February 18, 2004
Spread the Genes Apart
Posted by nerdling | February 18, 2004 03:25 PM
After losing Pixar, Disney is continuing on the quest to save the company from the impending civil war between Michael Eisner and Roy Disney by purchasing the Muppets from The Jim Henson Company. At least I have Fraggle Rock and Labyrinth to remind me of how great they were before this happened...
And in decidedly un-Disney news, the hearing to determine the fate of same-sex marriage in San Francisco has been postponed until Friday. Gay and lesbian couples from all over the state (and the country) are flocking to SF to be married, much to my surprise and pleasure. Mayor Newsom certainly opened the floodgates this time, and not a moment too soon.
I've noticed a disturbing trend, particuarly of late: people in this country have a bizarre need to be invovled in the minutae of everyone's lives. Maybe the rampant proliferation of laxative and tampon advertisements has given us all the wrong idea about how much we should know about our neighbors, but I for one would be just as happy if being friendly did not involve my proper functions or anything that could be construed as a part of my sex life.
I certainly didn't vote for Prop 22 (the California initiative that prohibits same-sex marriages) and I'm more than happy that SF is taking the bull by the horns and trying to put an end to the discrimination. Much like my opinions on abortion, prostitution and drug use, for me marriage comes down to privacy: all of the above-mentioned issues are actions or agreements that take place between consenting adults. It is no one else's business who or what you are fucking, sleeping next to, sharing a home with, talking to, listening to, ingesting, or otherwise doing with your own body or the body of a consenting adult individual so long as those activities do not in any way hinder the rights of others.
Gay marriage does not mean that anyone would be allowed to have sex with children or pets, or even farm animals. It would not make it okay to sell drugs on the playground, or to commit murder, or even to write shitty pop songs or to have indiscriminate sex. It would not mean anything except that couples who are interested in making a serious commitment would be allowed to make a public declaration of their intent to be devoted to each other in the same manner that has been used throughout history. This isn't even a question of marriage recognized by religious organizations, just by the federal government!
And doesn't it seem just a wee bit invasive for the government to be able to say who you can choose to hitch yourself to?
Post Script: Happy Birthday, Alex!
