84 year old Phyllis Lyon and 87 year old Del Martin, together for 55 years, will be the first gay couple to tie the knot in California since that state's Supreme Court ruled that gays should be allowed to wed. The two are considered pioneers in the gay-rights movement and started the first advocacy group for lesbians. According to the story:
Four years ago, when they agreed to be married, it was in equal parts to support the mayor and to support the idea that lesbians and gay people formed committed relationships and should have those relationships respected," says Kate Kendell, a close friend and executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The story goes on about how committed they are and how they want to be married, blah, blah, blah. Okay, here's where I preach. A piece of paper means nothing . There I said it. Go ahead and nail me to the cross. Why? Because unless two people are committed, marriage means nothing because anyone can leave whenever it suits their purpose. A marriage certificate doesn't provide commitment or obligation or duty or love. It's a piece of paper.
It doesn't matter if you're straight or gay. We had a church wedding and we took vows. I even have the marriage license to prove it. In the end, that piece of paper meant nothing because he left after he got bored. Subsequently, marriage in this day and age is pointless. All it serves to do is to make sure children have a last name that matches their parents (and that it isn't even done all the time).
So love and commitment does not = marriage. Yes, I know what the Bible says. The vows we took came from it. Marriage does not ensure you will be together forever. It just makes it more difficult and expensive to leave. A person will leave if they want to regardless of whether or not there's a marriage. Subsequently, should I decide to enter into another relationship, the chances of me marrying him are slim to none. I don't need the hassle or the financial ruin.
Who cares if gays get married? I don't because they'll have the equal right to be miserable like the rest of us.
(I paid bills today. Can't you tell?)
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"Who cares if gays get married? I don't because they'll have the equal right to be miserable like the rest of us."
True enough. Of course, the commitment to each other is what tells me that marriage, or the lack thereof, should not be the measure by which we judge any two people's love for each other. No matter what sex they are.
Where people go wrong, for my money, is in the adjudication of any people as unfit for marriage or even co-habitation. But then, those who do have to live with their own consciences, so, whatever.
Well there you are. Commitment is commitment and a piece paper won't change it.
Go forth and live in sin...
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