[High Praise! to Nuking Politics]
For instance, in order for Rosa Parks to sit at the front of the bus, they didn’t have to rename it the “Integrated Front of the Bus.” They didn’t have to redefine “front of the bus” to mean “the first four rows of seats plus some in the rear.” It was still the front of the bus, just now Ms. Parks could sit there.
Likewise, when schools were integrated, they didn’t have to rename them “Integrated Schools.” You didn’t have to add adjectives and qualifiers to the word “student” and call them “black students” and ‘white students” and “students of whatever ethnic persuasion.” They were just students.
Now we actually have to modify the word marriage to make it fit the changed circumstance: “Gay marriage.” What will we call the people who are thus entwined? Will the person performing the ceremony pronounce them “Gay Husband and Gay Wife?” How will we know which is which?
If you liked that part, go ahead & read the whole thing.
Usually, the one wearing the feather boa and sequins is considered the wife.
Abnormalization.
Status Quo Vadis?
Gay marriage isn’t illegal — it’s impossible. It’s a contradiction in terms.
Abe Lincoln told this riddle: If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does it have? Four — calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.
Calling a gay liaison a “marriage” doesn’t make it one. The word “marriage” already has a definition — it’s not up for grabs.
With regard to “marriage,” apparently we’ve been doing it wrong for thousands of years.
I like the term “Party Of Science” (POS).
I think I can use that.
Bacon!