Well, this is a fucking goddamn train wreck. I forget where it was going so I'll just jump in with a couple things I was hoping to interject later:
1) My thoughts on whether or not gay marriage is right or wrong are a moo point, courtesy of the Supreme Court, however retarded and wrong they might be.
So the initial premise is, what good can we get out of a bad ruling? Earmarking marriage license fees towards finding a cure for homosexuality makes the tastiest shit sandwich you can make out of what was handed to us.
2) That said, the Supreme Court was as wrong as a dude fucking his nephew. You don't need gay marriage to have equality. A gay dude has just as much right to marry a woman as a straight dude has. That he wants to marry another dude, not a chick is unfortunate, but not unfair.
What's that? A person should be able to marry who/whatever he/she loves? OK, fine. In the Islamic world people as young as 9 regularly get married. Often to people much older--like in their 40s much older. Liberals seem to love Muslims. Should we allow 40 year olds to marry 9 year olds?
Oh, wait. Revise that. People who are able to consent should be able to marry. That dodges the pedo bullet. And the crazy chicks who marry dolphins and snakes and such. OK. What about radical fundamentalist Mormons and others who are into polygamy? That's an easy one. Liberals are OK with polygamy. But what about incest? An adult son should be able to marry his biological father if he wants. Brothers should be allowed to marry. After all, the argument against incest is inbreeding. You can't very well have kids from a gay incestuous marriage. For that matter, since on-demand abortion is
hetero incestuous marriages should be fine too. Right?
But I'm getting ahead of myself. The other leg of the gay marriage argument is that marriage is about love. Tell that to any chick who's married Hugh Hefner in the last...30 years or so.
OK. Now since we're talking about consenting legal entities, should I be allowed to marry, say, Coca Cola? Microsoft? They are legal entities. I could argue that I love Coke. (Not so much Microsoft, but I digress.) If Coke wants to marry me, why shouldn't I be allowed to be Mister Coke? (She'll be keeping her maiden name for obvious reasons.)
I should have a tidy way of wrapping this all up, but go fuck yourself.
I await your well reasoned rebuttals--and St. Castle's best efforts to run this train into the nearest ditch.