Topical Commentary: The Wrong Side of History

When listening to the angry and passionate banter from people who are opposed to gay marriage, the words "on the wrong side of history" keep playing over and over in my mind.

Here have a listen:

"It is evident that Adam and Eve were created straight. God's chosen nation Israel was straight. Jesus was straight."

"Intermarriage between two men is repulsive and averse to every sentiment of pure American spirit...It is subversive of social peace. It is destructive of moral supremacy..."

Oh wait, I'm sorry, those were the statements from people against interracial marriage from the last century. I just took the word "white" and replaced it with "straight" and the word "races" with the word "men".

Here are the current statements against equal marriage rights:

“I support Proposition 8 because I'm convinced that the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman is God’s design...It’s for our children’s future. It’s for the truth. We're not just fighting a state legislative battle here. We're fighting to preserve God's design for the family as the best building block of society. It's as basic as that.”

"The Church’s teachings and position on this moral issue are unequivocal. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, and the formation of families is central to the Creator’s plan for His children. Children are entitled to be born within this bond of marriage."

"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts."

Gay marriage is "the greatest danger to America."

Read it, okay, now read it again and imagine yourself in the year 2057. Go ahead, close your eyes. Oooh look at all of those Jetson's-like vehicles whizzing by. Are you wearing a space suit and helmet or did President Obama finally make permanent those clean air laws that her husband enacted in his third term? Anyhow, go to the library, that's right just flip the "on" switch on your earpodtm and think "library". Okay now think "misceresex laws". What do you hear? Oh man were people in 2008 ignorant. What idiotic bigots! Don't they know that without equal rights for gays and lesbians we wouldn't have our beloved current president Satya Patwardhan, whose parents were one of the first to get married in San Francisco in '04?

Okay, come back now. Come on, I know worm holes into other dimensions are exhilarating, but we have a lot of work to do back in good old 2008.