This column says it all. (And then some.) Apparently President Bush designated this week "Defense of Marriage Week". I pity, and fear, those who feel threatened by the prospect of gays being able to marry.
Are they fearing an onslaught of a new crop of TV reality programs, perhaps? They cannot be any more terrifying than all those horrible dating games and "Married By America" atrocities that pass for entertainment. No, if "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is any indication, maybe TV is about to improve.
OK, so that's not really the concern of the "Marriage Defenders". They just think gays are immoral, so... they shouldn't be encouraged to settle down in monogamous relationships. The lack of logic is staggering. (And yes, I realize that not everybody wants to settle down in the house with 2.3 kids and a dog, but the point is people should be able to choose for themselves!)
The presumption that heterosexual couples are automatically superior is so bizarre too. In my graduate school class, most of us were married or living with someone. By the end, there had been several breakups... all among the straight couples. The lesbian couples all made it to graduation day intact. Not a scientific poll, by any means, but I'm just sayin'.
I just wish people would see this issue for what it really is. If you really want to defend marriage, start with your own (if you're married) and work towards the day that a consenting adult can legally marry another consenting adult.
"Shut Up And Say 'I Do' / Rage against those scary gays and invoke an angry God — it's BushCo's 'Marriage Protection Week', Mark Morford, October 15, 2003, SFGate, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? file=/gate/archive/2003/10/15/notes101503.DTL
