Ok… I know I’ve already written about the Prop 8 ruling… but lets face it, this is going to be in the news for awhile, and like anything else in the news, it’s going to get attention from both sides of the issue. Today’s example in extreme asshattery comes from one David Frum, a republican author who wants conservatism to ‘win’ again (whatever the fuck that means), and is a regular columnist for CNN. He’s written an editorial called ‘Bristol Palin and the Future of Marriage’. In this article, Frum makes the case that the recent re-breakup between Bristol and Levi is more important than the ruling on Prop 8 last week, that re-legalized same sex marriages in California. Frum went on to say things like ‘Same Sex marriage has lead people to believe that having children out of wedlock is normal’, and that children born outside of wedlock are less likely to finish school, more likely to experience poverty, and more likely to go to prison. He attempts to make the case that allowing same sex marriages is tantamount to dooming children across the land to lives of uneducated poverty and prison.
After reading this article, I would very much like to find David Frum, and kick him in the head.
So, let me start my rebuttal with the obvious glaring hole in Frum’s argument. No where in his editorial, or in court last week, was anyone anywhere able to prove that same sex marriage leads to less hetero-sexual marriages. Furthermore, no one has been able to prove that same sex marriages promote promiscuity between unmarried couples. (Hollywood does a FAAAAAR better job of doing that for us, but that’s another rant). Since Frum’s entire argument relies on the notion that same sex marriages lead to more children out of wedlock, we could stop right here and be confident we’ve made our case. However, I would like to point out the other, far more obvious fact about same sex couples (both in and out of marriage)… THEY DON’T HAVE CHILDREN ACCIDENTALLY! I’ve never heard of a pair of lesbians having pre-martial sex and ‘accidentally’ getting knocked up! It just doesn’t happen! And if it did? Guess what! THEY AREN’T FUCKING LESBIANS! We learned that shit in biology 101! How the FUCK can you make the case that same sex marriages promote unwed pregnancies? It’s fucking ridiculous, and Frum should be a ashamed of himself for committing such a stupid thought to words, much less publishing them in a national forum!
Of course, Frum’s own data works against him. Allow me to present exhibit A:
Notice that Alaska is not among the handful of states that allow same sex marriages. (It does allow marriage to first cousins though, which might explain Bristol’s mom… but I digress…) However, Frum’s ‘data’ shows that nearly 30% of white women in 2007 who gave birth, did so out of wedlock. Is he implying that 30% of the white people in the USA live in that 5% of the country, and that those 30% of white children born were born in areas that allow same sex marriage? He is certainly implying that same sex marriage is the only factor that leads kids to think marriage isn’t necessary. So, given her mother’s very public stance on the issues and her geographic location, the notion that Bristol’s exposure to same sex marriage made her think that it was cool to get knocked up at 16 before getting married, during her mother’s failed attempt at running for VP is really not holding much water. I may be going out on a limb here, but I think it’s safe to say that some other factor lead her to believe it was cool to get knocked up early and unwed. Hrmmm… what could it be, what could it be? Could it be…. SATAN?!?! Nope… it’s probably just some pussy in glitter:
But anyway, enough about Bristol. I’m writing this post to rip on Frum here, for being an asshat and continuing to push the notion that same sex marriage is hurting our children. Frum isn’t the only one doing this either. Most analysts agree that the PR blitz in ‘08 about Prop 8 was largely successful because they played on a parents fear that allowing same sex marriages would somehow make their kids gay. Now they are changing their tune slightly, and saying that it wont make them gay, it will just make them disrespect the institution or marriage, presumably because it’s not an exclusive thing anymore, and just old anyone can get married now! It’s the same bullshit move with a fresh coat of paint tacked onto it. It isn’t any more true now than it was in ‘08, and I’m sick and tired of seeing these assholes hide their intolerance and bigotry behind the shield of ‘SAVE THE CHILDREN!’. This bullshit is doing more harm than good and it needs to stop!
If 2 people are lucky enough to find happiness together, let them be happy! This doesn’t hurt anyone! A Man and a Woman, a White and Black, and Jew and a Christian, who cares, and why are any of these couples fundamentally different or entitled to any different treatment? Marriage is about love and happiness, plain and simple. Denying marriage to same sex couples is teaching your kids that it’s ok to oppress people because they are different from you. If you think that’s a good idea, than a few unwed teens having babies is the least of your problems!
I could rant on this for hours, but I have work to do…
Crash
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