Speaking of Bolsheviks and snark, the media seems to have itself all in a dither about gay marriage, not knowing exactly who to blame for what, they seek their usual target; Republicans (code word for Christians.)
Robert Prather of Insults Unpunished notes that Al Mascitti's opinion in the Delaware Online, News Journal It's really about gay sex, not marriage, isn't it, Mr. President? may be off the mark:
The gist of this guy's column is that the objection to gay marriage is gay sex. I'm not so sure of that, but my opinions are necessarily coloring my viewpoint. I don't really care who's buggering who (whom?) or how often.I suspect that most people that oppose gay marriage aren't worried about the sex -- after all, they have to know that it's going on and it's not really their business -- but they are concerned about putting an official stamp of approval on it. I don't dismiss these concerns lightly and see getting the government out of the marriage business as the best solution. It won't lead to a breakdown of the family because the government isn't propping families up -- unless they're on welfare.
Mascitti writes:
Sorry, just dreaming. Polls show that 80 percent of Republicans oppose gay marriage, and the irony of that goes beyond the fact that conservatives supposedly want to keep government out of people's lives.
Hmmm...only one slight problem Al...California, the state that started this kerfuffle.
The SecState website shows voter reg as of Jan 2004 is 43.2% Dem, 38.6 Reb and 20.5 Other. In 2000 when California passed Prop 22 the percentage of Dems was 46.2%.
Proposition 22 which provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Marriages performed in other states and countries would not be legal in California if they did not meet this criterion. Prop 22 passed with a 61.4% Yes vs 38.6% No vote, even half of the Bay Area's counties voted Yes. Do the math Al, Democrats voted to ban gay marriage in uber-Liberal Northen California counties such as San Mateo.
Although Mascitti's next sentence is rather amusing
Gay marriage would actually be a boon for business - weddings are a $20 billion industry in this country.
Just goes to show what leaps of ethical and logical acrobatics they will go to to defend their twisted views of sex and love, not to mention the complete absurdity called "same sex marriage". Good call.
And BTW, i can't find your email address on this site, but since it appears you'll blogroll just about anyone, would you mind giving me a slot next to that vodkadood? thanks, i'll buy ya a drink next time youre in town!
Interesting linkage tactic...insulting my blogroll acumen.*G*
Blog author + blog domain name = email.
Posted by: feste at March 6, 2004 09:30 AM