GAYS DEFEND MARRIAGE

Hi everybody I’m on vacation (in Maui, no less) and haven’t been blogging as often as I like to. However, I am consistently impressed with the high level of discussion on the blog from both sides in the comment section and hope you’ll continue as my blogging slows down (I’ll be back at the end of the month).

A few things to throw into the conversation:

• Obama continues to agree with me on the most important LGBT issues, believe it or not. Rather than pushing for an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” right away, he’s authorized a study – i.e. he’s listening to the experts, which is exactly what I said he should do last month here on this blog.

• I’m sick of the “1,000 benefits” talk as I am (more) of tired rhetoric on my side. If it was about benefits, there wouldn’t have been an expensive Prop. 8 battle, because Californian same-sex couples already had all the benefits of marriage. But my side is worse – I’m sick of the lazy thinking and ignorance coming from the “It’s not Biblical! This will lead to incest!” crowd. Sigh.