Last week Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by popular vote. The good people of Ireland determined that two people in love can marry even if they are of the same sex. The reaction of some groups was quick and predictable. One of my favorite groups, Westboro Baptist Church, a group of fundamentalist Christians from Topeka, Kansas was clearly displeased. They posted signs with "God Hates Ireland" superimposed on a flag. The flag is orange, white and green which are the colors of the national flag of Ireland. Unfortunately the fine group of idiots and haters at Westboro Baptist Church printed the flag backwards on their posters. The result is that God apparently hates the Ivory Coast. So close to getting it right. Got the right colors. Got the right first letter in the name of the offending country. Wrong damn continent. Oops. Makes you wonder what else those happy folks at Westboro Baptist Church are wrong about. They claim that "God Hates Fags". Is their spelling as suspect as their flag identification skills. Maybe all these years they have gotten the message from "God" wrong. Maybe "God" hates flags. More likely in my thinking, if there is in fact a "God" my suspicion is that "He" hates ignorant, prejudicial, assholes who cannot even properly identify the country and population they hate. I think the best response to these dumbasses was the person who stated: "And God actually loves Ireland...why do you think it was created before the US?"
The bottom line for this writer is complete support for gay marriage. The fact is that marriage is about love. If two people love one another and they want to get married how does that marriage negatively effect me? Does it mean that my marriage of over 40 years is somehow lessened? I don't see how. It seems to me that too many folks are confusing marriage and sex. Marriage is a legal contract between two adults. Male - male, male- female, or female- female unions; what does it matter to me? Too many folks get upset because they only think about sex. It's two men getting married and they are going to do sexual things together. Ok, so what. If they are conducting their actions in the privacy of their own home then it is none of my business or anyone else's for that matter. We should treat sex like religion. People can think you have it but they really don't want or need to hear about it. It really is the best answer for those folks from Westboro Baptist Church. They should just STFU. If they feel a need to protest somewhere stop by here. It will just be me and the Mrs. and the neighbor's cattle and the dogs. I don't check to see if the neighbor's cattle are having any gay sex. I know they aren't married and there is one bull for over 40 females. Sounds like there is lots of immoral fornicating going on over there. Well I've got to go now. Time for me to protest some inappropriate bovine sex. One cow one bull and before there is any hanky panky you better marry that heifer.
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