Sunday, August 15, 2004
Gay Marriage in California:
So, the supreme court in Calif. has decided to invalidate the over 4,000 gay marriages that have taken place there. Only in America you say...pity. Firstly.. to the gay community.... ignore them. A court one way or another does not give validity to a relationship. This is given by the persons in the relationship and can not be validated one way or another by anyone else. I understand why the gay people would want the legal advantages of their union being accepted. I wouldn't hold my breath for the American people as a whole to take the more enlightened view. We are after all talking about a nation where reportedly 60 % of the people believe the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago, and no amount of scientific fact, apparently, is going to change this view. A country were Bush has been described by one of his top aids as being sent by God to protect Christians, using a Christian Army, from the heathens of the world. Damn scary stuff if you ask me. A country where history books are written and studied with the primary goal of showing the U.S. in the best light as opposed to actually, factually describing history. How can anyone really learn anything in this kind of setting. The history books available in schools in the U.S. are regarded by the rest of the world as virtually useless for anything other than brainwashing American children into believing the bullshit of their leaders. This is not the way to move forward and evolve.... kids. We must all face our true past if we are to really learn anything. But anyways, back to the topic at hand. I feel very sorry for the gay community in the U.S. They have shown great courage in the face of such opposition. Some of these couples, I'm sure, will find this news devastating. My only advice to them would be to not look to the hearts of ignoramus' for acceptance, for it is unlikely you will find it there. I share in your hope that one day all such prejudice will be eliminated all over the world. However I suspect that this will not come until an order of magnitude change in thinking occurs.
So, the supreme court in Calif. has decided to invalidate the over 4,000 gay marriages that have taken place there. Only in America you say...pity. Firstly.. to the gay community.... ignore them. A court one way or another does not give validity to a relationship. This is given by the persons in the relationship and can not be validated one way or another by anyone else. I understand why the gay people would want the legal advantages of their union being accepted. I wouldn't hold my breath for the American people as a whole to take the more enlightened view. We are after all talking about a nation where reportedly 60 % of the people believe the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago, and no amount of scientific fact, apparently, is going to change this view. A country were Bush has been described by one of his top aids as being sent by God to protect Christians, using a Christian Army, from the heathens of the world. Damn scary stuff if you ask me. A country where history books are written and studied with the primary goal of showing the U.S. in the best light as opposed to actually, factually describing history. How can anyone really learn anything in this kind of setting. The history books available in schools in the U.S. are regarded by the rest of the world as virtually useless for anything other than brainwashing American children into believing the bullshit of their leaders. This is not the way to move forward and evolve.... kids. We must all face our true past if we are to really learn anything. But anyways, back to the topic at hand. I feel very sorry for the gay community in the U.S. They have shown great courage in the face of such opposition. Some of these couples, I'm sure, will find this news devastating. My only advice to them would be to not look to the hearts of ignoramus' for acceptance, for it is unlikely you will find it there. I share in your hope that one day all such prejudice will be eliminated all over the world. However I suspect that this will not come until an order of magnitude change in thinking occurs.
# posted by Wil Smith : 7:31 a.m.
