Sent to me in an email from CA Josh:
12 Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage:1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.
2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can't legally get married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if Gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.
7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country that's why we have only one religion in America.
8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to things like cars or longer life spans.
12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.
McDao and I have some new neighbors that just put up a political sign the other day of a male stick figure and a female stick figure equalling the idealistic marriage. I was boggled because that ended several months ago, and they're just now putting up signage.....wtf?! So we figured the "I hate gays" people were just advertising for us. "Hi, I hate people that are different from me. If you're an arrogant a-hole like me, feel free to come by and we can like be friends or something....maybe my straight kids can play doctor with your straight kids....then maybe we could like interbreed our retardedness....yay!" The shorter version = "I hate gays! Grrr.."
So, no....I haven't gotten around to bringing them an apple crisp yet.
-Michelle
By , at
3:57 PM
I think you should have the little McDaos draw pictures of all sorts of families (same sex, inter-racial, etc...) and put them up all over the yard. Maybe include a message like, "Our family loves your family."
By Princess Sara, at
7:07 PM
I think YOU should start an advice column! That sounds like a fantabulous idea...I've always been a stickler for "kill 'em with kindness." (Off subject, when did I morph into an old man? Stickler....is that even a word??)
By , at
7:27 PM