Here we go again – the ruling class and the media avoid all of the big problems our nation faces by staging a mudfight over minutiae.
The bold type all last week was “gay marriage”. According to the Census Bureau, gay couples constitute less than 1% of American households. But most people think the number is 20% or greater. Could it be because the Democrats constantly pound gay/lesbian rights as the most compelling issue of our time?
Among gay couples, how many want to be married? Most heterosexual couples are not married, why would gays be any different? If even half of gay couples actually want to be married, now we are talking about less than one half of one percent of US households.
I really don’t care if gays are married or not. Actually I believe there are churches in every state which will perform the ceremony. Regardless, THIS IS JUST NOT A BIG TICKET PRIORITY FOR OUR NATION.
The gay marriage issue may directly affect a few thousand people in the US, at most. In comparison, how many Americans are unemployed or have dropped out of the work force? How many are working ungodly hours, sacrificing family time to put food on the table and pay their taxes? How many families struggle financially because the only work available is low-wage service jobs? How many Americans have little or no savings and just squeak by, paycheck-to-paycheck? How many families wait for a parent to return home from costly and dangerous military campaigns with no palpable objective? How many suffer from medical crises, disabilities, substance abuse, and urban violence?
I guess our real unemployment rate of 11.3% is not important. Our $17 trillion (and growing) debt just doesn’t matter. Our nation’s declining status and security in an increasingly threatening and unstable international climate – who cares? Gay Marriage! That’s what really matters!
Come on. Let’s get serious.
Tom Balek – Rockin’ On the Right Side
Let’s get serious
Let’s get serious
Let’s get serious
And fall in love
Let’s Get Serious – Jermaine Jackson
Here’s a cut by the “forgotten” Jackson, Jermaine. Damn good musician, and never seemed to have the personal drama that plagued his siblings, although he has had his share of marriages and flings. He is now a devout Muslim and credits that for his calm demeanor. Jermaine was nominated for a Grammy for this song.
Rockin' On The Right Side 
The important thing is not gay marriage, but it is a part of the real problem this nation faces, and that is the desire to kill off God. The three reform components necessary for socialism, marxism or communism are 1) Destroy the church and get people away from God, especially the younger ones. 2) Destroy Patriotism 3) Destroy the family so people do not look to family but look to government to resolve problems. Instituting gay marriage is a significant step towards attaining #1. Instituting obamacare was a huge step towards #3. By removing popular generals, sending the IRS after conservatives, removing religion from the armed forces…all go towards attaining #2. Regards, Jim Johnson
Not that I don’t agree that there are a lot of important topics in the country we can prioritize but “Among gay couples, how many want to be married? Most heterosexual couples are not married, why would gays be any different?”
this made me a little upset because wether or not a heterosexual couple wants to get married or not at least they have the choice, which now everyone has. Or how on a fafsa a gay married man under 24 cannot be considered independent from his parents because he cannot say federally he is married (until now). Or when a partner dies the benefits are not carried over to the surviving spouse again because federally it was not recognized (until now). This was a huge change and a lot of people are under appreciating it. It got a lot of news coverage because it was a huge leap for America. I don’t care if it is called marriage or not but the thing is, church should not have a say in what federal government recognizes as “marriage” or what ever you want to call it. Though, there are a lot of issues that are important (like poverty and struggling families) and there are groups that are fighting those battles as well, they are not forgotten.