A move in the right gay direction

The judges of New Jersey's Supreme Court should have a ticker-tape parade:

TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Saying that times have changed, New Jersey's highest court on Wednesday guaranteed gay couples the same rights as married heterosexual couples but left it to state lawmakers to define how the state wants to define marriage.

"Times and attitudes have changed," the New Jersey State Supreme Court said in a nuanced 90-page ruling that was neither a clear victory nor a defeat for gay marriage, which is currently legal in the United States only in Massachusetts.

"Despite the rich diversity of this State, the tolerance and goodness of its people, and the many recent advances made by gays and lesbians toward achieving social acceptance and equality under the law, the Court cannot find that the right to same-sex marriage is a fundamental right under our constitution," the ruling continued.

But saying that gay couples must have the same rights as other couples, the court said gay advocates must now "appeal to their fellow citizens whose voices are heard through their popularly elected representatives."

I love, Love, LOVE the wording of this decision.

Let me go on the record as saying that I don't believe marriage is all that. I don't understand why the fuck gay people want to call themselves married. Seriously: why! Why! WHY!

The only way I can understand this craziness is that they're fighting for the right to get a divorce.

There. I said it.

It's all about the assets. It's all about the economics. Which is fine by me, but don't call it marriage!

Seriously, if I had to do it all over again, I would not have married. At all. Period. It just threw a whole mokey wrench on my relationship and ... let's just say I am not happy at the moment.

This marry for love myth? Bullshit. Love has nothing, and I mean, NOTHING to do with marriage. Nothing at all.

So bravo to the State Supreme Court of New Jersey. They are smart puppies who understand that the marriage lunacy is all about how people are going to share assets once in a relationship. Which is why how New Jersey decides to define marriage is not up to the courts but to the legislative branches.

Bravo!

Now, seriously, get over the whole "marriage is a sacred institution" crap. It's not. It's just a contractual agreement between people who insist in taking care of each while reaping the benefits of exchanging bodily fluids through whichever glory hole of their choice.

Marriage? Not all that.

PS : The timing of Doonesbury on this subject is scary and brilliant.

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