Utterly Meaningless

I am as conservative Christian as they come, but this is one area where I disagree with most of my brothers and sisters. I think there are a lot worse things harming families than same-sex marriage. We’ve already tanked marriage, it’s entered into too casually, not taken seriously once entered into, and too casually dissolved (i.e. “I’m not happy”). Guess what, marriage is not a happiness guarantee. I think what a lot of Christians are afraid of, if they would look deeply, is that these “sinners” will actually be more committed, considering all they’ve gone through to get married, than those getting married “properly”, and show us all up. Don’t get me wrong, I think that lifestyle is against what the Bible teaches, and that is my yardstick. But there are a lot of other ways we fall way short of the standard ourselves, perhaps we should start there before attacking others.

For me it comes down to freedom of religion (or “freedom from religion” if you prefer).

A secular government should not be concerned with whether gay marriage is a sin according to some religions. It ought to be looking only at it from a human rights, and economic benefits, perspective.

If gay relationships are sinful in a person’s religious view, then than person should not engage in them. I’d honestly prefer to see the gov’t out of the sexual morality business altogether, where consenting adults are concerned.

Also in the news this week, PBS Kids show “Postcards from Buster” features a different state each episode. It’s part animation (like Arthur) and part real people. An episode called Sugartime featuring Vermont is being pulled because one of the families shown is headed by two women. It isn’t featured or really mentioned, according to PBS, but since it appears at all, they have decided to pull it, or limit distribution. The nation’s new education secretary is shocked that public money was spent on this episode.

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“They don’t come off as strident lesbians with some agenda.”

You may be right, but the paper does. This is pretty much standard fare these days- homosexuals are “just like” heterosexuals except Christians hate them. Also, the Thelma & Louise angle is usually promoted – apparently it’s slightly more appealing than Adam & Steve. They can be mothers, but two guys are just perverts. And I’m guessing the state custody laws would keep the kids “close to their fathers” – just like any (other) heterosexual divorce.

I just don’t identify much with someone who had no interest in the opposite sex, but married twice anyway, had multiple children in each relationship, and broke up both of those families to be with the next partner (man or woman). Yeah, I like guns, have a garden, do chores, but I didn’ t get married and father three children under the guise of “doing the right thing” under pressure from my hometown populace. It seems to blame all this discontinuity of “familiy” on the state because she can’t marry her third partner is a little much.

Can’t get rid of me that easily, Daryl. :p

I don’t have issues with same-sex marriages. It’s a contract between humans, I don’t care what other people do in their spare time in regards to sex. The government already regulates it, license fees, filing, etc. How can they define it based purely on religious definition?