Separation of Church and Hate

The Los Angeles Times editorial board, paraphrasing CA Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin. (via marc):

“What if the state didn’t bother with recognizing or performing marriage at all, but instead performed civil unions for all, recognized them with all the same rights, and left marriage to religious and other private organizations to define and perform as they wished? The question … is one that the editorial board expects to pursue.”

I remember in grade school when this same idea originally came to me. I unveiled my gay-saving revelation at the lunch table the next day, and thought I was some kind of brilliant homo-sympathizing prophet because of it. Now other people have this idea too?!

Maybe I wasn’t as clever as I thought. Maybe this is one of those basic thoughts that everyone seems to claim as their own stroke of genius like, “OMG, what if when you look at something that is blue, you’re actually seeing what I precieve as orange!” If that’s the case, thank God, because I’d love to see what happens when religious fundamentalists can no longer hide behind the “marriage is definded as the union of a man and a woman” excuse (to which I usually respond, “yeah, well ‘homophobic’ is defined as you”).

(And then I stick my tongue out.)

(And then I get punched in the face.)