The Stamp of Normality

The Rant ^ | 02-25-2004 | A. M. Siriano

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[Americathy]

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[EdReform]

Gays speak out of both sides of their mouths: They want the government out of their business, and they want the government to sanction their business.

An excerpt from "Tammy Bruce: Respecting Marriage and Equal Rights"
( http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12339 )

Gays ultimately need to stop looking to government for unconditional love and approval of who we are. Andrew Sullivan, a political commentator and writer many of you know and respect, wrote a piece for Time magazine where he actually equated governmental recognition of gay marriage as a necessary element to all gay people feeling accepted and wanted. He claimed that anything other than marriage will “build a wall between gay people and their own families.”

While his story was personal and moving, the argument was, frankly, nonsense, and representative of the general mentality among the gay elite. It also gives the government and other people’s opinions far too much power over the quality of our lives and effectively eliminates our own responsibility for our happiness.

Part of the fight for gay marriage is based in Sullivan’s lament—that it is only governmental recognition of who are that will make us whole. Let’s get real—the only thing that will make gay people whole is personal acceptance of ourselves by ourselves. Instead, we are still looking to Mommy or Daddy, now in the form of Society, to tell us we’re “okay” – to sanctify, if you will, our lives and relationships...