Will Durst on Gay Marriage

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Massachusetts marriage mania
Bay State comes to shocking conclusion that gays are people too


Well, it started. The city of Cambridge became the first municipality to legally marry a gay couple in the State of Massachusetts, and the obnoxious cacophony emanating from the various sanctified orifices of the Religious Right is enough to make one wonder who's running tape backwards through speakers the size of Rush Limbaugh's ego. Here's what I don't get: how does two men or women holding civil rights hurt the right-wingers? Maybe they're bemoaning severe sleep loss whilst imagining their greatest nightmare? Hey guys, subscribe to different magazines.

One protester to the ceremony held up a sign reading: "God hates fags." Yeah, well, okay -- but if you ascribe to that darling little slogan, you must also hold the opinion that God loves bigoted intolerant idiots. Of course conservatives are seizing this opportunity to distract attention from the quagmire that is not a quagmire by swiftly convening prayer meetings to hasten the shuffling off this mortal coil of the Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court Justices responsible for this revolting turn of events.

They have predictably trotted out their standard litany of godless commie pinko yellow rat bastard charges and aimed them at the usual suspects like the ACLU and Teletubbies. But since this is an election year, John Kerry is understandably having his tail pilloried as well for the audacity of being elected to represent a state full of evildoers. And it is only with the greatest of restraint that I refrain from making a Texas joke here.

The argument is "if this crime against nature persists and becomes accepted by society, you know what's next: bestiality." Let me think. NO! There's still an age limit, isn't there? You ever seen an 18-year-old sheep? It's not a pretty sight my friend. Besides, no one marries mutton. Listen to them and you'd think these opponents to gay marriage have never met anyone even the slightest bit festive much less gay. They sound like they're describing alien demons with cloven hooves and scaly talons. For crum's sake, don't you get it, gays are people? They're you and me.

The only difference between gay and straight is which way your head faces during sex. That's it. And the quality of appetizers at the reception. C'mon, smoky cheddar salmon puffs on foccacia bread with a puddle of caviar, that is not a straight wedding. Anyway, I thought the whole idea was to keep gays from having sex. What better way than marriage do you know to accomplish that?
 
I am so proud of my state to hear the good news, and actually today as I was leaving Walmart, I saw a nice big picture on the front of a local newspaper of two women who had just been married in Northampton, holding their two children. From a distance, I saw people in the background holding signs, and I was afraid that it was this "God Hates You" crap. When I looked closer, I was pleased to see that the signs said "Love Knows No Boundaries" and "Congradulations".

The fact that the religious right (and even left) are going to be barking about this for a long time makes me hope that the state government can stand tall through it.

And I get so pissed off about that "now people are going to want to marry animals!" shit, because basically it's comparing homosexual humans to animals and not to human beings. Grr...it really makes me mad! :mad:
 
i'm a will durst fan

i saw will durst perform stand-up many years ago and thought he was brilliant. is this the same will durst? if it is, i'm shocked to know that anyone else actually heard of him because he's slipped into obscurity as far as i can tell. i admire the man and am happy to see that he has a following. thanks for brining him 'round.
 
College_geek said:
...And I get so pissed off about that "now people are going to want to marry animals!" shit, because basically it's comparing homosexual humans to animals and not to human beings. Grr...it really makes me mad! :mad:

That's jumping to a conclusion, and I think maybe even a generalization. They'r not equated so much as that is said as a Slippery Slope argument.

In any case, I'm surprised that gay marriage is being legalized before plural marriage.
 
Stuponfucious said:
That's jumping to a conclusion, and I think maybe even a generalization. They'r not equated so much as that is said as a Slippery Slope argument.

In any case, I'm surprised that gay marriage is being legalized before plural marriage.
Yeah, well I'm known for my generalizations, as much as I hate them. I was basically going on a gut feeling.

I'm not surprised that gay marriage is being legalized before plural marriage because if it took them this long to be able to accept marriage being between two individuals who love each other, whether it happens to be a male and a female or not, then it will take them for ever (if ever) to accept marriage to be between more than two individuals.

Then again, this is probably another generalization. :p Blame it on the lack of sleep.
 
Re: i'm a will durst fan

EJFan said:
i saw will durst perform stand-up many years ago and thought he was brilliant. is this the same will durst? if it is, i'm shocked to know that anyone else actually heard of him because he's slipped into obscurity as far as i can tell. i admire the man and am happy to see that he has a following. thanks for brining him 'round.

It is the same Will Durst who does stand up comedy. These days, I think he puts most of his effort into writing his syndicated column.
 
Much of what's been said will occur (incest, polygamy, beastiality, etc) as a result of allowing same-sex couples to marry was based on ignorance and fear. It's been a scare tactic for social conservatives for a long time. It supposedly was all going to happen when discrimination against interracial couples was ended. It didn't happen then, and won't now.

Also, I'm not surprised at all that same-sex marriage is becoming a reality before "plural" marriage. Marriage between two people was already legal. The courts are slowly ending discriminatory practices is all, and affirming what has been illegally denied to same-sex couples. Polygamy isn't legal for anyone in this country ... no matter what your race or sexual orientation happens to be.
 
College_geek said:
Yeah, well I'm known for my generalizations, as much as I hate them. I was basically going on a gut feeling.

I'm not surprised that gay marriage is being legalized before plural marriage because if it took them this long to be able to accept marriage being between two individuals who love each other, whether it happens to be a male and a female or not, then it will take them for ever (if ever) to accept marriage to be between more than two individuals.

Then again, this is probably another generalization. :p Blame it on the lack of sleep.

Wow, that was creepy. I could've sworn I just read that last word as "sheep." I read it again and it said "sleep." :p

Perhaps I'm lacking one or the other, maybe both... :D
 
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