Gay Marriage

[The_Rorschach]

Not to get on topic or anything, but you know, the similarities American's share on this topic are far more interesting than thoughts concerning our disagreements.

For instance, few -if any- in America are opposed to homosexual practice. It is not out lawed here as it is, say in the Caribbean or Zimbabwe, nor is legislature to that effect even being considered as it is in Canada. Nor, from what I have been reading, are Americans opposed to civic unions. It is simply the infringement upon tradition which stikes up any opposition whatsoever, and to be honest, that's understandable. Marriage is a concept which was concieved from religion, regardless of which creed one credits, and has always had a spiritual flair to it. For the adamantly irreligious there are civic unions which can be conducted on any ship at sea and courthouse in the country.

Of course, this is the same with any politically oriented question raised within the US. Bush and Kerry, when one examines their standings en toto, are roughly seventy six percent similar. What petty indifferences they have are expounded loudly and at length in order to present a portrait of independant thinking - An elusive quality non-existant within the world today.