I saw a bumper sticker recently that said “Evolution is a lie” and I questioned out loud “Evolution is a lie?” Then I started cracking up laughing, because it seems so silly to me for there to be folks who are so convinced that “evolution is a lie” so as to proudly proclaim it upon their vehicle. My second thought was, “What the fuck? Who really believes evolution is a lie?”

The New York Times Online has an article by Adam Nagourney entitled, “Ruling May Revive Gay Marriage as Issue”.

Revive?

It’s ALWAYS been “an issue”. Whether or not presidential politicians want to speak publicly on the subject is a different issue altogether. They’re too busy trying to get as many votes as possible, alternately caving to competing sides until they’re so in the middle it doesn’t matter which one you vote for.

For until two women or two men* can legally enter the marriage contract, it will remain “an issue”.

We need to question what type of “issue” the same-sex marriage issue truly is.

For just like the bumper sticker proclaiming evolution to be some sort of hoax, so too do groups of folks proclaim same-sex marriage to be some sort of threat to the institution of marriage as a whole. Where do people come up with these ideas?

Walking home with The Partner tonight, I remarked on how moved I was to read about couples publicly celebrating the California court ruling.

To publicly celebrate being able to enter into a state contract.

My mind boggles that such a thing has to happen.

Same-sex marriage, as it is so called, is an issue of “separate-but-equal” treatment, which, as has been shown, is NOT equal.

Listening to NPR today I became enraged at a woman they interviewed who was “against” same-sex marriage because it “threated marriage”. First I couldn’t believe NPR actually gave air-time to this person, and second, that she would rather actively participate in the prohibition, the denial of two fellow citizens’ rights than mind her own relationships and legal contracts.

What the fuck kind of mentality is this?

I actively question folks I know on their reasons for entering the marriage contract, if they are so privileged to legally do so. Thus far their answers have been a resounding “for the benefits”. Benefits such as sharing health insurance packages. Benefits such as sharing the right to decide how their lives, both independently and jointly, should be lived.

With reality surrounding you, if you can’t fathom evolution or reason as to why two consenting adults should not be able to enter a contract of their choosing, then you’re an idiot.

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*However we shall define those terms.

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