Up front, I’m in favor of marriage for heterosexual couples and not for any others, no matter what they call their lifestyle. At the same time, I am for civil unions for any couple. This ensures that the law will treat them fairly as to property rights and any other matters that marriage would give them.
I am against politicians using this issue as a means to curry favor with the voters who are ignorant as to the history of marriage. And that history is actually quite short. It was popular at one time…when the rich and royal used it to further their ambitions. The poor folks didn’t have much need for it. It cost money to get married and they didn’t have much of that. Marriage for all was a relatively recent trend. And if we look at the data today, we see that it is losing favor once again.
The Divine Institution of Marriage? I don’t believe that Jesus spoke to this directly, but I do know that He loves us all, no matter what our marital state is.
There is one thing certain in all of this and that is the fact that Bush and Co. will milk this issue for all it’s worth in votes. It’s already a given that the bill prohibiting “gay” marriages won’t make it out of the Senate but that won’t stop the neocons from using this divisive issue to spread “terror” throughout the red states.
Can you think of…let’s say, half a dozen far more important issues for legislators to be pursuing these days? Oh yeah!
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