The defense of gay marriage has reached a fever pitch. Up until two weeks ago, I spent the last seven years spending Wednesdays with a group of friends who were all decidedly NON-conservative. Recently, the topic of gay marriage came up, so to make a point about moral imperatives, I suggested that “if it is just about love, then consenting adult incest should be fine, too.” Naturally, they objected on the “genetic grounds” until I said, “Fine, take reproduction out of it. Let’s go father-son, or brother-brother, since we’ve already established that gay marriage is OK by your standard.”
In an effort to give no ground to the possibility that moral imperatives exist, they actually sat there - ALL FIVE OF THEM - and mounted a defense for homosexual incest.
Needless to say, I will not be hanging out with them anymore. Naturally, they think I’m being close-minded. OK, fine, but at least I’m not being so open-minded that my brain fell right out!
While waiting in the doctor's office the other day I was chatting with two women, one of whom probably saw the Hebrew prayer book in my hand and decided to test me.
She held up a newspaper article about some actor/actress pushing for transgender rights and casually remarked, "Isn't this great?"
When I shook my head and made a face, she said, "Well, I'm not judgmental. I don't buy into that religious nonsense."
There is an all-out war on traditional values nowadays, period.
o.O
I tried this approach on Twitter... “Okay, then father-son marriage should be okay. Sister-sister marriage should be okay.” And they actually started accusing me of having incestuous relations with my family. My response, “Well according to you people, it should be celebrated. It’s just love, right?” It creeped me out just making the argument. Twitter is such a sewer.