Oh United States...

[salienne]

The fact that in the future, assuming I ever find someone worth marrying, there's a 50/50 chance I won't be able to because of completely ridiculous and bigoted constitutional amendments makes me more than a little furious.

("I love you." "I love you too." "Marry me?" "I'd love to! So who's getting the sex change, you or me?")

'Cos even though I voted "No" on Florida's fun little version of Proposition 8, it still has a very very good chance of getting through.

...At least there's always Massachusetts, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75J3TN9Zzck

*Gigglesnort*

The best part is, it makes a great argument for the other side.

"She said that mommies and daddies have to get married first [to have a baby]."
[My Addition"] "Well, honey, you can also have two daddies, and we'd love to raise you in a safe and steady marriage situation. But you see, there's this new constitutional amendment..."

Also, what kind of little girl thinks people only get married for babies? For little kids, marriage=love Disney style, with maybe a baby sometime in the future. I don't think you'd find one mainstream USA kid who thinks Shrek and Fiona got together because they really just wanted to make little Ogres.

Comments

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I suppose next they're going to try to keep straight couples who don't want or can't have kids from getting married. grrrrrrrrrrr

[baddogsprocket.livejournal.com]

assuming I ever find someone worth marrying, there's a 50/50 chance I won't be able to

Is this your estimate of the probability that the constitutional amendments will pass, or your estimate of the probability that you will ever want to marry a man?

[salienne.livejournal.com]

I was going for the, assuming the amendment does pass, 50% chance I'll end up with either gender.

[baddogsprocket.livejournal.com]

There is a similar measure on the ballot here in Arizona. The proponents of it are running ads that don't even mention gay people ... either the ads show guys at the park having a 'family day' with their wives and kids ... or they interview people who say stuff like "without this Constitutional Amendment, some judge can overturn the law we already have on the books," which refers to the current State statute against same-sex marriage.

That second approach plays on the inherent Arizonan paranoia that "outside influences" are changing the state. "Outside influences" can be Federal Judges, Washington Politicians, Illegal Mexican Immigrants, or pretty much anything from California. They're still kind of "Cowboy" around here about things like that.

With regard to the current Amendment proposal, I'm kind of holding out hope that "Cowboy" element shows up in the form of "what business is it of mine if some dude wants to marry another dude? Ain't no skin off of my livestock."