When the Beatles sang "All
You Need is Love" in 1967 their message of love reached around the world.
Using music's peculiar ability to connect people, Lennon let nations hear the
word love 41 times. The word, with
it's now-unforgettable tune, entered into minds everywhere.
A
new song about love has been written this year, and has begun it's way into the
ears of millions. It's called Same Love by Macklemore. Like the Beatles, this
song is to promote love, but unlike the Beatles it is specific about how to
love.
It
addresses stereotypes, and how untruthful and hurtful they can be.
It
addresses cowardly, hateful words that fill the internet, "We become so
numb to what we're saying [. . .] call each other [names] behind the keys of a
message board," and how damaging these words are.
It
offers the idea, "Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same
one," promoting brotherly love for family, friends, and strangers alike.
The Golden Rule says: do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus said: love your neighbor as yourself. These idea's are simple, but when they're
on a persons mind it helps them act more appropriately to those around them, which
creates more smiles and less tears.
It
also addresses love in the specific form of same sex attraction. This subject
has become a subject of politics, and if he wants to talk politics to the
world, so do I.
In
reference to same sex attraction the song addresses the Bible by saying,
"We paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago,"
implying that it is outdated. So when, then, do we decide written texts are no longer of importance?
After how many years? The Constitution is 200 years old. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s 1963 speech "I Have a Dream Speech" is now 50 years old. I was
always under the impression that ancient writings like Plato and Aristotle, and
the more modern Shakespeare, still exist because the topics they wrote about
stood the test of time. Meaning, they are still around because they remain pertinent
to the human race. Degrading the Bible for it's age is counterproductive,
whether or not it is actually 3500 years old.
In reference to same sex attraction
the beat of the chorus sings, "And I can't change, Even if I tried, Even
if I wanted to." Call me an Idealist in any of it's definitions because
that is the heaviest bunch of chains I've ever heard a person put on
themselves. The best things that have ever happened to me came when I decided
to change, and I mean real, ugly, filthy, hard, CHANGE. If people never changed
the world would be full of adults wearing diapers.
At the end of the song, the politics
of love is openly labeled with lyrics like, "Till the day that my uncles
can be united by law," and "No freedom till we're equal."
No freedom until we're all equal in
marriage? What about everybody else that wants equal marriage?
I
love my children, and I decided that the kind of love we share is deserving of a
legal marriage. And not just to one of them, but to all of them. And, I'm in
love with four men. These four men and I have decided our love deserves a
lawful marriage, so that's what we want. Plus, I have an undying love for my
dog Poco. He passed away 4 years ago and my love hasn't faded, so I know this
is true love. We deserve to be together in a legal marriage. And I, literally,
cannot live without chocolate and I don't want to be kept apart from it
anymore, so we deserve to marry just like everyone else that's in love gets to
marry.
Some
people are against incest, some aren't.
Some
people are against under-age marriage, some aren't.
Some
people are against polyandry, some aren't.
Some
people are against bestiality, some aren't.
Some
people are against having a relationship with deceased or inanimate objects,
some aren't.
The
idea of equal marriage for All is a tidal wave. The current defenses for same
sex marriage are the same defenses used by the Mormons to defend polygamy in
the 1800s, but the U.S.
From
a certain angle everyone is being
oppressed by a law. People like Warren Jeffs and Brian David Mitchell feel oppressed,
but laws are not for making everyone happy. If they were, we wouldn't have prisons.
Laws are for the functioning of America
If those fighting for equal marriage rights really mean equal marriage rights, then that includes equal rights for
those who wish to practice incest, under-age marriage, polygamy, polyandry, and
whatever else they want. The modern family of tomorrow will be a lot less funny
then people think it is today.
