Gay marriage
It always thought that I would never see the debate about oppose gay marriage hit depths more ridiculous than those on Peter Cuthbertson's site, such as 'gay marriage cannot be legalized because a man cannot father a pebble' (see here).However via Brad DeLong I find a close competitor, and from a woman giving the blessing to the Republican National Convention no less. She declares that the very idea of not opposing the idea of Dave from Detroit being able to marry Daniel from Dallas is like not opposing the Nazis.
This escalating situation reminds me of a statement of a World War II journalist by the name of Dorothy Thompson... Toronto in 1941.... “Before this epic is over, every living human being will have chosen. Every living human being will have lined up with Hitler or against him..... If he takes no side, he is on Hitler’s side. If he does not act, that is an act—for Hitler.” May I take the liberty of... applying [this statement]to... today? “Before this era is over, every living human being... will have either opposed the onslaught against the family or supported it, for if he tries to make no choice that in itself will be a choice. If we do not act in behalf of the family, that is itself an act of opposition to the family.”
It's only an analogy, the homophobes will cry! But this is difficult to accept as there are hundreds of other analogies she could have constructed, but instead she went for one about Nazis. Nice.
Update: I was wrong about it being only an analogy. She goes on to say, 'At first it may seem a bit extreme to imply a comparison between the atrocities of Hitler and what is happening in terms of contemporary threats against the family—but maybe not'. The rest of the speech is dreadful, even sad at times, as the woman says she would like to be married but no-one has asked her. Perhaps it's because of her repugnant views?
posted by Matthew @ 8/31/2004 07:19:00 AM
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