Gay Marriage

[bradygirl_12]

In the cold light of morning, I'm still pleased at the election results for President but disappointed (though not surprised) that every gay marriage referendum ended up as a victory for the anti-marriage faction. Remember, Obama doesn't support gay marriage, and Bill Clinton, the so-called friend of gays, turtled on the gays-in-the-military issue the very first week of his presidency and also presided during the passage of the abominable Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and the Defense of Marriage Act. It's going to be a long struggle and we probably won't see permanent gay marriage in our lifetimes across the board, but the seeds HAVE been planted and hopefully, will someday bear fruit.

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uhmm, ok yes, I concede , that bit is indeed confusing me a bit

[ender24]

we are here in Europe not even half doing much fuss about being PC as your country, with all your anti discrimination laws , and affirmative actions and so forth.
how come, your religious right has so much power?!?!

even our yellow press, (who admittedly is not as vicious as the british one) is not tearing the private life of politicians apart as much as they do with stars or European nobility and their indiscretions.
(the only exception would be French Pres. Sarkozy and his exmodel wife Carla, but then, he uses the press, so they use him back...)

and it would be totally un-PC.

Re: uhmm, ok yes, I concede , that bit is indeed confusing me a bit

[bradygirl_12]

A lot of it has to do with history. The country was originally founded not just by people seeking to make their fortune, but by religious zealots trying to escape persecution in Europe (the Pilgrims). The Puritanical ethic remained strong (why we lack decent vacation time, idleness is the devil's workshop, and other nonsense, and our mixed-up views on sex!) and the God factor has stayed strong in certain parts of the country. Fundamentalists have a lot of power here and fleece people on a regular basis through their television shows and other scams.

People like to be led. If they're told what to do, eat, believe, etc., they don't have to think for themselves. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans seem to like that path in life.

The Puritanical ethic remained strong

[ender24]

I guess, the puritanical ethic stuff is somewhat more... theory ?
I preen my english to be pretty good, and its seldom, that I came across an article, that I have to read like 3 times, and still maybe understand 10%:
Dept. of Disputation: Red Sex, Blue Sex: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

I am not kidding you, if I wasnt so busy today, I would have put that article in my LJ, and ask my flist to explain it in simple words to me, coz there are so many words and vocab used in that article, that I never heard , much less understand, it could have well be written in russian...

Re: The Puritanical ethic remained strong

[bradygirl_12]

I'll have to read that! :)

In other news, gay couples in Connecticut began getting married today instead of 'civil unions'. :)