The entire debate about gay marriage isn’t so much a debate as it is a list of talking points being contemporaneously aired… there’s no discussion to be had, well, at least not that I’ve seen.
What I’ve seen isn’t encouraging.
This is not a part of Silus’ series but a personal musing within the topic.
Wanna know why so many people loathe homosexual behavior? It’s not because God has forbidden it (we can list scores of sins that don’t get the airtime this does). It’s not because it’s destroying our economies, our environment, or even our own families (because it’s not).
It’s because it’s gross.
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I love the concept (and reality — abstract as it is) of a social contract, and its implication: that society makes rational, deliberate decisions in crafting policy to balance the needs of a society and the individual. It’s the way things should be done.
But that’s not what happens.
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The first hurdle anyone faces when discussing gay marriage is the messy state that straight marriage is in. And not just messy in the sense that so many fail to live-up to their potential — not to mention fail altogether… but in the sense that when we talk about marriage, we’re talking about a few different things cohabiting in an inelegant arrangement.
… Marriage as Love
… Marriage as Institution
Which breaks-down nicely into:
… Marriage as Religious Ceremony
… Marriage as Social Contract
And then there’s the whole issue of what a “traditional” marriage really is… is it a man and a woman until death parts them, is it a man and 27 women, or is it something altogether different.
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Silus is trying to get his TypePad account to work so in the meantime I will post the intro to his series.
I was at a dinner party a few years back, when one of the other guests there — a gay man not much older than me — said something I’ll never forget:
“Marriage is for breeders.”
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I like going thru the checkout stand at the grocery store and reading all the outrageous headlines on the weekly magazines. This headline was written that way but with an inkling of truth.
Well, it’s been a little slow around here… So in my inestimable wisdom, I’ve decided to invite Silus Grok back to guest-blog. If you were asleep or incarcerated, you may have missed his well-received series back in August on being gay and an active Mormon (Intro, I, II, III, IV), which generated a great discussion here and elsewhere in the ‘nacle. Well, he’s back… so please welcome Silus Grok!
Today’s Sacrament meeting:
“I grew up in Westchester, you know, north of the Bronx. That means I’m a huge fan of the Yankees. And you know what else I’m a huge fan of? The Ensign and the Friend magazines.”
I couldn’t stop giggling for the rest of the talk.
Why the topic was Church publications is beyond me. Please don’t ask.
The answer that usually comes to mind is infinite. If that really is the answer then I have a real problem with that. If it’s not, then I also have a problem with that. Here’s why.
I love movies. I hate seeing what’s going on in Hollywood. Here’s some interesting statistics and my personal take on why things are bad and getting worse.
Catching the tail end of this conversation it made me wonder who has the more difficult task, the Book of Mormon Skeptic or Apologist? The more I read the Book of Mormon, the more I learn about Joseph’s early life and the more I read skeptic’s theories the more I lean toward the idea that the skeptic needs more planets to align to be right.
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You knew it was coming. The writing has been on the cyber-wall for months now. TV shows and movies have been doing it for years. It’s inevitable.
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Just finishing the BOM I noticed a verse that caused me to think…again.
