Fair Marriage

The recent decision by the Obama administration on how to defend attacks on the ridiculous 'defense of marriage act' has brought out far more than 12 angry men, and women.  He stated that he will ask the Justice Department to not rigourously defend the law should it reach the upper levels of our court system.
Naturally we expect many people to have comments on every subject and this one brought out much anger.  One letter to the editor asked us to think how we would feel if President Bush had chosen which laws to follow and which ones to break.  That one caused me to shake my head and create this rant, one that should not be necessary in America in the year 2011!
This is a copy of what I posted on Newsday.com:

"There will always be at least two sides to every story and this one is certainly no exception. But each side must adhere to the facts or their arguments will fail.

President Obama is not choosing which laws he will uphold but rather expediently deciding which ones his administration will not vigorously defend due to their inherent unconstitutionality. Naturally this non-defense policy will only kick in should the conflict reach the Supreme Court! Until then any laws of the land will be followed by this President.
As for one writer's claim about President Bush and our reaction if he had chosen to ignore laws, IS HE KIDDING? Did the writer live in a cave for the 8 years under the rogue Presidency of Mr. Bush and his operatives?  Please go back and look into Patriot Act and dig a little deeper than the misleading title.
Gay men and women who live in America and follow the rules and laws that govern our country have been singled out for ridicule and discriminated against their entire lives! They pay taxes and contribute to our economy in precisely the same way as the so-called straight community. It is time to be straight with them and stop this ridiculous demonization.
Gay bashers should stop and remember the (slightly altered) famous line from Hamlet, "Me thinks they doth protest too much." Then they should look within themselves for reasons why.
Gay marriage does not affect my marriage in any way shape or form!  In fact allowing that segment of our citizenry the same pain and pleasure the rest of us experience might prove to be a double edged sword for them but it is the only way to go in a truly free and democratic society."
 
As for the country in general and the adherence to the laws of the land I would like the people who are against 'gay marriage' because it is the current law of the land to answer the following question:
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION ENTITLED ROE v. WADE?
See if you can remember Dr. George Tiller, the man who was shot to death IN HIS CHURCH.
Get back to me on that one before you hop up on your 'holier than thou' soapbox with your concealed multi-capacity assault weapons and your praise for the murder of innocent law abiding citizens.

Et Tu Ratzinger

I hope I don't offend any friends of mine out there, assuming I still have any but I must say that it appears as though the most vocal anti-gay people in the world turn out to be closeted gays themselves.
You can make your own list of Americans such as the latest homo-phobic phony, founder and former family research council leader Mr. Rekers who turns out to not only be gay but openly hires lovers to carry his uh, junk.
So when we hear someone really go after the gay community we have to wonder.
After all how can a sane normal human being possibly be offended or threatened by the love one individual has for another?
Let's hope the day never comes when you are told what you may or may not do with your loved one behind the closed secure door of your own home.  Naturally I am ruling out murder or terrorism etc but surely sharing and making love with your partner is nobody else's business.
And that brings me tot he latest individual who is railing publicly against gays and gay marriage.  And he did so while wearing his latest Elton John type outfit replete with a funny hat and luxurious rings on every finger that are probably worth more than most nations' yearly GDP.
The man is none other than the former Nazi Wunderkind, Pope Benedict XVI himself.
He recently called Gay marriage 'insidious and dangerous!'
Insidious? - Dangerous?
Methinks the Pope doth protest too much!
Hey guy, ever hear of the phrase, 'make love not war?'
Oh, I forgot - I'm talking to the figurehead of the group that brought you the Papal Wars.
Okay, I am not suggesting the Pope is gay but I would like to reiterate another old saying, "You don't play the game, you don't make the rules!"
In a world where there is so much hate and fear already would it not be better for the leader of such a large group of people to focus on ending discrimination rather than propagating it?
What can be better than the love of two people for each other?
The corporation and big business that is the Vatican and the Roman Catholic religion is treading into troubled waters.  And while the CEO is continuing to spout the party line and turn a deaf ear to world around him the overall company may start to lose customers.
If the Pope insists on this line of rhetoric he should resign his post in Rome and run for a seat in the US Congress.  He'll fit right in!