Marriage. Is the sanctity of marriage at stake? Over the past years there has been an increase in homosexuals wanting to solidify their relationships with marriage. Is this a bad thing? I mean, shouldn’t they have a right to get married like the rest of us? If anything, they should be able to get married for their own protection. By this I mean that if someone in the partnership were to die, the other person should be able to receive benefits. What if this couple had children, the child wouldn’t be guaranteed to stay with the other partner. Can you imagine the damage that would cause that child?! First they lose a parent, and then they get taken away from the only parent they have left until custody was figured out. That just doesn’t seem fair to the child or the live parent. What if none of these were to happen though, no deaths, and no children, should homosexuals be able to marry?
What does Texas think? When there was a vote to pass an Anti-Gay Marriage amendment, it passed by 70% in Texas. This is expected of course though because of the major Republican representation in Texas. We are known for being ultra conservative and not the most open state when it comes to cases like gay marriage. Why does Texas feel so strongly though about this? Does allowing two people to get married that are of the same sex affect anyone outside of the couple? The answer is no. It only affects that gay couple, so why not let them get married? Why wouldn’t Texas want to protect their citizens with benefits only received by a married couple? Some say it’s because most of the conservative Republicans are Christian who believe only man and woman should get married. This would mean that the Republicans would be indirectly pushing Christianity on the state and later the nation. I do understand this and how it could look like that, but at the same time, many Christians are accepting of gay marriage, they just might not live in the state of Texas. Texas did go out of their way to pass their amendment against gay marriage when it was already illegal to have a same sex marriage. This seems a little over the top just because it wasn’t an issue and they decided to make it one.
In the Texan Republicans fight against gay marriage they did bring up the fact that being gay can spread dangerous diseases. An example of this happening was when there was a huge outbreak of AIDS in the 80’s that was mainly affecting the homosexual men. The only thing with Texas bringing the spread of diseases up when discussing the gay marriage issue is that by outlawing gay marriage it isn’t going to stop them from being gay or having partners. The homosexual population will still exist, they just won’t be making their partnership official. So, I don’t believe this should be a reason for outlawing gay marriage in Texas. I can definitely see people coming back from my opinion saying that if you were to let gay marriage be legal in Texas then more people could become curious about being gay because it would be a more official option of personal preference. By legalizing gay marriage it would become more of a normal thing that people would see which would make children as they grow up feel as if they should experiment since people go either way. So I can see where someone who had those views could come from, but I feel that it isn’t a definite outcome and in all honesty, what right do we have to decide how someone lives their life?
-Kelsey Scott
Equal rights may come one day soon
ReplyDeleteA recent blog posting by Kelsey Scott, a young conservative, in support of gay marriage gives hope to people like me that one day, soon, I will be able to marry the man I love. It is like a breath of fresh air to hear self-identifying Republicans coming out in favor of equality.
Kelsey makes the comment that the Republican party is Christian and uses religion as their basis for denying equal rights to a minority population. In their Texas party platform they have written that "homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God”. This is the same type of religious zealotry that occurs in the Middle East that so many Republicans are against. When anyone uses the Bible as a source for their bigotry against gays it is hypocritical. The passage in Leviticus that is so often cited by Christians also contains passages against eating shrimp, getting tattoos, mixing threads in a garment and setting a price for selling your daughter into slavery. If you are going to reference the Bible in your hate against gays, you must also also accept slavery. Why are there no religious campaigns to outlaw tattoos or picket lines in front of seafood restaurants? Why do the Christians who oppose gay marriage get to pick and choose which parts of the Bible they want to follow? Some of the same arguments used against gays are the same that were used to condone slavery and allowing women to vote. As Kelsey says, the Republican Party is “pushing Christianity”. Listen up Republicans, separation of church and state is a good idea.
Ms. Scott also debunks the Republican platform where they state that homosexuality “leads to the spread of dangerous, communicable diseases.” She says, rightly so, that homosexuals will still exist but just won’t have equal rights.
Times are changing. Kelsey identifies herself as “in the Enterpriser typology group which is classified as being 81% Republican, 18% Independent,and 1% Democratic.” She is definitely more that 1% Democratic and she follows in the footsteps of some other staunch Republicans who have come out in favor of equal rights including family members of big name conservatives such as Bush, Cheney and McCain.
Kelsey, thank you for your understanding and mature ideals. Hopefully more people like you will see the light and understand that allowing a person like me to marry the person I love affects the couple and not the state or nation at all. Kelsey, please plan to vote and vote often. I, for one, want your voice to be heard.
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