Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Those Sacred Contracts

Marriage between two consenting adults is a conservative ideal.

Marriage typically encourages property investment (owning a house), employment (according to the recent census), and social stability.  By social stability, I mean the well-being of offspring; two parental figures help balance the tasks and funds of raising a child (or children).

Not to mention it is a complete infringement upon a person's right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness to deny him or her a marriage license when the only deciding factor is sexual orientation.

Republicans in office (or running for office) are merely pandering to potential voters.  It's pathetic.  They are too afraid to touch the typical "democratic" voting demographic, and instead pigeon-hole themselves into pleasing reactionary, social conservatives

Those who oppose equal marriage rights have mere "hunches" that gay couples somehow rear inferior children (who will for some reason subsequently not want children of their own), despite reputable, dissenting opinions.  Dr. Ellen Perrin, of Tufts-New England Medical Center, happens to have found that children raised by gay parents are just as average as every other snowflake out there.

Ugh.  Politicians.  Shameful.

(And I do not even want to mention how sacred marriage evolved from ownership of women.  Of course, I just did, but I was compelled beyond my will!)