Why is Gay Marriage Even an Issue? [View all]
Posted by Living Life Without a Net ⋅ May 18, 2012
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With President Obama’s landmark endorsement of gay marriage, the United States has taken a significant rhetorical step forward in the First World. The barrage of hate and vitriol spewing from the Far Right seems farther and farther removed from the opinions of workaday Americans, who appear to be coming around to the belief that things like economic security and healthcare are more important than spying on the neighbors’ bedroom antics.
Even so, there is still plenty enough hate and vitriol to go around. In April, an activist group boasting a quarter of a million women supporters lobbied Congress to block the most effective domestic abuse bill in history because it extended protection to lesbians. (LINK) In February, Georgia’s own Tanya Ditty testified on behalf of the Concerned Women for America of Georgia. Her claim? Homosexuality is in the same class of sexual dysfunction as necrophilia. (LINK) In both Atlanta and California, there are ongoing debates about whether certified mental health practitioners may practice bigotry against homosexuals. (LINK) (LINK) And of course, there’s FOX News’ defiant claim that Obama is waging war against marriage. (LINK)
While the debate continues to rage, perhaps it is important that we take a step back and ask a very fundamental question: Why is this an issue in the first place?
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