In the ultimate irony those comparing Obama to Hitler and suggesting our country is becoming a model of communism and socialism are largely the same individuals fighting for the ultimate move towards totalitarianism in wanting to ban gay marriage.
In Iowa where a ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional, the masses are clamoring for the people of the state to be able to vote to add a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on the ballot. This is the ultimate perversion of liberty by the same people that claim to fear the government and embrace liberty.
To let the majority remove the rights of the minority is the most dangerous path this country could go down. Since it is in fashion these days to compare the U.S. to Nazi Germany how is it that the comparison between the rights of homosexuals is not analogous to the systematic violation of the rights of Jewish people, free thinkers, and so called “undesirables” under Hitler’s regime. In Germany’s case the majority decided that the minority was not entitled to the same rights of property and life as the majority with horrific consequences. I am not suggesting we will move toward the grievous violations carried out in Germany against the Jews, but for a country that was based on liberty the violation is ideologically egregious.
In the interest of full disclosure let me state that I am a nerd and I would appreciate if you feign shock here. I carry a copy of the Constitution in my purse and have read it thoroughly multiple times. For those of you who haven’t let me promise you that nothing in the Constitution of the United States suggests that its residents should have the right to remove rights from other citizens.
To illustrate how ridiculous of an idea it is to allow U.S. Citizens to vote to remove the rights of their fellow citizens it is helpful to take homosexuality out of the equation. What if we replace homosexuality with stupid people? Would it be just to allow intelligent people to vote to remove the rights of stupid people to vote, marry, and procreate? Now I know I have friends out there who think this is a genius idea and while they may fantasize about the desirable outcomes of such a ban this would represent a fundamental violation of what the United States is founded on.
Now imagine, shouldn’t be hard to do, that the stupid outnumber the smart and vote to remove the rights of intelligent people. Totally different set of consequences and less palatable to those who would support removing the rights of stupid people. This is a slippery slope to go down and I believe our founding fathers would be appalled to see the perversion of their intentions in allowing votes like this to exist.
As an intellectual exercise you can substitute any group you want here. Imagine Republicans ban Democrats from marriage or vice versa. Attractive people ban ugly people or vice versa. Where you stand on those issues depend on where you sit, and one day you might find yourself sitting in the minority seat and without your civil liberties.
A great solution would be to remove government from marriage altogether and simply ban the role of government in sanctioning or promoting marriage. Since marriage is a contract between two individuals why should the government dictate who can enter into it? We don’t ban homosexuals from getting drivers licenses, entering into employment contracts, or buying homes; all of which are contractual agreements.
If you don’t believe marriage is a contract between two people but rather those two people and God then the argument is even more profound. Let individual religions decide whether they will honor contracts between homosexuals rather than the government. The U.S. was based on freedom of religion not the dominance of one religion and most certainly not the hijacking of the rights and privileges of its citizens by one religion.
It is time to focus on the real issues in this country and I promise you homosexuals are not the cause of them. Homosexuals didn’t destroy our financial markets, they didn’t attack the World Trade Center, and they sure as hell didn’t send us into two highly contentious military actions abroad.
The focus on banning gay marriage in the upcoming elections will do exactly what its proponents want and that is to promote fear and ignorance in the masses. Ironically that is the same formula Hitler used in Germany to carry out an entire platform of destructive social and economic policies.
This country is based on liberty for all, not liberty for some.
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I have been asked privately about this post quite a bit. The number one question has been a variation of what prevents people from marrying dogs, goats or cows. The simple answer is that they cannot enter into contracts. Humans can. If animals could enter into contracts there would not be nearly so much animal abuse. They could defend themselves. The other question commonly asked is what would prevent four people from marrying. This answer is equally simple: Risk and self interest. If you aren't seriously committed to your marriage you are not going to risk your wealth being reduced by 75 percent. You might marry one person and take the gamble that you could lose 50 percent of your wealth, but surely rational people don't risk that level of potential loss. The sects of the Mormon faith that marry in larger numbers have their own institutions in place to prevent those possibilities that make those contracts less risky to enter. Not so for the rest of humanity.
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