Same Sex Marriage
My thoughts on Same Sex Marriage
My position on same sex marriage is very simple.
It's none of my business and it surely isn't the Government's business. I don't
care if two people who care for each other are married or not. It's their
business not mine. I think what goes on between consenting adults is between
them.
So why am I writing this blog?
It's because others wish to codify their beliefs as the beliefs of all and I am
tired of hearing the shrill cry against this minority. So the reason it is
important to talk about it at all has to do money (doesn't it always) and with
Religion.
Some people get tax benefits
from being married and some don't. I don't think it should matter. My taxes
shouldn't change because I'm married. If you are married companies will
subsidize purchasing medical benefits for your spouse. If you are married your
spouse gets all of your property when you die (in some states). If you are
married your spouse has some rights as to how and when you
die.
I don't think that should matter.
I think my taxes should be based on my income not on how I choose to live my
life (yes I believe in a flat tax). I think you should be able to designate who
you wish to be on your medical plan (after all you're paying for it). I think
all people should specify where their property goes (remember you can specify
that you have join ownership). I think all people should specify who has a say
in your death.
Now the moral issues. I
think that if you believe that marriage is between a man and women then you
should marry some one of the opposite sex. If you think marriage is between two
people who want to make a commitment to each other then that is OK as well. Why
should it be my business? Why should I be able to tell you how to live? How
does it hurt me? How does it interfere with my rights? The answer is simple it
doesn't. So why does the majority feel like they have a right to force their
beliefs on a minority? Why do some people think that they should be able to
legislate their own beliefs on everyone else? That's what the Taliban did!
That is what the radical Muslims want to do! I strongly believe in the
separation between Church and
State.
One of our basic beliefs is the
freedom to choose. By the way, freedom of choice doesn't mean you have to like
me. if you don't like how I have chosen to live my life then you don't have to
associate with me. You can make me unwelcome in your church. You can cross the
street when I walk towards you. But if I choose to live differently than you,
you don't have the right to impose your beliefs on me and reduce my rights. It
is not your business or the
Governments.
For me it boils down to
keep the Government and other people's ideas of Religion out of my private life!
If I choose a religious belief then it is my choice to live by those rules. If
I choose to live with one woman all my life then that is my business. It is not
yours, it is not the Governments, and it is not any religions business it's
mine.
BTW - I have been happily married
to my wife (she's a woman and I'm a man) for over twenty years.
Posted: Fri - March 5, 2004 at 07:50 PM