{"id":64,"date":"2013-03-30T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/?p=64"},"modified":"2017-08-14T19:11:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T02:11:45","slug":"doma-arigato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/2013\/03\/30\/doma-arigato\/","title":{"rendered":"DOMA Arigato"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> Planet Earth; Wednesday 26, 2013<\/small> \u2014 Yay! We all<\/strong><\/em> win! The SCOTUS actually did something right for once.
\n“Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act, paves way for gay marriage to resume in California”
\nhttp:\/\/nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/06\/26\/19151971-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act-paves-way-for-gay-marriage-to-resume-in-california?lite<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow along with me on this for a moment. It won’t take too long, really it won’t.<\/p>\n

This Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) *cough*BullShit!*cough* with DOMA is ridiculous, absurd, and (self-) embarrassing.<\/p>\n

(the latter for us all; as individuals, as a country, a nation, as Americans, the World, the Human Race, the Human Species, various sub-groups, etc…)<\/p>\n

That supreme ASShole pResident George Bush absolutely ruined<\/strong><\/em> the SCOTUS.<\/p>\n

Just like the Idiots in Congress these daze<\/em>, where it’s so much<\/strong><\/em> worse now than it’s ever been \u2014 in too many ways, which basically started back with (against<\/em>) Clinton, and got worse with each succeeding quadrennial period \u2014 the SCOTUS is a pale version of what it once was, and especially what it’s supposed to be. (it was never perfect, but COME ON!)<\/p>\n

As for DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act, for those who haven’t been paying attention), et al., ….<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court should not<\/strong><\/em> DEFINE or<\/strong><\/em> RE-define the definition of “Marriage”.<\/p>\n

But they should<\/strong><\/em> UNDEFINE the definition of “Marriage”.<\/p>\n

(as in, Set it FREE!)<\/p>\n

The “definition of marriage” has changed almost from century to century for millenia. (sometimes in small ways, and sometimes in large ways, and sometimes in huge<\/strong><\/em> ways, but rarely has it been stagnant for very long)<\/p>\n

WAY back when (“In the beginning…”), it was literally<\/strong><\/em>, almost world-wide, an actual monetary contract for ownership of the woman (“wife”) by the man, sold to him by her family, which mostly meant her father. (they were big on that patriarchal stuff back then) Women were basically sold, traded, and treated like cattle, or worse<\/em>. And this was back in BIBLICAL times. You know, the Greatest Hits of the Great and Wonderful “Holy” Bible. (et al.) That<\/strong><\/em> is how it all started. (more or less)<\/p>\n

And eventually “they” (usually whomever is “in charge” +\/-) redefined<\/strong><\/em> marriage (again) so that we got to the point where it wasn’t (so much) a contract to own the woman, as a semi-true union of a man and woman into an actual mutual alliance. Although still not too far off of the old definitions, and that only took a few (several<\/em>) thousand years or so to get to that point. (I skipped ahead a little there — but mostly because it did pretty much take that long to reach a semi-decent level of non-slavery and non-ownership)<\/p>\n

But “marriage” was still largely associated with, and tied to, and controlled by, various religions and religious institutions. (as was almost everything<\/strong><\/em>, prior to the 20th Century, +\/-, but finally<\/strong><\/em> increasingly less so as time marched on… \u2014\u2014 unfortunately, we still<\/em> have a long<\/strong> way to go in that respect….)<\/p>\n

And then, at some point in the early-mid 20th Century, or so, “they” (whomever was “in charge”) redefined<\/strong><\/em> marriage (again<\/em>) to be separated from “the church” so that we could have non-religious, secular “legal unions”, and the like. (in the U.S. — other areas’ mileage varied; some rather drastically)<\/p>\n

Mostly where a judge, or someone like that, could marry a couple. That couple being a man and a woman. And that ‘requirement’ mostly<\/em> due to the fact that “the church” had (and has) a stranglehold over (general) society and social norms and such. So they got to pick who could and couldn’t get married. (based on various completely arbitrary<\/strong><\/em> criteria, many of them written down in one or more very old book(s), the writings and ideas and beliefs and concepts and such, of which, (only) some<\/strong><\/em> people believed in)<\/p>\n

Of course, back then, until fairly recently, really, the laws of the United States, and our individual states, made so-called “sodomy” illegal, again based on a religious belief<\/strong> system<\/em> (that only a segment<\/em> of the population believed in) that carried over from days gone by, and which has always influenced our legal system and its laws. (too much of the time in a negative and\/or detrimental manner) So why even consider the concept of two men or two women getting married, because they couldn’t even “be together” legally.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t all that long ago when a black man or woman could not legally marry a white woman or man. (because, you know, interracial interactions and kissing and sex and children and such is just “icky” — and so very wrong on so many levels — and, you know, stuff like that)<\/p>\n

It’s so<\/strong><\/em> embarrassing that interracial marriage in the United States has only<\/strong><\/em> been fully legal in all U.S. states since the 1967<\/strong> Supreme Court decision that deemed anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional, with many states choosing to legalize interracial marriage at much earlier dates.<\/p>\n

If you<\/em> aren’t embarrassed by that very late<\/strong> date, there is definitely something wrong<\/strong><\/em> with you. You are, at best, “broken” inside. (maybe “just a little”, but still, WAY too much) You should seek help in the form of counseling, or therapy, or a good hard slap upside the head.<\/p>\n

Anyway, so “they” redefined<\/strong><\/em> marriage (yet again<\/strong><\/em>) in 1967. (and that was years<\/strong> too late \u2014 and it was still about 20 years or so before interracial relationships were more or less societally accepted)<\/p>\n

And now here we are in the so-called 21st Century (I still think someone made a calculation error on that), and we are actually having (to have) a “discussion” as to whether two mutually consenting legal adults of any gender<\/strong><\/em> (or race, or religion, or creed, or color, or whatever) can “marry each other” in the best sense of the word — legally, religiously, secularly, “in holy matrimony”, because they’re in love with each other, or whatever<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Won’t the (self-) embarrassment ever<\/strong><\/em> end?<\/p>\n

Can’t we do anything<\/strong><\/em> right??? (the Royal We)<\/p>\n

Why<\/em> do so many<\/em> people fight something so basic<\/em> and fundamental, that is obviously such<\/em> a fundamental right<\/strong> that it should<\/em> be self-evident.<\/p>\n

(I think we all know why — that was one of those rhetorical questions you’ve been hearing so much about lately)<\/p>\n

And let’s all try to remember that you do not<\/strong> get to pick and choose what “rights” a person gets. You don’t get to vote on it. You, ideally, do not even get to discuss it or argue about it, one way or the other. That is why they are called “rights”. (“rights” being absolute and all; unless you do something so socially heinous<\/em> that you revoke those rights into abridgment \u2014 like murdering someone and losing your right to freedom, etc.)<\/p>\n

And lucky for many<\/em> of you that that is a basic and fundamental Truth.<\/p>\n

You can disagree with it for any number of reasons, as (too many) people, unfortunately, too often do.<\/p>\n

But that does not<\/strong> mean you get to deny, or abridge, or diminish, or twist, or skew, or ignore (in the best sense of the word-root ‘ignorance’) these rights that people inherently possess<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

(yeah, that’s right, “Rights” are not<\/strong><\/em> “endowed by their Creator” — even He, or She, doesn’t get a say in the matter — if you have a problem with that concept, then deal with it, and move forward, preferably into the future)<\/p>\n

Are we done<\/strong><\/em> yet???<\/p>\n

Because this is all getting so awfully tiresome.<\/em><\/p>\n

p.s. A short note to those who “disagree” with the above — respectfully, or vociferously, on “religious grounds”, or otherwise, or whatever —<\/p>\n

PLEASE STOP making the Human Species ‘look bad’. That’s seriously REALLY getting OLD.<\/p>\n

(fuck!)<\/p>\n

Thank-You.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Planet Earth; Wednesday 26, 2013 \u2014 Yay! We all win! The SCOTUS actually did something right for once. “Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act, paves way for gay marriage to resume in California” http:\/\/nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/06\/26\/19151971-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act-paves-way-for-gay-marriage-to-resume-in-california?lite Follow along with me on this for a moment. It won’t take too long, really it won’t. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26eUn-12","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamantineclarity.com\/bjou\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}