yesterday i was listening to NPR in my car, and it was all about the high court decision in massachusetts striking down the ban on gay marriages. the program included several clips from legislators (like tom finneran, MA speaker of the house) who are strongly opposed to this decision (and to gay marriage). the opposition kept talking about the “sacred institutition of marriage”, blah blah blah.
i’m not writing this post to discuss the decision, but instead, to shake my head at what a big deal the anti-gay-marriage people are making about the INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE when over half of marriages now end in divorce. i mean, c’mon people!!! is marriage really sacred anymore? i would say, with respect to the general public… NO. why are people making such a big deal about “protecting” something that we, as a population, have already violated, trashed and, basically, mocked?
i’m not trying to sound like my grandmother here, but marriage isn’t really a sacred thing for most people anymore. and this makes me really sad. i don’t feel like going into the reasons why we have so thoroughly fucked up this “sacred institution”, but it makes me mad that certain government officials will hypocritically use the “ideal” of marriage as the basis of their argument against gay marriage. as they froth at the mouth, screaming, “this is what is wrong with society!!”, they unintentionally highlight what really IS wrong with society.
it just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.
I agree.