Equal means Equal....

As the equal sign circulated around Facebook today, and the whirl wind of status updates, first in support and I saw at least one against, dominated the news feed it got me thinking that debating gay marriage feels like debating the merits of slavery, to me at least. Quite simply if you are against allowing same sex marriage, you are an asshole. That's all I have for you. Very much like slavery, by taking a stand against gay marriage you are saying an entire cross section of people are not your equal and are not entitled to the same rights and protections as you are. What an incredibly close minded and un-American thing to believe. Slavery held on to those same principles. That one class of people was superior to another, and therefore were entitled to certain rights that slaves were not. It was close minded, arrogant, ignorant and offensive. I would like to have someone please articulate to me the reasons why gay marriage should be illegal. Its laughable and in the words of Jim Jeffries "if you're against gay marriage, don't marry a gay person. That'll show 'em". It has nothing at all to do with you and please spare me the sanctity of marriage crap. First of all the divorce rate pretty much destroys the idea that marriage is an institution that is beyond reproach or needs protecting from those crazy people who are in love but just happen to have the same wedding tackle. And do not even come at me with the bible or anything related to the church. For one thing that book would have us believe the earth is roughly two thousand years old, that evolution is not a scientific fact, and that a carpenter , conceived by a virgin, died for our sins then rose again a few days after. Magic. If you're religious , have at it, that's you're right and I'd happily fight to the death to protect it. And I apologize if I have insulted you. But you must realize it's a two way street, you must be willing to fight for the protection of those who you don't agree with as well, not condemn them and deprive them of equal protection under the law. If two good looking guys wanna get married look at the upside TST (tony same sex marriage tony) will be happy,and there is less competition for the beautiful women of the world. And if two beautiful women wanna get married look at the upside, more eye candy on the golf course and it makes for a nice visual. And if two ugly people wanna get married (no matter the sex) just be thankful that you aren't one of them. I am kidding of course (to a degree) but who the fuck are you to tell someone who they can and can't marry? Perhaps then you believe in arranged marriages too? I mean, you better believe in them bc given your level of arrogance and closed mindedness an arranged marriage may be needed for you to find someone of the opposite sex to marry you. I am sure that'll work out for you of course bc you hold the institution of marriage in such high regard you would clearly never get a divorce, or cheat on your mail order bride. I've always believed that intelligent people can (and often do) disagree. However, the debate over gay marriage makes me question the voracity of that belief, although it is altogether possible those so adamantly against it just simply are not intelligent. Maybe they are unaware that as Americans "we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". No more than you can deprive someone of their Life or Liberty can you deprive them of that pursuit of Happiness and when that Happiness comes from marrying someone of the same sex it is entitled to the same rights and protections. Most of us spend our lives searching, yearning to find that one person who makes us happy and when we find that person the last thing anyone needs is interference from an arrogant, closed minded portion of the population especially when you consider that making the choice to marry someone of the same sex was incredibly brave to begin with.