This is one of the sorrier by-products of the way America swung yesterday.
"This issue does not deeply divide America," said conservative activist Gary Bauer (search). "The country overwhelmingly rejects same-sex marriage, and our hope is that both politicians and activist judges will read these results and take them to heart."
And that's a serious shame. I can't begin to fathom what it is about gay marriage that this country overwhelmingly finds so threatening. Those who loudly decry promiscuous and irresponsible sexual behavior and claim to actively promote the establishment of stable, long-term family relationships ought to be able to see their way clear to tolerate, even encourage, such relationships among same-sex couples. But they don't. It's rank hypocrisy of the worst sort.
There's nothing about gay marriage that could possible threaten or undermine heterosexual marriage even a fraction as much as some of the charades that clearly and legally pass for "marriage" today. In fact, there's nothing about gay marriage that could possible threaten or undermine heterosexual marriage at all. But never mind. It's all about religion. And the need to impose one's deeply held beliefs upon others who don't share them.
Hopefully, someday, we'll get beyond this.
