Groucho Marx and Gay Republicans
May. 18th, 2005 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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leatherapron posted recently reminded me that I wanted to do a mini rant.
It goes like this:
Why in blazes would anyone want to belong to a group which hates them?
The Bible is crystal clear that homosexuality is a capital crime. Why would a Gay person want to be a member of any religion which has that at its core?
The Republican Party is rooted firmly in those same teachings. Why would a Gay person want to be a member of that party?
I saw a posting on the Silicon Valley Atheists' message board asking for suggestions on people to officiate at an atheist wedding. Weddings are an artifact of religion - why would any atheist want a wedding ceremony?
Tangentially it all reminds me of that famous Grouch Marx quote, when he was invited to join an otherwise no-Jews-allowed country club, "I don't want to join any club which would accept me as a member"
leatherapron posted recently reminded me that I wanted to do a mini rant.It goes like this:
Why in blazes would anyone want to belong to a group which hates them?
The Bible is crystal clear that homosexuality is a capital crime. Why would a Gay person want to be a member of any religion which has that at its core?
The Republican Party is rooted firmly in those same teachings. Why would a Gay person want to be a member of that party?
I saw a posting on the Silicon Valley Atheists' message board asking for suggestions on people to officiate at an atheist wedding. Weddings are an artifact of religion - why would any atheist want a wedding ceremony?
Tangentially it all reminds me of that famous Grouch Marx quote, when he was invited to join an otherwise no-Jews-allowed country club, "I don't want to join any club which would accept me as a member"
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Re: sorry about the post
Date: 2005-05-18 11:39 pm (UTC)Patricia Neil Warren's claim about marriage originally being a secular institution is so full of crap I'm tempted to mail her a shovel. One of the primary reasons religions arose was to formalize family relationships. I'm not even talking about monogamy here - Biblical Judaism has no limit on the number of wives a man can have, nor does basic Buddhism. Witness the many wives of King Solomon and the kings of Siam. Islam allows multiple wives as well.
The humanists have officiators because they don't get it. The Clue Fairy needs to pay them a serious visit. The clue is this: when you leave the church, you don't bring its baggage along with you. Every county in the US has a perfect answer to the atheist who wants to formally and legally commit to a life partner - it's called a Justice of the Peace. And you don't have to have a wedding ceremony in order to throw a party for your friends to celebrate your life partnership commitment.
The latter is also true for gay couples. Maybe in time the former will also be true.