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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Just wonderin', is all
Posted by Jill | 10:07 PM
Why is a shotgun marriage of a pregnant 17-year-old and a high school boy who describes himself as a "f---in' redneck" and claims to not want kids "sacred" in the eyes of Sarah Palin and her ilk, but a marriage representing a commitment between two gay men (or women) who love each other and want to commit to each other and raise children together is somehow an abomination? Can someone please explain to me how this makes any sense whatsoever?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Trivially simple!

"Suffering" and living in misery -- as Palin's daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law will soon be doing essentially "forever" [unless Mom & Dad decide to offer them help, as they almost certainly will] -- is very, very Puritanical and is the Christian "wrongs" [I really can't call them "rights"] way of "punishment" for the "sin" of sex.

Living "happily" with a person [of the same sex, anyway] you love and cherish rewards "sin" and is thus to be prevented at all costs...

Who was the wag who offered that the Puritans who founded this country simply couldn't stand the idea that someone, somewhere may be happy!

Blogger D. said...
anonymous: That would be H. L. Mencken, who defined puritanism as "the haunting fear that somebody, somewhere, may be happy."

He was a prolific satirist, hugely influential to 20th century writers across the board, and, apparently, a very nasty man.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
d.:
Mencken sounds like a Republican!
We KNOW the Republicans are the Puritans immediate successors!