Sen. Huckabee was on The Daily Show the other night. When the Stewart and Co. were here for the RNC, I attended and he was the guest then, too. Huckabee and I are close like this, like brothers or fire and ice.
Sure, religion is virtue because without we’d be animals. Phrases taken literally (without context) from a book of metaphors is the path to pomposity. But, the marriage thing confuses me.
Here’s how I understand it and you can (but won’t) call me out where I’m wrong.
It was born of necessity. We birthed the weakest offspring (ex: giraffes pop out walking) and needed familial structure to survive until we could fend for ourselves (currently, about twenty-four years). Symbolism manifested, conventions were established.
Marriage was arranged, without love and until death (like diamonds). Romans had man-man, woman-woman and pool-boy-anyone relations. Catholic priests could wed until they passed their wealth to children or wives instead of the church. (They’re still marriage counselors, which makes sense if your neurons misfire.)
Polygamy was legal, interracial marriage wasn’t. Divorce is as popular as American Idol. Merriam-Webster already has a secondary definition for “marriage” as same-sex unions without legal sanction.
Marriage has been changed many times. Social environments demand such alteration. Where’d the inflated, righteous concept come from?
The arguments are stale. Procreation ignores the millions of children in shitty homes or awaiting adoption. Our eroding family ignores the lemming-like divorce rate. Religion dismisses much of our history, most of The Book and common sense. (You’d need to do the same if you argued verbiage.)
It seems Huck just thinks homosexuality is a lifestyle choice. To him, it’s akin to wearing pre-faded jeans or misogyny. But we have a black president-elect, so do the progressives just have to wait it out?
These anti-gay folk are getting pretty old. Maybe that accounts for their fervidity. They need to push laws so generations can enjoy the same oppression they remember fondly from their youths.