Monday, May 17, 2004
GAY MARRIAGE AND THE "CONSERVATIVES"
This is another in a series of "why I am not a conservative" posts. Consider gay marriage. There's a joke going around that runs like this:
I don't get gays. The two things most men try to avoid, military service and marriage, they're fighting to have!
Like a lot of jokes about social matters, there's an element of ironic truth here. These two issues are close to the hearts of most people that would call themselves "conservative." They think people ought to stand up and serve their country, and that they ought to make long-term commitments to monogamous relationships ... but not gays. To me, that's just bald hypocrisy. I guess I'm with Dennis Miller on this one:
"If two gay guys want to get married, I couldn't care less," he said. "It's their business. If some foreigner wants to blow their wedding up, I want my government to eliminate him."
That pretty much sums up my attitude.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 8:54 AM
