Oh I know it's important for other people. I'm just looking back on my high school days when my political science class was forced to debate topics like gay-marriage. What's the point, I thought? It will be legal some day. It's inevitable. Let those people fight the system and they'll eventually win. But why do we hold these topics at such high priority? Because it makes us feel good that justice in America still works? When much of the rest of the world is thinkking, "Good for you. You've finally stated the obvious, America. But go ahead and pat yourself on the back" Or perhaps the cause needs the media for greater influence. Which might be the case, but it still annoys me.Electromatic wrote:Harry Lime wrote:I groan every time the same sex marriage topic comes up. I guess I just don't care.
To me, this should never have been a court case. It's ridiculous that the woman in this case had to pay the government $300,000 because her chosen spouse didn't have the proper gender.
DOMA was always ridiculous to me because I don't view that as a role of government. It's a great success for people who are homosexual but it's kind of silly that it is even that big a deal. It's a wrong that was righted and now people can go on about their lives, choose whomever they want to marry and have the same protections and frustrations everyone else has with the law.
It's like Jim Crow or Blue Laws.... just really stupid legislation.
It's the media's constant attention towards it. I have a big issue with the media. They try to dictate what I should and should not care about. Trayvon Martin being exhibit #1. Steve Jobs once had a quote, "The people don't know what they want until you show it to them." t seemed the media took that quote and spun it and said, "The people don't know what they want...until you shove it down their throats and force them to care."
Sorry, long rant.
