There are days when one would think that the cast of Weekend Update had gotten loose in the halls of CNN in Atlanta. Hearing that a Republican US Senator was busted for attempting to procure gay sex in the men's room at Minneapolis airport was one of those days.
Oh yes, even better is the idea that he was from Idaho, a state which fears that Montana would change its name to "Idapimp."
(Your Wandering Gentile has been waiting for several years to find an appropriate mien for using that particular joke.)
Now, let it be stated that this is a blog tolerant of whatever individuals choose to do in private, providing that the behavior is between adults, and free of fraud, force or duress. Mr. Jefferson once said that the government that governs least governs best. Amen.
Government has no place in sanctioning marriage. That decision is between the Communicants and their Creator. Should there be a choice for polygamy, as long as the participants are happy and willing, it is not society's business. Should the participants be of the same sex, so what? The contract is the only thing which government should sanction.
Marriage cannot be defined by government. That is strictly the role of faith and defined by the participants faith traditions and communities.
If my marriage is threatened by two people I don't know choosing to participate in a contract that I have no interest in, then by God, it was already in serious trouble.
Which brings us back to the tearoom Senator. If he wants to participate in homosexual trysts, that's his business. Have fun.
But he's selling his moral position as a "defender of family values." The Senator convinced the citizenry of the state of Idaho to vote for him, in part, by supporting the "Defense of Marriage" amendment...one man, one woman only as eligible participants.
Does anyone else see the conflict here?
31 August 2007
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