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Two facts converged.
First: While I suppose everyone deserves the right to ruin their lives in whatever manner they see fit, and it obviously should be legal, I think that the gay marriage debate is misguided. I simply don't want any part in such a conservative struggle. Instead of broadening the range to include one new type of recognized romantic partnership, we could be fighting for health care for all, for the right to visit, not only our lovers, but our friends when they are dying, for the right to leave property to whomever we damn well please.
Second: I suppose that, as it has deep roots in first wave feminism, I'm supposed to condone the style of consciousness- and fund-raising that involves groups of young people hanging around street corners with clip boards collecting contact and billing information for various causes. However, I don't. I prefer to assume that altruistic people are intelligent enough to research their own charities. Organized companies should not pay people to beg on the streets.
However, when asked by the gang assembled in front of my place of business this morning if I could spare a moment to support gay rights, I probably should not have had to struggle as much as I did in order to prevent myself from responding, "I go down on you people all of the time. What else do you want from me?"
First: While I suppose everyone deserves the right to ruin their lives in whatever manner they see fit, and it obviously should be legal, I think that the gay marriage debate is misguided. I simply don't want any part in such a conservative struggle. Instead of broadening the range to include one new type of recognized romantic partnership, we could be fighting for health care for all, for the right to visit, not only our lovers, but our friends when they are dying, for the right to leave property to whomever we damn well please.
Second: I suppose that, as it has deep roots in first wave feminism, I'm supposed to condone the style of consciousness- and fund-raising that involves groups of young people hanging around street corners with clip boards collecting contact and billing information for various causes. However, I don't. I prefer to assume that altruistic people are intelligent enough to research their own charities. Organized companies should not pay people to beg on the streets.
However, when asked by the gang assembled in front of my place of business this morning if I could spare a moment to support gay rights, I probably should not have had to struggle as much as I did in order to prevent myself from responding, "I go down on you people all of the time. What else do you want from me?"
