think I was a little disjointed in that last post? Yeah. . . So it goes. Too many topics and too much information to spend so much time thinking.
I've been thinking about the juxtaposition of talking about preserving the right of marriage (and equality) and saying I was going to get married for the perks. Beside the fact that my whining is in jest (unless I meet someone really handy or really wealthy, of course), it seems that having the right to participate in marriage means making those big decisions regarding whether one marries for love or for 55 hours.
I sort of alluded to the proponents' "arguments" regarding why the right of marriage should be taken away from a segment of the population ("it's obvious that they are a way to justify discrimination"). An argument that uses the word, "obvious," is obviously weak on its face; but if someone has questions about why the 'Yes on 8' talking points don't pass muster, I'm happy to discuss.
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I think your blogs are powerful. I get so caught up in the way I see the world that I don't stop to think about what the right to get married would mean to another person. You comparison to being "chosen last for dodgeball" was thought provoking - sometimes no matter how aware you think you are you realize that something you take for granted would mean the world to someone else.
Thanks, Jana. It's hard for me to see outside our my own paradigms sometimes, I think. This is what life is though -- continuing to move forward (even though it's not always comfortable -- and I would much rather be comfortable).
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