I tried to write about gay marriage, and how i can't believe that it's not legal in America right now. (or whatever the hell you want to call it, i don't care)
Well, writing about it is not that easy. A lot of different people have a lot of different views on this. What I don't understand is WHY. I mean, straight people are allowed to marry, and allowed to get divorced, so why can't gay people? I honestly don't understand this. Why is it automatically assumed that straight people can do things, but gay people have to gain the rights? I mean, we went through all kinds of crap like this before didn't we? With the blacks? and women? So why do we really have to do all of this again? Really?
It just kind of makes me sad. Why do we have to fight so hard for each little thing in our country to change? Are we really that stuck in the past? Think about it. All the things in our country that have changed since it started. If our forefathers were here, they would shit bricks. I don't think this is at all the country they imagined....but it sorta still fits the values they gave us. (Ok, hell, we need to reinvent the whole damn thing.) But would they be disappointed in us compared to the other countries in the world? I think they would. It's taken us SO long to get where we are now. Other countries way behind us, but then again, there are other countries that are way ahead of us. We are supposed to be the country that is different, the country that brings people in, from the places that are against what they believe and make it ok. Well, we're getting there, but we're not quite there yet.
I wrote a paper a little over a year ago about why gay marriage isn't legal yet. There were many reasons, but I think the one that shocked me the most was the age of the people who are voting on this in government. Most of them are old enough to be my father, or even my grandfather (and yes, most of them are still men). They're served in these jobs for longer than I've been alive. And while that may seem all well and good for some things, it's not so good for change. I mean, come on. If you're a stuffy old guy, how many gay people do you see on a daily basis? The ones protesting outside your door...that's probably it. Maybe the ones on tv...which is a GREAT portrayal of us, let me tell you. But do they see the average gay person, the average gay couple? No, they don't. So why would they vote for gay marriage? They don't know anyone that's gay, and it's just gonna make those conservative, old guy voters like themselves angry, which means they might not get elected again. Personally, if I were them, I wouldn't vote for it either. It wouldn't matter to me. It doesn't really affect them. That's really sad.
So why isn't gay marriage legal yet? For a bunch of reasons. Old guys in office. Religious people who think everyone's going to hell. Corruption of our kids (cause we're totally gonna recruit them and make them all gay, that's totally our goal here people). Other reasons that I can't even BEGIN to fathom.
So what are the reasons FOR gay marriage? Well first off, why NOT? Why can't we marry? Why does it matter to you? You don't have to get a gay marriage. Hell, i don't even really care if you call it a marriage. Call it a union. Call it a freakin' unicorn. I DON'T CARE. I just want the same damn rights that you have. Also, did anyone think that gay marriage might help the economy? Might help people stop having to collect unemployment because they could get insurance from their partner? Naw, I guess we didn't think about that either (Don't ask me exactly how it works, I have no idea, but it can't get worse, right?)
Second off, why not improve the lives of thousands of people? (i dunno, maybe millions, i don't think they ask that on the census, so i don't really have a good number for you here.) Hey, marriage is a big step. Just think if there were all these people out there making this big step. They'd be happy. Happy is a good thing.
Third, oh yeah, maybe all those homophobes would get over it. Maybe gay people wouldn't have to hide all the time, and be afraid of telling their parents. Maybe society would accept them. Maybe the whole world would be a little bit more peaceful.
Oh wait, this is gay marriage, not a utopia.....(they never seem to work out anyways)
So that's what I got to say, and you can quote me on this: Gay marriage, why not?
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