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Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
More On Gay Marriage
There is so much emotional and religious baggage associated with the word "marriage".
The religious right likes to harp on the idea that The Bible defines marriage as the sacred union between "one man and one woman". I defy anyone to find a passage from the Old Testament or a "quote" from Jesus that makes this distinction.
Let me save you some time. There aren't any.
There are some scattered references in the latter books of the New Testament that weigh in on the subject of marriage. But the Old Testament Jehovah and the New Testament Jesus never mention the subject.
In fact, the patriarch of monotheism, Abram/Abraham, the source of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, built his fortune pimping out his wife to various wealthy landed men in exchange for real estate, only to later expose the fraud, keep the land, and move on to the next sucker.
He was a con man who treatd his wife like a whore for his own profit! This was who Yahweh picked as "his main guy". His "chosen one". Was that a marriage between "one man and one woman"?
I seem to recall other Old Testament patriarchs having multiple wives, concubines and slaves with whom they had offspring. Were those arrangements marriages between "one man and one woman"?
Christians like to point out that the arrival and crucifixion of Jesus was like a renegotiation of the contract between God and man.
O.K., fine. Find me one quote...just one...anywhere in the New Testament, where Jesus himself defines the terms of marriage. He doesn't. There aren't any.
We need to separate legal rights from sacred sanction without creating 2nd class citizens.
Marriage, as an institution, is not defined by religious text. It is defined by legal text and precedent.
THE XO PLAN
States should define "marriage" as a secular, legal, bonding between two consenting, unrelated (outside of a defined parameter) adults that endows both parties with all of the traditional and legal privileges of any other marriage sanctioned by the state.
It should be a marriage. Not a civil union, but an actual marriage in the eyes and nomenclature of the state and just as binding by state and federal law as any other marriage. The defining certification is made by a civil official.
A separate ceremony, call it a Sacred Marriage or Eternal Bonding...whatever, may at the discretion of a religious institution be performed. It should carry all of the same legal weight and privileges as a civil ceremony. Religious institutions are completely free to make their own determinations based on their own scriptures and dogma as to what sort of unions they will grant their blessings. This determination may not, under any circumstances, be usurped by any government.
The secular laws determine what constitutes a marriage in legal terms and, by federal law, must be recognized and respected in all states. These laws must include both civil and sacred ceremonies.
The individual religious communities are free to define what they consider to be a valid marriage according to their standards and may impose whatever restrictions (giving communion, baptism, excommunication, etc.) as they see fit.
A couple may choose to have just a civil marriage, just a religious marriage, or both.
But they would all be equally binding marriages under state and federal law and they would all have the exact same benefits and privileges to both parties.
When it comes to determining rights in a court of law, it wouldn't matter if they had a secular marriage, a religous marriage, or both. All would be equal in the eyes of the law.
How could this possibly hurt or pose a threat to anyone?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
In Support Of Gay Marriage
Why should heterosexuals have a monopoly on emotional desolation, sexual blackmail and financial bondage?
Conservatives are always bemoaning the decline of marriage as young people choose to just live together rather than make a sacred, soul-binding, life long commitment before God Almighty.
What better way to preserve the institution of marriage than open it up to an entire demographic that doesn't know any better because they've never been exposed to its insidiousness?
As jaded, damaged, baggage-ridden heterosexuals abandon the ancient institution for the torturous, money draining, black hole of self esteem it has become, by all means, let us throw open the gates of marriage to the one group that wants to embrace the concept.
Gay Marriage is the only short term solution for rescuing the Institution Of Marriage from the ash heap of outmoded ideas.
If the LGBT community wants marriage...I say, let them have it.
I will gladly relinquish my place in line to anyone who wants it.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
6 Random Things About Me
I got tagged by Atheist Homeschooler for the six random things about myself meme. Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you. (That's the underliney bit at the top.)
2. Post the rules on your blog. (That's what yer reading.)
3. Write six random arbitrary things about yourself.(That's what yer on pins and needles waiting for. GET ON WITH IT!!!!)
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. (I won't be doing this)
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog. (I won't be doing this either.)
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up. (I may or may not do this. It's very, very late)
Random Fact XO #1: One of my first jobs was as an usher in a movie theatre. Back when they still had flashlight-toting, facsist ushers. My first night on the job I kicked out 7 people before the intermission. One of them was my sister.
Random Fact XO #2: I used to drive an Ice Cream truck. Looking back, driving around all day long at 3 mph, ringing a bell, dispensing frozen joy seems like a pretty good fucking job! Not a lot of stress.
Random Fact XO #3: I used to drive a Taxi Cab in Raytown back in the late 70's. My best tip EVER was being invited inside by a female passenger 20 years my senior who needed a ride home from a bar. I remember it well, though I doubt she does. I still had shoulder length hair and was wearing blue jeans and a fringed, suede, leather jacket. She was wearing a green, polyester business suit that reeked Real Estate Agent. I was out of radio communication with the dispatcher for several hours. Good times!
Random Fact XO #4: I once chipped a front tooth going ass over tea kettles peddaling a tricycle that I was far too old and big for down a broken up driveway. One tooth is still shorter than the other.
Random Fact XO #5: My first car was a 1963 Galaxy 500. Bought it for $90.00. I owned it for a year, but it only ran for about 6 months. Not 6 continuous months. But a few days here, a few days there...it probably totaled up to about 6 months.
Random Fact XO #6: One of my favorite things in the entire world is just being at home in comfy clothes, fixing comfort food, snuggling up with a woman I care about, and watching movies. It doesn't get any better than that.
OK, I'm done and I'm going to bed.
1. Link to the person who tagged you. (That's the underliney bit at the top.)
2. Post the rules on your blog. (That's what yer reading.)
3. Write six random arbitrary things about yourself.(That's what yer on pins and needles waiting for. GET ON WITH IT!!!!)
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. (I won't be doing this)
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog. (I won't be doing this either.)
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up. (I may or may not do this. It's very, very late)
Random Fact XO #1: One of my first jobs was as an usher in a movie theatre. Back when they still had flashlight-toting, facsist ushers. My first night on the job I kicked out 7 people before the intermission. One of them was my sister.
Random Fact XO #2: I used to drive an Ice Cream truck. Looking back, driving around all day long at 3 mph, ringing a bell, dispensing frozen joy seems like a pretty good fucking job! Not a lot of stress.
Random Fact XO #3: I used to drive a Taxi Cab in Raytown back in the late 70's. My best tip EVER was being invited inside by a female passenger 20 years my senior who needed a ride home from a bar. I remember it well, though I doubt she does. I still had shoulder length hair and was wearing blue jeans and a fringed, suede, leather jacket. She was wearing a green, polyester business suit that reeked Real Estate Agent. I was out of radio communication with the dispatcher for several hours. Good times!
Random Fact XO #4: I once chipped a front tooth going ass over tea kettles peddaling a tricycle that I was far too old and big for down a broken up driveway. One tooth is still shorter than the other.
Random Fact XO #5: My first car was a 1963 Galaxy 500. Bought it for $90.00. I owned it for a year, but it only ran for about 6 months. Not 6 continuous months. But a few days here, a few days there...it probably totaled up to about 6 months.
Random Fact XO #6: One of my favorite things in the entire world is just being at home in comfy clothes, fixing comfort food, snuggling up with a woman I care about, and watching movies. It doesn't get any better than that.
OK, I'm done and I'm going to bed.
Monday, December 1, 2008
A Reason To Buy Vinyl Again
Because holding a CD cover or your iPod in front of your face doesn't yield good pictures for your blog.
So get busy, people. I'm looking at you, Happy In Bag! You know you got vinyl!
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