One of the most frustrating elements of the gay marriage is the way the proponents, opponents, and the media play word games when discussing the issue.
Today on Yahoo, they said the "culture war" has been revived.
Sorry, but I don't see that as being appropriate. To say that gay people and the people that support them are a "culture" is silly. If there was a law trying to stop African-Americans from getting married, it wouldn't be called a "cultural" issue, it would be called a racial one.
Everyone is avoiding the main word here: Sex.
This entire debate hinges on how uncomfortable people feel with sex. I'm not limiting it to two men or two women having sex either, because I believe ultimately somebody that's offended by the idea of gay sex is probably just as offended by the idea of straight sex.
I also notice everybody dancing around the fact that religion is playing a major part here.
Religious groups have funneled millions of dollars into this cause, and yet the media refuses to focus on this. These groups have well-worded names that utilize terms like "marriage" and "family," but none of them point out that they're based in religion despite the fact that there's no other reason a person should feel so strongly about defining marriage.
How is it that these people are allowed to exert such influence without actually being forced to state the real reasons they're fighting this issue in the first place?
Is it because they know that if this becomes a religious issue it'll be a lot easier to strike it down from a legal standpoint?
It's not all that unusual to see hot button topics become shrouded in politically spun terminology, but when you're talking about basic human rights, it feels like it should be all the more important to keep the wording clear.
Today on Yahoo, they said the "culture war" has been revived.
Sorry, but I don't see that as being appropriate. To say that gay people and the people that support them are a "culture" is silly. If there was a law trying to stop African-Americans from getting married, it wouldn't be called a "cultural" issue, it would be called a racial one.
Everyone is avoiding the main word here: Sex.
This entire debate hinges on how uncomfortable people feel with sex. I'm not limiting it to two men or two women having sex either, because I believe ultimately somebody that's offended by the idea of gay sex is probably just as offended by the idea of straight sex.
I also notice everybody dancing around the fact that religion is playing a major part here.
Religious groups have funneled millions of dollars into this cause, and yet the media refuses to focus on this. These groups have well-worded names that utilize terms like "marriage" and "family," but none of them point out that they're based in religion despite the fact that there's no other reason a person should feel so strongly about defining marriage.
How is it that these people are allowed to exert such influence without actually being forced to state the real reasons they're fighting this issue in the first place?
Is it because they know that if this becomes a religious issue it'll be a lot easier to strike it down from a legal standpoint?
It's not all that unusual to see hot button topics become shrouded in politically spun terminology, but when you're talking about basic human rights, it feels like it should be all the more important to keep the wording clear.
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