Gay Marriage

For my first official blog I want to talk about gay marriage and homosexuality in general.  I just can't understand why anyone would be against gay marriage. In fact, I agree 100% with the ruling in California that banning gay marriage is unconstitutional.  There is no valid LEGAL reason to ban same sex marriage. Think about it. Why do we have laws? We have laws to maintain order and to protect the people.  How does same-sex marriage threaten either one of these areas?  I have asked this question of my boyfriend who is a conservative in liberal clothing (he SAYS he's a liberal but he calls me a socialist and he likes Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, Coulter, et. al.) and he says that marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman.  That's it.  That's not a legal reason. That's an OPINION. 

Where does that leave us? Oh, yes, religion.  We cannot allow same-sex marriage because of religious beliefs. Okay, sports fans, I hate to break it to you, but we cannot base laws on that principal. According to the First Amendment to the Constitution there must be a seperation between church and state. Funny that so many people who are always waving the Constitution like a battle-torn flag to protect their right to be gun-toting racists tend to ignore this part of their favorite document.

Why bring religion into any of it anyway?  Why should anyone have to follow laws based on Judeo-Christian principles?  How is it YOUR place to tell ME how to live my life.  As long as what I do doesn't hurt anyone else, what business is it of yours?  Are you trying to save someone's soul?  Take care of your own damn soul and let everyone else take care of their's.  Besides, I don't believe that this is the motivation anyway.  If it was there wouldn't be so much anger and hatred directed at people of the LGBT community.  Besides, are any of these people so perfect in their own faith that they have the right to judge other people?  Do they follow the 10 Commandments to the letter and if they don't should we start making laws to punish them?  How many days in jail or how big a of a fine should we impose when someone texts OMG or says "Oh my God" in casual conversation?  What if they decide to skip church because they want to watch the Packer game, should they then be shunned?

What is it that you're really protesting anyway?  When you come right down to it, aren't you trying to legislate love? 

There will probably be a part two to this, but right now everyone is tweeting me, sending me messages on facebook, and emails that I can't concentrate any more.  My brain only works in 20 minute increments and then it makes a whirring noise and shuts down.  Pffffffft...........clunck.