For anyone who may have missed the memo, today the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding Proposition 8, marking what I hope will be the beginning of a historic turning point in our society.  Never is social media so prevalent than when a hot-button issue is raised, and today was certainly no exception.  Facebook “turned red,” in support, with hundred of thousands of supporters changing their profile picture to a red equal sign, and Twitter’s hashtag of #gaymarriage was certainly the most trending topic.  It’s no secret I’m a supporter, and after coming across this fabulous post I wanted to add my own two cents to some of the arguments that popped up across various social media websites throughout the day.  Mostly because dumb people are funny.

***If you don’t agree with gay marriage, you probably want to just stop here.  You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think it’s stupid, and that’s the nicest way I can say it.***

From an article in Nacogdoches County, Texas 

“A marriage is between a man and a woman and they’re trying to take a situation that doesn’t constitute marriage and have rights on that,” said Shelia Anthony.

• Well that there’s a good sentence, ain’t it Shelia?  I like that nowhere here is there any reasoning, supporting argument, or sentence structure.  And that her momma apparently couldn’t spell “Sheila.”

“If you were to put men on one island and woman on another island eventually the world would die off,” said Ethan Yates.

• Yes, and if you put cats on one island and dogs on the other you’d have two islands with only cats and dogs.  And if we ran out of water, we’d also die.  And if dinosaurs came back, we’d probably die too.  And if a meteor hit Earth, again, DEAD.  Also, in your particular situation, if we put men on island and “woman,” on another island, which actually means only one woman, that would just be cruel and unusual punishment.  But assuming you meant all the women in the world on one island and all the men another – hey Ethan?  We fucking discovered Earth was round, we discovered electricity, we invented the internet which allows your dumb opinion to be read by hundreds, we have people in SPACE; I guaran-goddam-tee the men and women would find each other’s island.  Also, kudos on coming up with a realistic situation that totally translates well to your strong argument against gay marriage.

Here are some comments from Yahoo! users in response to this article regarding today’s hearings.

“People, you are all missing the main point!! Thje The only reason participants in marriage, (traditional marriage,) were given certain “rights” was because they provide the best environment in which to raise children. It IS that simple! Laws on inheretence inheritance, hospital visitation, etc., can be changed but the fundamental privaleges privileges of marriage should be reserved for marriages consisting of one man and one woman because that is what’s best for the children that might be created. Same-sex marriages do not provide the same benefit to society and thus should not be afforded the same privaleges privileges. It IS that simple.”

• Now that we’ve fixed your grammar and made this an almost coherent paragraph, I’m kind of too tired to point out that if I had to guess, while I’m sure you believe your spawn are the greatest benefit to society since your husband Jimmy Bob was created, they’re probably going to grow up to be assholes.  And I can point out about four hundred marriages off the top of my head that are surely of ZERO benefit to society.  All of Rush Limbaugh’s (traditional, sacred, marriages) come to mind.

“Gay marriage should be handled at the state level. If you’re gay and want to get married, move to a state where it’s legal. If you don’t agree with gay marriage, move to a state where it’s illegal. Simple as that.”

• Interesting.  I would imagine there were a lot of people back in the day that said the same thing about segregation, women’s rights, and interracial marriage.  Don’t say it’s not the same thing.  IT IS THE SAME THING.

“And GOD said, though shall NOT sleep with another man.  Case closed.”

• I’m ignoring the fact that this guy got the verse completely wrong.  His misguided point comes across and it’s my favorite.  The old standby that every opponent of gay rights ultimately falls back on, seeing as they don’t have any actual reasoning behind their ignorance.  The Bible also says if a woman isn’t a virgin when she is married she can be stoned to death.  It forbids tattoos and rounded haircuts, folks.  I’m not saying the Good Book isn’t good; however, the possibility that it’s slightly outdated in some respects really needs to be considered.

Which side do you want to tell your grandkids you were on??