1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction, and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) 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.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all: women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8) 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.
9) Children can never succeed without both a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans...
posted by Kecia 6:46 PM
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
posted by Kecia 5:05 PM
Thursday, May 05, 2005
'First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist, so I said nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats, but I was not a Social Democrat, so I did nothing. Then came the trade unionists, but I was not a trade unionist. And then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I did little. Then when they came for me, there was no one left to stand up for me.'
There are so many things in life these days that I don't understand, and I hear it only gets worse from here. There has to be something I can do. But so much of it is just because people refuse to think for themselves, and what can be done about that?
posted by Kecia 9:42 PM
morning research findings: "Of the two forms of meningitis, bacterial is considered to be much more serious than viral since it is fatal in about 1 in 10 cases. However, it is a mistake to assume that patients who have had viral meningitis are any less vulnerable to the after effects. The symptoms and possible long-term complications of both strains of the disease can be very similar."
posted by Kecia 9:08 AM
