The Wee Democracy

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i've mentioned before that i don't like will and grace. well, don't like is perhaps too weak a description. fucking loathe might be more apropos. the reason being that the show completely denies the reality of homosexuality in today's world. i've known a handful of gay folk in my day, none of them make shitty puns about it and none of them demand that you laugh at their oh-so-silly gayness. it's stupid and demeaning.

the reason i remind you of my stance against shitty television is because i fancy myself a progressive individual. that being said, i sighed in disgust at the headline i read wednesday morning in the DMN. it regarded the state of the union address, which i deliberately avoided like the plague (i can't in good conscience listen to a man who can barely emit five words at a time, in addition to saying 'nucular'). anywho, the headline said that bush would "back constitutional ban on same sex marriages". and the first thought i had in my little head was "does the government really have nothing better to do than badger gays and lesbians"? i mean, the country is at war, our deficit is at a ridiculous level, i can't get a decent job with a college degree, and the thing that is occupying the mind of our government is how quickly can we discourge homosexuality?

the second thought was that in about 30 years, people will (hopefully) look upon the ridiculous nature of gay discrimination in the same way that they look now upon segregation and blatant racism.

the third thought i had was more of a mental picture of fat old white men sitting in big leather chairs counting money, hatin' them some queers, and plotting to alienate them from society.

i mean, why? why does the concept of two people expressing their love for each other despite them being either both men or both women frighten these stupid bastards to their very core? will it erode family values? look at it this way.

any two idiots can have a baby. they can be junkies or wastrels or what have you but as long as they don't abuse the baby and make sure it gets to school on time, gov't won't do shit to 'em. but you can have two loving gay parents who really want to adopt a baby and make sure it gets all the attention and caring and all the advantages in the world they can manage, but no....they can't have a baby, because it won't have a traditional family.

so if the government forbids the granting of a baby to a non-traditional family, why'd it let me stay with my mom when my folks got divorced? that's not traditional either, though its getting to be.

or will gay marriage make a mockery of their precious religious beliefs? well, i'd say the lying, stealing, cheating, drinking, coking, whoring, warmongering thing that goes in the government takes care of the pissing away of their so-called god-fearing ethics.

i can't take it. i can't take all this stupid hate for what a person does in the privacy of their bedroom. i don't care! it's not my business. it does not in one single goddamn way affect my life in the least.

so do not amend the constitution. do not make a mockery of THAT document to further the proliferation of your dumbass opinions. fuck off, bush.

josh has spoken.




feeling: considerably angry at the prospect of four more years with a man who says 'nucular'
thinking of: retiring
song of the day: transatlanticism - death cab for cutie
the distance is quite simply much too far for me to row, it seems farther than ever before...oh no