Jawin' about marriage
Blogging live from Thanksgiving Point . . .Judging by the talks at Standing Up For Marriage, traditional marriage is anchored in sanctimonious speeches. LaVar Christensen is droning on and on. Memo to LaVar: Try to keep your speeches shorter than the U.S. Constitution.
During the endless speech, I keep daydreaming, fantasizing LaVar debating a drag queen. I'd love a different slant on LaVar's contention that Dallin Oaks, John Adams, James Madison, JFK and G.K. Chesterson all somehow have opposed gay marriage.
Here's the long and the short of LaVar's attack on the Common Ground Initiative—which proponents say would ensure gay rights, but not legalize same-sex marriage:
It all depends on whether same-sex relationships are singled out and recognized through a series of legislative enactments a new "suspect class" or citizens that must now be treated the same as race, religion and ethnic origin under our laws.*Since meetings like this are mostly theater — I should note that LaVar's voice dramatically broke when: A.) He quoted from the LDS church's statement opposing California's Proposition 8. B.) He quoted the Bible on joining guy and gal together (Matthew 19:6).
Photo: The only LaVar Christensen shot I have is of him with puppet master Gayle Ruzicka.
*Gay rights activists maintain the Common Ground Initiative will not do this because for one thing, Utah's Constitution provides that marriage is only between a man and a woman.
4 Comments:
I guess at this point we can mark down that whole "The LDS Church does not hate Gays," statement during Proposition 8 as a lie.
What should we think about a "Church" that continue a long history of bigotry and hate?
Good thing there are still narrow-minded, bigoted, middle class people to finance the "Church's" political campaigns over the years against Equal Rights for Blacks, Women, and Gays.
(Actually, thank goodness for the free thinking Utahans that are accepting of diversity and supportive of Equal Rights for all Utahans.)
That picture of Ruzicka says it all, doesn't it? It should be on our license plates and ads for the state in magazines and on the state letterhead. And why not? She controls the legislators, after all, along with the other puppet masters on North Temple. The new motto could be: "Abandon all freedom, ye who enter here!"
Glen,
I was there. If you want anybody ever to read anything you write, then you've got to actually report something.
The speeches given, whether you agree with them or not, were very well-presented and argued. At least they gave us something to think about, actual reasoned arguments from their side, rather than your baseless commentary. Thanks for trying, though.
Did anyone else think that Paul Mero sounded like he was auditioning to be a General Authority? His tone, inflection, and speed made it sound like a General Conference speech.
BTW, love the Gayle Ruzika picture. It's a classic. I miss hearing Tom Barberi play the Wicked Witch theme any time she was mentioned.
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