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Actually this is MY modest proposal. The Calgary Sun never ceases to amaze me with the junk they publish. On a regular basis, I have my pink pen out, editing their paper. Hi. If YOU are a writer for a newspaper, for heavens sake, spell the words right! But that's not the reason for post. Well, at least not today.On March 16th, the Calgary Sun ran an editorial by Michel Coren, columnist and broadcaster. It begins: My Modest Proposal. Gay couples are getting married all across North America. What a great symbol of tolerance. And continues, In the name of that same tolerance, however, I believe we should go further and allow brothers and sisters to marry. In other words, incest should be not only allowed but recognized and affirmed by this state. Ahem. Number 1. Beating A Dead Horse on a Slow News Day Who the f**k cares if John and Joe get married? Does it hurt anyone? Is anyone bleeding? Nope. Conservative society is terrified of same sex couples being together, but offering no solid reasons. Maxims, rants, and bad metaphors, but no solid logical arguments against legally protecting the property rights, inheritance rights, visitation rights and tax benefits of same sex couples the way we do for mixed sex couples. This has been around since just after the beginning of time. Who cares if these people, the same as you and me, want to be married to the person they love? There is NO legal or constitutional problem with that. On what grounds does anyone assume it is THEIR right to go ahead and tell these people they can�t do that? Still not seeing bleeding anywhere. No deaths. No surges in unemployment. No terrorist bombings. Nothing. Number 2. Comparing Apples to Anvils If I were to get the jiggy on with my brother, not only would that be really weird - but man, that�s my brother. A brother or sister is your blood, your kin, not your lover. Incest and romantic love are as far apart from each other as are fighting for your country and committing mass murder. So let's just not go there okay? Good. Number 3. WWJD? The same Bible you're misquoting to slam gay couples with is jammed full of God-endorsed incestuous relationships. Cain and his wife. Abram and Sarai to name just two. Find a new argument Michel. Last night's episode of Law and Order was about a gay man who was found dead on the street. His lover's dad was the one who killed him, out of rage by the fact his son was a homosexual. I watched this show wondering why something as cut and dried as murder would even seem complicated because the whole gay thing got thrown into the mix? If the victim were black or jewish or hispanic, and the suspect were white, we'd find the story repulsive and wonder what kind of sick agenda the writers had? Aye aye aye. This whole thing goes so much deeper than I've touched on. I don�t want to offend anyone by what I write so I'd best end this here with a closing thought: Maybe this Michael Coren guy is sleeping with his sister or brother and trying to tell everyone, between the lines of course. Posted by Bella at 1:44 PM# 0 Comments:
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