May
4
No Excuse for Marriage…
Filed Under Politics
It’s always nice to find a good use for this picture.
Today, I want to share a remarkable insight Junior had last night.
We were watching Season 2 of The West Wing, while we both worked seperately on our laptops…In this particular episode, they are discussing the Defense of Marriage Act…We have had a similar debate in Canada, it’s the Conservatives wishing to limit the definition of marriage to a union of a man and a woman. It is the backlash of people who fear that homosexuality is a political or moral agenda being perpertrated on society….and not a biological imperative or lifestyle choice…or however you choose to define it.
I am personally of the opinion that if you are against gay marriage that you should absolutely NOT marry a gay person….but who I marry or have sex with is none of your business. (It’s ironic, I have spent a lot of ink talking about the fact that I haven’t had sex in almost 10 years…LOL…apparently I think THAT’s your business…Who I sleep with…NOT your business…Who I DON’T SLEEP WITH….totally your business.
I don’t even understand myself sometimes
But Adam made an off-handed remark that instead of protecting or defending marriage, it should just be abolished all together!
Now, keep your mind open for a minute…This idea, although it would never come to pass, is a very interesting proposition!
Why do people get married?
It seems to me that ”because we love each other” is the worst possible reason.
Haven’t you heard the saying “If you love something set it free. If it comes back, it is yours. If it doesn’t, it met someone prettier at Starbucks”?
It is my sincere personal belief that I will never get married. I want a long term relationship and partner, but I don’t want to legally or contractually obligate the poor bastard to love me forever.
The fact is, I want him to wake up next to me in the morning because he wants to…and I want him to come home to me at night because it’s something that he looks forward to…
and if someday…the thought of coming home to me…or waking up with me, no longer makes him happy….then I don’t want to make him keep doing it.
I don’t want him here because he stands to lose 50% of his stuff if he leaves.
That’s not the life I want for him and it’s definately not the life I want for me.
…and how can we excuse ourselves for making people live that way?
I think we need to ABOLISH the civil institution of marriage.
Marriage should be a strictly religious institution.
Why is the state promoting marriage to begin with? Forget protecting marriage under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms…just drop it all together!
What is it good for exactly?
Let’s look at what marriage does NOT accomplish…
Marriage does not keep partners monogamous.
It does not keep families together.
I’m not sure that bitter resentful togetherness is any less damaging to a child than bitter resentful divorces.
Long gone are the days that a woman went from her father’s house to her husband’s house. A woman is able to support herself and support her children.
Couples are able to decide if one parent will stay home with the children and which parent that will be, parental leave is extended to both sexes…
I’m not done writing this…but I’m taking a break…back later