Voting in Texas
It's election day in Texas, and while there aren't any races today, there are tons of amendments. Some of them are just puzzling. Others make me cringe. The one that will make national news tomorrow will be Proposition 2, which defines marriage as strictly between a male and a female.
What is marriage anyway? Is it the union of two loving individuals who promise to be loyal to each other in sickness and in health till death do them part? Are husband and wife the only ones capable of acheiving this? Does God command it as such? If so then something must have happened somewhere because statistics show that people really don't respect the sanctity of marriage anymore. Till death do us part? It's more like, "till you bore me to death."
Sanctity of marriage.
Is this a fundamental right? Furthermore, these are unions made in churches blessed by priests. Surprisingly, it's a more religious movement that seems appalled to the whole idea that a male might be attracted to a male, a female attracted to a female. These same religious people can't even keep their own marriages in check. For whatever reason, adultery, disatisfaction, an arranged marriage, the point is that this so called union between a man and a woman really isn't as sacred as it used to be. And if it is, then the religious component should be kept out of it.
Marriages work and marriages fail, the gender shouldn't make a difference.
