The Politics Ranter

So Commons is going to be voting on whether or not to re-open the issue of same-sex marriage. The Conservatives’ push to get their closed-minded way is most likely going to be defeated, but it irks me nonetheless.

I defy any of these same-sex marriage opponents to detail a specific instance where a gay marriage had any negative effect on their perfect heterosexual marriage, or anyone else’s.

But groups opposed to gay marriage say Canada passed the law too hurriedly, without examining the effect it would have on society and in particular on children.

(from the Star)

Did it ever occur to anyone that the only reason that children might be negatively affected is that fanatical assholes keep telling them that there’s something abnormal about their family? If they were able to exist in a context where everyone was perfectly fine with two moms or two dads, there wouldn’t be a problem. I’d argue that gay couples have an even better chance of providing an attentive, nurturing family, because they have to really want to be parents for it to happen. Any option they choose involves a lot of time and money. No chance of unwanted accidents and half-hearted parents.

Also, the argument that marriage is between a man and a woman, and it’s been that way always so it should stay that way, makes me want to tear my hair out. I want to slap anyone who uses it. Marriage was a cultural construct created by people, to be modified by people. It’s not like the dirt or the sky. It didn’t just appear on its own. That’s what makes it so frustrating to argue with these kinds of people. They don’t care about good logic in the first place, so you can never win with them, no matter how smart or convincing you are. I feel my blood pressure rising just typing this.