A Letter from God on Gay Marriage (The Onion)

[Fearless]

One of the most divisive issues out there right now is the debate over whether or not gays should be allowed to marry. It is obviously an extremely sensitive topic, and I certainly can understand at least some of the reservations that opponents of gay marriage have to the idea, especially from a legal standpoint. However, as someone with a personal connection to this issue, I feel a need to speak out in favor of it, and to reaffirm my belief that gay marriage is a fundamental moral right.

You see, I am a parent of a gay child. My son, who is now an adult, came out to me some time ago. When he did, he explained to me that he’d known he was gay for some time, and that his sexuality wasn’t something that he chose, but rather something that had always been a part of him. In retrospect, it was obvious. The signals were there, but I wasn’t ready to see them. Regardless, I was deeply moved by his honesty and tremendously proud that he found the courage to be honest with me.

Before my son came out to me as gay, I’ll admit that, while I didn’t think about the issue of gay rights very much, it was not something I supported. If anything, my own stance on the issue was probably influenced by a faith-based approach rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition. What made my mind up, though, was the fact that my son was the same person he’d always been. The only difference was that I now had a deeper understanding of the child I’ve always cherished. I took his brave admission as an opportunity to reexamine my own beliefs, which, I’m ashamed to say, were not particularly compassionate or well-thought-out.

Today I count that as my biggest regret: that I failed to adopt a sensitivity towards gay rights until the issue showed up at my own doorstep....

More at: http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-feel-very-strongly-about-the-issue-of-same-sex-m,31820/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default

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It is the Onion, and the article isn't even funny. It's just beautiful.

[longship]

1. Some things are beyond humor and satire.

Sometimes one has to stand ones ground.

Like when Jon Stewart single-handedly took down CNN's Crossfire.

If you never seen this, you need to watch it. CNN was expecting humor from Stewart. They got something entirely different.

CNN Crossfire was gone within a very few weeks. They never recovered from this Jon Stewart take-down.

BAM!

Sometimes humor and satire isn't enough.

[Fearless]

2. I remember seeing that several years ago.

He demolished them! Even their own audience was laughing at them!

[longship]

3. Un-fucking-fortunately bowtie guy survived.

In spite of the fact that Stewart specifically targeted him, IIRC. (I am out of bandwidth this month, otherwise I would have reviewed this video before posting it. To refresh my memory.)

This is a classic take-down.

[Kurovski]

4. It's Mary's fault.

[Kurovski]

5. It's a great way to start the greater effort to challenge religions of the world

on their views toward Sex, sexuality, race, or "the other"--if you will.

It's time. it's going happen, religion can survive but it is going to change or die. Thousands of years of out-dated, dead branches need to be trimmed with care.