig chicks, some people dig dudes. It doesn’t matter whether you vomit whenever you picture two guys going at it. You can think whatever you want, but when it comes to legal rights, it’s just a no-brainer. All people are equal.
Marriage is composed of two separate things – a personal commitment between two people, and the legal rights afforded them by the state. The personal commitment part, being just a state of mind, isn’t anything that can be regulated. What sexy or disgusting things those two people choose to do with each other is none of your business, just like before they said their ‘I do’s. The legal part is so basic I can’t believe anybody would willingly want to deny it. If your significant other is dying in a hospital after visiting hours, it should never matter what shapes they have under their pants. Other things like burial determination, bereavement leave, and survivor benefits are clearly in the same category in my mind. They are logical benefits to a lifelong mutual loving commitment. Two dudes live together for years, and one dies? How could anybody tell the survivor that he’s not fit to be part of the decision-making?
I conclude with some memorable quotes from the only organized pro-ban website I could find, located at Petition Spot dot com. Have a look.
* gay marriages are wrong and gay so stop them you gay gays
* last fag i saw got a broken jaw, skinnk prissy fuck. jaw broke like glass and they call it queer fear? homophpia? i think not. and i say its ok to beat gay women as well, i mean they want to be a man and i think they should be beat like one! sick bitches
* I think gay marriage sucks and also illegal immigration. we should send fags and illegals i a remote island and blow it up because both of them are nothing but sick, immoral, thieving job taking scum
* Acceptance of homosexuality is like making murder legal. THINK ABOUT IT!
* Gays don’t need to be married. They need to leave. Go to Africa, because that’s where AIDS is, and that’s what they helped to spread in this country.
* The streets of AMERCIA should run red with the blood of gay people. ONLY THEN WILL WE AS A SOCIETY BE CLEANSED of their filthy immoral ways.
* AIDS IS THE CURE FOR FAGS, LET THEM ALL DIE FOR ALL I CARE.