Once again the stellar Bush administration has pulled out the big guns by tackling the most important issue facing this country today. “The Iraq debacle in which lives are still being lost pointlessly?” Uh, no. “The rampant poverty in this nation?” Nope. “Perhaps it’s corporate fraud or the mistreatment of the elderly or domestic spying or any number of other equally impeachable offenses?” If only we were so lucky.
The issue that our leader deems so problematic that he is going to ratify this country’s constitution is the ‘problem’ of gay marriage. Not slavery. Not women’s rights. No. People of the same sex getting married is apparently such an issue we are going to change a historical document to cater to the superstitions of a madman.
How strange is it though that with an election right around the corner that gay marriage would come back to the forefront? Not very. This is a man who rode the anti-gay marriage wave to a second term in office. Why not help out all of his equally crazy buddies by bringing it back up?
Here is why I do not care about gay marriage. Because it is an issue that has absolutely no relevance on my well being or the well being of anyone else. Cutting terrorism protection funding to two cities that have already been attacked by terrorists could have a bearing on one’s well being. How many soldiers have been killed by gay marriage? How many people are poor because two people in love want to get married? How is one’s own marriage jeopardized by two individuals who you will never meet getting married, despite their sexual preference?
It is ridiculous to be hoodwinked by the smoke screen propaganda that is the banning of gay marriage. As soon as our soldiers are home, our elderly are cared for, our poor clothed and fed, our women and children walk the streets without fear, our military families and veterans are treated by our government like the heroes they are, and we stop raping the land God blessed us with, maybe then we can tackle the non-issue of two dudes getting married.
Then again it’s just my opinion so I might be wrong. At least I’m willing to admit that.
- Joel