GUMRWHOB.

That makes a GREAT acronym.

::Runs away stealing it::

so here are some posts that I thought were interesting/noteworthy/funny as hell over the last few weeks….. Check out some blogs you may not have read before… First up, in the funny as hell category, Helen of Everyday Stranger sends…

And thanks to you, too, Caltechgirl. It is true that the government will pry into your married life if you marry a foreigner and are trying to get him or her a green card. And most people would think it unethical, if not immoral, to enter such a marriage. Otherwise, yeah.

In regards to how representative the ninny lawyer in the article was…well, remember that the people who are quoted by journalists tend to have pronounced positions on the issue under discussion. Reporters who want a reaction to some development in the gay marriage debate will tend to call up the Give Us Marriage Rights or We’ll Hold Our Breath until We Turn Blue and Don’t Think We Won’t Do It Coalition…or to rely on its press packet. Unsurprisingly, that means that gays quoted on same-sex marriage in the media tend to be gung-ho supporters.

I suspect that there are far more who think along the lines of, Well, sure, marriage would be great, but all I really need is to be able to take care of my partner if there’s an accident or illness and to be able to provide for her after I’m gone. I don’t care what it’s called. Or I just don’t want anyone to be able to come in and take the children away because we’re gay. You just don’t hear from them as often because they don’t make riveting copy.

I very much believe that marriage needs to remain a covenant between one man and one woman, for both moral…

I find it amusing that no one seems to have a problem with the opposite, a gay man and a lesbian getting married. No one would even consider asking why. Yet, when these 2 straight guys say they want to get the same tax advantages as a married couple, the gay community collectively craps itself. Well, maybe not the whole community, but I sense that this lawyer’s attitude is pretty representative of many people, as I’ve heard it before.

Great piece.

Via Megan McArdle (guest blogging at InstaPundit), I see evidence of a disturbing new trend: an apparent claim — by gay activists, no less — that marriage should be restricted on the basis of sexual preference. This tired issue (same…

“What kind of topsy-turvy world are we living in when queer activists are the ones who want to peer into other people’s bedrooms and pass judgment on what goes on there? And who’s to say that Dalrymple and Pinn–who are friends, after all–don’t love each other?”

Sean, I’d tell you you’re brilliant but that would be understatement. Anyway, thanks for the link!