Oh no, my son has got the gay!
Today, dear reader, I offer you an in-depth and challenging interview with leading anti-gay activist James Dobson (via BoingBoing). This piece exemplifies how the gay marriage controversy has raised the level of public debate in this country and I am proud to be present at the moment we as a nation deliberate on this complex and not-at-all-clear-cut issue:
FB: I never knew homosexuals had an agenda! I just thought they were ordinary people who were easily stereotyped as lovers of musical theater.
JD: So they and the gay-controlled Hollywood elite would have you believe. But the Forces of Gay are now closer than ever to destroying the divine institution of the civil marriage certificate, and with it, the family itself.
For real, though, I can’t even believe anyone thinks they have the right to question a person’s right to marry someone of their choosing; we’re talking about a basic civil right that ought to be guaranteed by the 14th Amendment if nothing else. Marriage as a civil institution is simply a protection of law, a state sanctioning of a private agreement, and cannot be exclusively offered to a certain class of citizens. Not allowing gay marriage is like not enforcing a binding contract because one of the parties was “of the Negroe persuasion.” As for all those closet cases who argue “it’s a lifestyle choice; you can’t choose to be black,” they’re just trying to rationalize away the 100GB of hot man-on-man action on their hard drive. Of course, it’s a spectrum and they aren’t necessarily 100% queer, but it’s a little too convenient that they’ve hitched their wagon to an argument that allows them the freedom to spend Saturday night in a Chelsea hairdresser’s torrid embrace and then confess it all on Sunday morning, because of course they can “choose to stop whenever they want.”
Luckily the youth of America are on the right side; over 70% of them support at least civil unions for gays, and that number will get higher as they disabuse themselves of received “wisdom” from their parents. So in the long run, there’s nothing to worry about. Certainly people should fight for their rights now, because that’s what you do with injustice, but time is their side.
evan :: May.26.2004 :: Notions :: 6 Comments »
“The Forces of Gay,” huh? I feel a photoshop coming on!
It makes a nice point, but is that a real interview? The link looks kind of sketchy.
I apologize. I was going for dripping-with-sarcasm in that first paragraph, but it seems I have failed to translate my caustic wit to the written word yet again. Perhaps I need to invent a “snide” emoticon of some sort, but I’m afraid my ASCII skills are lacking as well.
So, yes, I’m sure the interview is a fake, but I love it no less:
“…it will mean the end of Western Civilization.
FB: Oh no! Not Western Civilization! That’s where all my friends live!”
There is priceless wisdom in those words.
I believe pink text is the standard for sarcasm.
Good times, good times… I suppose that it’s true that some homosexual people are not entirely 100% gay. But then again, there are also people who aren’t 100% either!! Say one of your parents is black and the other is not black!!!!!!! Eat that, muzza-uffa.
peace, eocs
The sarcasm is obvious, but people can be sarcastic about real things, not just fake things.