The argument I needed

On Sunday I happened to have a conversation with a man who took exception to the Question 6 sign we had in our Republican tent at the Good Beer Festival. He pleaded a case which was somewhat emotionally-based but also pointed out whether the government should be in the business of marriage and asked why we should care what two people do.

Now I normally fall on the libertarian side of things and I really don't care who sleeps with who. But there's just this gut instinct of mine that, once we cross that line, within a generation we will be having the same argument over plural marriage and perhaps even marrying children. This gentleman thought I was missing the point and argued that we felt the same way about interracial marriage and that turned out to not harm society. In that he is correct, but as usual gay-rights activists borrow from a struggle which was based on unfairness regarding something one cannot change (the amount of pigment they were given) into trying to reward a particular behavior some still find deviant (a sexual attraction to one of the same gender.)

I really wish I had known about this video before I talked to this man.

Of course "dislikes" are running 2 to 1 over "likes" but the gay lobby is a noisy and tenacious one - most people would get the hint after going 0-for-30 or so at the ballot box but they keep trying. This even extends to the YouTube video; unfortunately comments aren't allowed there but maybe they think an overly high number of "dislikes" will get YouTube to pull it. I would bet dozens have complained to the Google subsidiary about the video, so far to no avail.

Unfortunately, it's also my gut feeling that one of the four states considering gay marriage this fall will vote in its favor, sowing the whirlwind we're sure to reap because of it. Given that a large portion of this young man's generation has been taught moral relativity in schools where all cultures and cultural activities are considered valid, at some point enough of them will be fooled into believing the idea that gay marriage promotes equality when it will lead to a perverse sort of reverse discrimination against those who believe in a Judeo-Christian worldview.

And once that Pandora's box is opened, we can never go back. I'd rather keep it locked.