The Rant

Same-sex marriage is a heated topic of conversation today, whether it is in the media, in classrooms, or even in nice clean-cut homes all across America. Some of these people go on and on about how the government totally has the right to tell you who you can and cannot fall in love with. Whats the difference; the government basically tells you how to do everything else anyway? Therefor, a certain part of the population accepts and agrees with the fact that marriage rights are taken away from those who are in loving, committed relationships, merely because their sexual practices tend to be "different" from most. Can we say simple minded? But isn't that the definition of marriage? A bond between two individuals that love each other and are committed together, "for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health". Not once in marriage vows do you hear "until the wife gets pregnant" or "and social unity for all". Society has nothing to do with a personal commitment and relationship. But apparently all hell would break loose if marriages were not made simply for the reasons of getting pregnant and to please the public. Again, I ask simple minded? I wish I could bet on how many little boys are raised in nice well-to-do towns in the suburbs, go to catholic schools and church every Sunday, and are the ideal perfect kid, which is part of the ideal perfect family. These same little boys go away to college and "experiment" with their sexuality, and want to bring a nice girl home to mom and dad but end up bringing a nice GUY home to them instead. Or little girls who, stereotypically to love to be a ballerina in their pink too-too, decided she want to like the TEACHER more than she does the dancing. They later become ballet school drop outs to join the almost-all boys tee-ball team. The irony does not escape me. I personally don't see what the problem is. People have commitments to each other, not to be socially or politically correct, but because they LOVE one another. It seems that the word "love" has lost all its meaning. It is no longer the earth-shattering desire to be with that one and only one for the rest of your life. No. For if it were, many homosexual couples would be the first in line. That, I am sure of.