Monday, December 05, 2005

Traditional marriage was destroyed by the heteros, what more can the gays do?

What the article seems to point out is that it's women who have greatly changed the institution to one of greater equality, because they were no longer dependent on the men/had their own careers, and as a by-product changed marriage to an institution with less assumed stability.

-- update 12/25/05

Let's do a thought experiment. I would like to start a religion where heterosexual behavior is morally wrong (aside from being disgusting). In addition, it is the tradition of this religion that marriage between those of the same sex was always permitted but those of opposite sex were not. I would then proceed to take over a political party, say the democratic party. I would then become president and the party would take over congress and start passing laws preventing recognition of marriages between opposite sex couples. I think I would make the validity of these laws based on the common understanding that marriage is only between those of the same sex and of course it's only morally correct for that to be the case.

Okay, so many folks would argue this is a ridiculous example, nobody would join such a religion. But then they would probably add, but also it's unfair. It's discriminatory. It's one religion forcing their views on others.

-- update 1/8/05

Sarcasm: top 10 reasons not to have gay marriage.

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