Kristof, this Sunday, in the New York Times, writing about Pakistan:
“One new cabinet member, Israr Ullah Zehri, defended the torture-murder of five women and girls who were buried alive (three girls wanted to choose their own husbands, and two women tried to protect them). ‘These are centuries-old traditions, and I will continue to defend them,” Mr. Zehri said of the practice of burying independent-minded girls alive.'”
Just putting that out there for both sides of the Prop 8 divide. Are these kinds of traditions something we really want to fight for — either to “defend the definition of” or to be a part of? As for me: Of course queers should have the same rights and access under the law as straights. But from a broader perspective, not only do I think that single people shouldn’t be ostracized (or taxed more, in some cases) and that religion should have nothing whatsoever to do with a civil contract, but also that, you know, maybe this whole marriage thing is kind of ridiculous to begin with … but that’s just me, and I have a severe case of he radical vapors.