Just a short rant. Proposition 8ish.

[joegoda]

I am, quite simply, puzzled and perplexed by human 'nature' at times.

Marriage, in and of itself, seems pretty unnatural to me, regardless of it's sexual orientation. It is, in fact, NOT natural... it is a man-made thing. I marvel at all of the hullabaloo and wonder when people will just quit arguing about what their neighbor is doing that causes them no harm. As it hurt none, allow it and focus on what is really important. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I understand the legal ramifications of it. The benefits and attachments that go with being legally married. It is the fundamental reason that *I* am still married, regardless of my wife living 145 miles away. Our marriage allows her to continue to receive insurance coverage and there is a certain amount of emotional security in something that is a legal and binding contract.

Ask anyone that has been screwed out of contract. It is very much the same as a marriage. There are certain things assumed in making such a bond, and the law *should* protect all parties involved. Perhaps a marriage should be looked at more like a business than anything else. Partners in and incorporated business are covered under law, very much the same as partners in a marriage. Of course, that is a very simplistic viewpoint... but I bet at the basis, it is exactly the same. Perhaps, if Prop 8, determines that marriage is between opposite sexes, then those of non-heterosexual lifestyles may find their own loophole by incorporating as a partnership. I don't know... I'm not a business attorney. But it might be something to look into.

As to the argument that it is destroying the 'traditional' marriage... *sigh*... How so? It seems to me that traditional marriage doesn't really need any help in destroying itself. I'm aware of all the 'moral' arguments, and feel they are, in a word, crap. All those arguments do is tell me that the proponents of 'traditional' marriage have a deep seated insecurity that they simply won't measure up. Those 'traditional' marriages will hold or not, regardless of outcome of the proposition 8 vote.

Love SHOULD be the issue. Nobody can regulate or legislate that, no matter how they try. And believe me... it has been tried, and it has failed. It is the basis of most, if not all, romantic stories.

As for me, I don't live in California, but I can definitely see the entire country... and quite likely the world watching this to see how the vote turns out. Legislating morality by using a legal loophole that redefines a word that was created to mean "a couple voluntarily joined for life" seems like a cheap shot created by those who hold themselves to be above reproach. Next they will be defining the word "people" or "person". I certainly hope I fit the definition.

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[ladyegreen.livejournal.com]

*Gives you a hug.*

Frightful business is it not?

I hope we are all about to emerge into brighter times.

[joegoda.livejournal.com]

Frightful? Perhaps. The same sort of frightful that teething pains in a newborn is. To me, that's what this is, darling Peddler. The human race as an individual is starting to look around and see other individuals separate from itself, different from itself, and deciding how to accept them. Granted, it's been going on for a couple of hundred years, but that's okay. Growing up takes time. We'll get there.