In which ariyanakylstram makes an excellent point

[unixronin]

As ariyanakylstram pointed out about California Proposition 8,

If marriage is so damned sacred, get rid of divorce, not the right to marry.

Ah, but that would impact those who think they have a god-given right to say who may and may not marry and divorce as they please, wouldn't it?  Whereas banning gay marriage only impacts, you know, them.

Look, folks, it's this simple:  If you disapprove of gays marrying, DON'T MARRY ONE.  If your marriage is in such jeopardy that two people marrying several states away can put it at risk, maybe you should be paying more attention to your own marriage instead of worrying about who else is doing it.

You know, mote, eye, beam, all that jazz?  . . . You did actually read that book, right?

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

To clarify, would you consider laws against blacks marrying whites "discrimination"?

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Laws against blacks are discrimination. Laws against blacks marrying whites is not. The first is something that the person involved can never change. The second involves choices and behavior, that a person can control.

(Yes, that does mean that I am willing to discuss changing the rules to be more inclusive. It has been done before, and should probably be done again. It is just not discrimination to say, I am not going to follow the rules, but you need to reward me anyway.)