A Message For Republicans
The Republicans in the Senate were unable to get over 50 votes as they had predicted on the (un)constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. But that’s not stopping more conservative state governments from putting state-enforced bans up for public vote in mid-term elections as several other states did in the last election. We will most likely see the Republican party push this issue during every election year for some time to come. I have some advice for the Republicans when the issue comes up again.
Let’s not limit the amendment to just a ban on gay marriage. Let’s also take the right to vote away from hispanics, blacks, asians, native americans, arabs, all non-whites and all non-Christians. Oh, I forgot, take it away from those pesky women, too. Only white, heterosexual, Christian males know what’s right for America. Additionally, let’s add to the amendment a ban on women working outside of the home. As all white, heterosexual, Christian males know, that’s where women belong. A woman who doesn’t cook, clean, tend the children and obey her husband is a disgrace, right? And and throw in a ban on interracial marriage, too. That’s just sinful mixing white blood with something else, isn’t it?
Let’s not forget slavery. It was incredibly short-sighted of our ancestors to abolish it. Let’s add another amendment that gives all Americans the right to own a slave. While we’re at it, we need to add another amendment that defines an American as “white, heterosexual, English-speaking, Christian males”. We wouldn’t want minorities, homosexuals, or females to think they are actually first class citizens, now would we?
Doesn’t that sound like a good Republican platform that conservative voters could get behind? The sad fact is, I know from experience that some people really would support such a platform. If all of the above sounds silly to you, then you need to step back and consider what the Republican party has attempted to do.
As it stands, seeking to ban homosexual marriage is shameful enough. America was born on the backs of people who were being persecuted. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written in the spirit of freedom, dignity, and basic human rights. We have come a very long way since then. In the same spirit, we have granted the same basic rights to all races, all religions, and both sexes. There are still people out there who are full of hate and bigotry, something that I doubt will ever disappear entirely. But to try and push an ammendment into the Constitution to ban marriage based on sexual orientation is downright shameful. The same can be said of such laws being passed at the state level. It’s an outright reversal of over two centuries of progress in human rights and is a wholly gainst the spirit in which the United States of America was born.
I think that ultimately, America will do the right thing. It was a struggle for slaves, a struggle for women, then another struggle for blacks for our government to acknowledge the basic rights our Constitution declares for everyone. So now homosexuals and their supporters must struggle against the ignorance of those who fear what is not like them. Ultimately, my grandchildren will be scratching their heads over their history books, wondering how people could have been so stupidly cruel back at the turn of the century.