bloody marty mix
49/365: Marry
Monday, 14 July 2008.
"Without the right to marry... one is excluded from the full range of human experience...."
-- Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003)
Marriage has been on my mind a lot lately, having just gotten married, and having just attended the wedding of some very close friends.
At the wedding this weekend, while I was filled with joy for my friends, I sat in the pews wondering how many gay and lesbian guests sat around me wrestling with the reality that this was a closed door for them. The subject actually came up later that evening in the casual, post-reception pizza-and-beer gathering, and I did my best not to get into any serious arguments. I find that very difficult, because I just can't fathom any rational moral, ethical, or practical reason to deny one of the most basic of human experiences to anyone.
I find the greatest hope for humanity's future in the fact that change seems to be happening in a progressive direction, and that the great tide of thought among the young appears to be sweeping aside the darkness. A new generation recognizes a kind of basic human dignity, and refuses to deny this fulfillment to other human beings.
We will look back in shame one day. I am certain of it.
Texture credits:
"IMG_9775" and "IMG_9783" by flickrtextures
49/365: Marry
Monday, 14 July 2008.
"Without the right to marry... one is excluded from the full range of human experience...."
-- Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003)
Marriage has been on my mind a lot lately, having just gotten married, and having just attended the wedding of some very close friends.
At the wedding this weekend, while I was filled with joy for my friends, I sat in the pews wondering how many gay and lesbian guests sat around me wrestling with the reality that this was a closed door for them. The subject actually came up later that evening in the casual, post-reception pizza-and-beer gathering, and I did my best not to get into any serious arguments. I find that very difficult, because I just can't fathom any rational moral, ethical, or practical reason to deny one of the most basic of human experiences to anyone.
I find the greatest hope for humanity's future in the fact that change seems to be happening in a progressive direction, and that the great tide of thought among the young appears to be sweeping aside the darkness. A new generation recognizes a kind of basic human dignity, and refuses to deny this fulfillment to other human beings.
We will look back in shame one day. I am certain of it.
Texture credits:
"IMG_9775" and "IMG_9783" by flickrtextures