Liberals, or more properly The Real Racists, are in regards to The Gay Marriage The Real Bigots, for reasons that fascinate.
Openers! The King of the Dipshit Nitpick:
who could possibly be harmed by gay marriage and what possible state interest could there be in not allowing it? The attorney meant to argue against gay marriage had no clear answer here. I doubt that is becasue he is stupid, and he shopuldn't be advocating in favor of gay marriage, so that leaves me thinking he was burdened by political correctness.
Or maybe he was burdened by having to argue comical bigoted bullshit?
The King helpfully offers the Missing Evidence as to the potential evils gay marriage portends that were lamentably overlooked:
This is from a Feb 10 2004 article now archived, but excerpted here:
Bishop Gilbert A. Thompson Sr., who as pastor of New Covenant Christian Church in Mattapan heads the largest Protestant congregation in Massachusetts, said black ministers have many reasons for speaking out against gay marriage.
"We're weighing in on this because we're concerned with the epidemic rate of fatherlessness in America and in our community, and we don't think gay marriage helps that cause," he said.
I am reading between the lines a bit but I took that to mean that these inner-city ministers are trying very hard to persuade twenty year old gangsta wanna-bes that marriage is a great idea.
Golly! So...
these ministers seem to be concerned that if marriage is re-branded as a "gay thing" that it won't help them break through with their hyper-macho target audience. Well; I'm not a black minister. Maybe inner city youth aren't so homophobic now (or ever), or maybe we shouldn't let the homophobia of inner city youth drive our social policy....
Yeah, it is a Complete Mystery why the lawyers arguing the already bad case against gay marriage didn't bring up this particular non-exceptionable, stereotype-free point before the highest court in the land.
(I shit you not. Honestly. Wow.)
Moving on, the most impressively ponderous thousand-pound barely-passed bran-muffin of anti-gay gibberish was plopped by the Weekly Standard. It is all very wonderful, but sifting through it all, here are the only two kernels you need observe (and again, I shit you not):
ONE!
Oral arguments on gay marriage take place before the Supreme Court the last week of March, and the pile of amicus briefs filed by interested parties long ago passed the point of redundancy. We prefer briefs filed by disinterested parties, such as the one put before the Court earlier in the month by Leon Kass of the University of Chicago and Harvey Mansfield of Harvard University.
TWO!
Kass and Mansfield are well-known conservatives, as well as men practiced in the business of social science, and we may presume that they’re skeptical of gay marriage. This makes their amicus brief a necessary complement to another brief that has received much more publicity....
You fuckers are funny.
But then... NOBODY OUT-WEIRDS THE SON OF ERICK!
Any Christian who refuses to recognize that man wants to upend God’s order will have to be driven from the national conversation. They will be labeled bigots and ultimately criminals.
Already we have seen florists, bakers, and photographers suffer because they have refused to go along with the cultural shift toward gay marriage. There will be more.
Once the world decides that real marriage is something other than natural or Godly, those who would point it out must be silenced and, if not, punished. The state must be used to do this. Consequently, the libertarian pipe dream of getting government out of marriage can never ever be possible.
First they came for the florists...
Right.
Most "florists, bakers, and photographers" will presumably be happy to have new business. Far right heterosexual religious florists will presumably still exist, but will have a cornered market. Good for them!
Anyway, call me crazy, but I kinda think the vast majority of florists, bakers, and photographers are either are on Our Side Already, or else don't give a shit so long as the check cashes. As it should be!
And what the fuck is up with this "the state" shit? THE STATE has been used for many, many years to defend this "Godly" shit -- one of my heroes, Oscar Wilde? You know what THE STATE did to him?
The Son of Erick's paranoia is telling. THE GAYS WILL DO US WHAT WE DID TO THEM! BEWARE!
Christ.
You lost in the "national conversation." Get over it.
Over on our side? We're just partying, man. With our family.
You're invited, but if you want to stay outside in the cold and wet nursing stupid grudges, suit yourself.