Boob of the Week

While it is very tempting to give Paul Martin the nod yet again, I'm afraid this time the boob prize goes to George W. Bush. Yes, he's probably the boob of the century, even though we're only 4 years into it. And no this has nothing to do with Iraq, or even a malapropism. No Georgie-porgie announced this week his desire to crack open the American Constitution and make the first amendment to it that actually remove rights from a select group of individuals.

Good ol' George wants to make sure that homosexuals can't get married in the good ol' US of A. This is a repeat of the kind of behaviour we've seen from those on the social right before, because they seem to feel threatened by homosexuals for some reason. Hello, it isn't catching. Letting homosexuals marry won't mean the end of the human race as we know it. Look at the evidence, after decades of increasing rights for gays and lesbians it's fairly clear that society won't crumble by letting them live their lives comfortably with the same sort of rights that heterosexuals enjoy.

Marriage as an institution has never been on the most solid of ground at the best of times. Hell, look at Henry VIII. It's not really much of a stretch to imagine two adults who love each other should have the right to publicly declare that love, and have it recognized by society. It's only fair that two men or two women should be able to do it as easily and as fully as a man and a woman.

Now I'm not saying every or even any religion should be required by the state to marry homosexuals. Religious reformation should come from within, driven by the members of a religion, in the same way law reform should be driven by the members of the society whose laws are in question. Separation of church and state goes both ways in my opinion.

I certainly hope George gets hurt at the ballot box for this move. There apparently are a lot of right-wing homosexuals in the US who have been staunch Republicans. They'll be hurting over this, because Bush trying to force a constitutional amendment is being a lot harsher than simply saying he's against homosexual marriage. If the world is lucky that voting block of gay conservatives will either stay at home during the next election, or vote Democrat.