Gay whatever

Thanks to the recent ruling by the Massachusetts supreme court, the "Gay marriage" issue has now become a primary issue of this year's election. Andrew Sullivan is the Conservative-Pro-Gay-Marriage standard bearer(not surprising, since he's gay), and Stanley Kurtz has been the most ardent Anti-Gay-Marriage guy I've read. Conservatives are currently wasting their time trying to push an amendment(the FMA) to enshrine marriage permanently as one man one woman. Their is already a federal law on the books(the DMA) signed by Bill Clinton, that essentially does just this. There is, However, a possibility that the law could be struck down, which is why some are calling for the amendment.

Now, the only issue I have with this is how this is pursued. If ballot initiatives are passed, or legislatures create laws that allow for gay marriage, then I don't have any real objections(OK, I have one objection, and it is BLAAUUGH!, but that's no basis for system of government). But it appears that the method being pursued at the moment is the same one that got us "ROE v. WADE" via court imposed dictation. I know lots of people love the outcome of ROE, but does anyone suggest, with a straight face, that a right to abortion exists in the text of the constitution. The same goes for gay marriage. I don't know this for sure, but I'm fairly certain marriage has been a one-man one-woman or one-man many-women arrangement throughout all of recorded history. I know that it has been for American and English law. If democracy and representative government mean anything, then please let this one issue actually follow the correct process.

It probably won't, but I can hope.


In a related story, a study has been published showing a biological difference between straight and gay sheep. I think this is the money quote:

They would also like to know whether sexual preferences can be altered by manipulating the prenatal hormone environment, such as by using drugs to prevent the actions of androgen in the fetal sheep brain.

You see where this is going don't you? If the biological cause for homosexuality can be isolated, and a method for preventing homosexuality determined, then how many people won't choose to take such precautions. How many heterosexuals, no matter how enlightened, want to have gay children? Not many, I'd imagine. What about the ability to "cure" a homosexual later in life. I'm sure it will be possible, and some may choose that path. More on this here.