Marriage

I was thinking today about this whole gay marriage issue. I don't really get overly caught up in it because I think it is stupid. Not the idea of it - the idea that people are getting so crazy about it and saying it destroys the moral fabric of the country.

What actually came to mind as I was sitting here is that until the 70's there were a ton of state and local laws that restricted marriage and their sole purpose was to stop black and white people from marrying. I don't know a person alive who could hold their head high and say "Oh yeah we still have that old law on the books but no one pays any attention to it" - but that is what a ton of people do when a similar law (in its outcome) is being pressed to be on the books. It is like I always say... apparently the only people that you can outwardly talk about and hate these days are gays.

Think about it - it is so true. Would you ever make a comment or proclamation about an African American similar to what you feel you could get away with saying about gay people?  If you were out in a restaurant and someone said something disparaging about a black person most people would show some type of disdain towards that person; some would speak right up to them and call them on it. But throw in the word gay instead of black and the majority of people will just feign ignorance and/or ignore it - even if they know gay people and don't have any problem with the group.

What a world!