5.18.2004
Yay
Personally, I think marriage these days is weird since there are so many legalities and inconsistencies. Society is just so massive that everything has come down to rights...well, rights and taxes I guess. It's very confusing, this mix of personal and political. How this one institution affects your ability to visit loved ones, manage joint finances and property, have a family, and otherwise be recognized in the community in one fell swoop. I still don't really get how people can connect their romantic ideals with all of this horse trading, but that's just me.
Despite my inability to comprehend the machinations of the law and culture, I do know that what's happening in Massachusetts today is a very good thing and frankly tickles me pink. I'm glad that people who want to get married, can. Yay yay yay.
Okay now is it weird to say that even though I think *most* polygamists in the US are weird and anti-feminist, that in theory if you're going to have this legal institution of marriage, polygamy ought to be legal too? Yeah...okay that would probably be weird. Sometimes my liberalism goes around the bend. Guess where I rate on those libertarian quizzes.
Despite my inability to comprehend the machinations of the law and culture, I do know that what's happening in Massachusetts today is a very good thing and frankly tickles me pink. I'm glad that people who want to get married, can. Yay yay yay.
Okay now is it weird to say that even though I think *most* polygamists in the US are weird and anti-feminist, that in theory if you're going to have this legal institution of marriage, polygamy ought to be legal too? Yeah...okay that would probably be weird. Sometimes my liberalism goes around the bend. Guess where I rate on those libertarian quizzes.
