MINI-RANT #2: Gay Marriage

MINI-RANT #2: Gay Marriage

I've seen a lot in regards to the gay marriage issue recently, and while I generally try to keep my political views personal, I do have some thoughts to share with the masses (all 46 of you, at current count).

Someone posted a rant about taking marriage from the government, and make it a strictly religious institution. Here's a different idea: take religion from government, instead. Rick Santorum (remember him?) wanted (wants) to rewrite the government and its laws to mirror the laws of God, as "the founding fathers intended". It's funny, though...I don't remember this country being founded by religious zealots. I remember the Constitution being specifically written to keep Church and State as separate as possible, to prevent exactly the things going on in society today.

It is not the function of a religious leader to make secular decisions. Nor is it the role of political leadership to make laws based on their interpretation of "God's Law", and then enforce those rules, despite popular opinion.

Here in California, Prop 8 was passed a few years back, in part due to substantial support and efforts from certain religious groups. Those groups shuttled in thousands and thousands of "supporters", housed, fed and financed them until they established residency in the state, and more importantly, the right to vote in the state. Then, on election day, those "supporters" flooded the ballot boxes and enforced their religious viewpoints on the rest of us. Now, that law has rightfully been struck down.

Yeah, I support the right of anyone to get married to whomever they choose. No, I don't believe that marriage is strictly a religious institution. Considering that every single marriage is required to be validated and licensed by local and state governments before being considered valid, I find that thought to be rather quaint, if I'm being brutally honest.

Personally, I do believe that there is a God, although, considering the issues my family and I have faced the last couple of years, I have my doubts. I do firmly believe that He's got other, more important things to do than worry about who loves who, or who marries who. I believe that to be a good, loving person is the surest way to Heaven, which means, in many ways...live and let live. I don't force anyone to do what I want them to do, other than my kids...and that doesn't always go well.

Yeah, gay marriage is legal. Get over it. Does it affect you personally? Unless your spouse suddenly leaves you for their homosexual lover...no, it really does not. There is still more than enough straight couples out there to keep the world populated for centuries to come. As it says in the Bible and I paraphrase, mostly because I'm too lazy to actually look up the proper verse) "Take care of the dirt in your own eye, before you worry about the dust in someone else's."

MINI-RANT OVER.