I was trying to think of something meaningful to write about today, and nothing came to mind except this. I walked past a huge march of people rallying together in the name of civil rights - the one on the front-burner today being equal rights for gays to marry. I completely support this, should it ever be passed, but as an agnostic (maybe atheist) I support marriage being stricken from law books everywhere, for EVERYone, COMPLETELY... that is if marriage truly is a religious matter.
If marriage is a religious matter, then why does the government have any say in it at all? That's a direct breach of our supposed "separation of church and state" grounding that we have as a country. Tax cuts because you're married? The government is obviously pro-marriage (and pro-christian in the same right) with all these laws for tax benefits and breaks for married couples. The government can even consider a couple married when they've never had the ceremony! (i.e. common-law marriage) Benefits, breaks, and restrictions pertaining to marriage should be struck the Constitution completely.
That said... I know that will never, ever happen, so in the meantime, until lawmakers come to their senses, I fully, and totally, support gay marriage and any lengths the gay community is going to to make it so.
Watching the protesters was truly inspiring. It made me feel as though we're entering another period similar to that of the 1960's where people are fired up, and they're passionate enough to actually do something instead of just talking about it. There were heterosexual women standing on the sidelines holding signs that said, "We're straight but not narrow, let our friends marry!"
Like a colleague of mine said, they've truly opened a can of worms with Prop 8 and I don't think there's any looking back now.
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