Political Rant: Enter at your own risk.

This election season is really starting to irk me. Not the endless commercials on tv. Not the countless flyers I've received in the mail. Not even the drivers that pass on the left AFTER I've signaled that I'm about to turn left. OK so that last one really isn't about the election, but it's my blog and I want to vent. You know what it is? It's the letter to the editor writers. Granted, they're entitled to their opinion, but I don't understand their train of thought. I've been going over it in my head again and again, and it just befuddles me. So I'm going to talk out how I feel.

Argument 1: Marriage is for creating the next generation. I keep reading this and I get angrier every time I see it. Does this mean that infertile people can't get married? Does it mean that people suffering from empty nest syndrome are required to divorce since they have fulfilled their "raising the next generation" duty? Nope. Not in law. Not in common sense does it say that. Marriage should be about love, not sex and procreation. Having kids is not a requirement of getting married, just as marriage is not a requirement for having kids.

Argument 2: The Bible doesn't approve. The Bible did approve of slavery. So there's that. The Bible says that God loves everyone  So there's that, too. To treat one class of person worse (or even different) just because of their sexual orientation (or gender, race, or sex for that matter) is wrong, and it shouldn't take a 2000 year old book to make people believe that.

Argument 3: I want to protect the sanctity of marriage for my kids. WHAT?! "Have you considered that your kid might be GAY?!?! You haven't? I see." This is the kind of narrow mindedness that is ruining our country. Try explaining to your son why he can't marry the man of his dreams. Try explaining to your daughter why she can't see her sweetheart at the hospital. And let's talk about the sanctity of marriage. I think Vegas weddings pretty much end your argument, especially when combined with a divorce rate close to 50%.

Marriage HAS changed. It is no longer 'til death. It's no longer in sickness (ask Newt). It's no longer in health (ask Tiger). Why should it stay just between a man and a woman?