Okay, help me out here. Ohio legislators just passed the Defense of Marriage Act because ___________? Normally, lawmakers go to great lengths to explain their motivations in the preamble or post-amble of a bill. All you get with the DOMA is the avowed desire “to specifically declare that same-sex marriages are against the strong public policy of the state.” But this still begs the question, why? Did I miss some public service announcement explaining the dangers of gay marriage? Was there a leaflet or a missive on this that the mailman forgot to put in my box?
I mean, hey, I’m married, and I just don’t see it. Are lesbians with wandering eyes going to steal my wife if they can dangle the prospect of legal marriage before her eyes? I don’t think so. I mean, she’s not even attracted to women. Am I going to go gay all of a sudden if men are allowed to legally marry one another? No. Not likely. So what is it, then? Does the fear that gays and lesbians might do a better job with the whole marriage thing and embarrass straight people, drive this nuptial jihad? Or is it, just maybe, that traditionally minded religious folks think God doesn’t approve of the prospect. No, that can’t be it, ‘cause in America-land “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” and forbidding certain folks to get hitched on account of religious convictions seems kinda like an establishment of religion. Doesn’t it?
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