What's the matter with Kansas?

What's the matter with Kansas?



Well, apparantly among other things, homophobia:



"The Kansas House of Representatives yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that defines marriage only as the union of one man and one woman, and outlaws civil unions.

The amendment, which cleared the state Senate last month, goes before Kansas voters April 5. "



The tragedy here is that there's such a generational split on gay rights. The polls showing opposition are too simple: in gereral there's a 50-50 split among people under about 60, and the negative numbers are based on overwhelming opposition among people over 65. Frankly, we just have to wait for the opposition to die off. That sounds callous, sure. But age is no excuse for bigotry. So called "values" are no excuse for bigotry.



But will the bigots put up too many barriers on their way out?



Also: it's ugly-cute the way Rev. Moon's Washington Times style book insists that gay marriage be written as gay "marriage". Style sheet as rhetoric; makes me wish I were still writing "President (sic) Bush".



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