Al principio parecía una buena idea (looked like a good idea at the time)

En EEUU hay un gran debate en torno al matrimonio gay, dados los esfuerzos de Bush en prohibirlo por la vía de la reforma constitucional. He aquí algunas de las opiniones favorables a la "legalización", que no pide que la sodomía deje de ser ilegal, sino que además resulte lucrativa. ¿Cómo lograrlo? Es más fácil de lo que parece:

1) Apelando al sentimiento más primario y embrutecedor que existe, la compasión:

<< Since gay marriage was approved in my state, I am now allowed to visit my husband when he is sick in the hospital >>.

2) Animando a los desertores de sus ideales a hacer historia con la subasta de los derechos:

<< I wasn't alive during the black or women's rights movements, but I'd like to think I would be standing up or their rights if I was. Now's a chance. You don't have to be gay to support gay marriage. Put yourself in the little guy's shoes >>.

3) Armando el discurso inmanentista que equipara las características innatas a las elegidas, con la consiguiente negación del libre albedrío:

<< Just because gay isnt a race or gender doesnt mean they can have their rights taken away >>.

4) Confundiendo derechos humanos con derechos sociales:

<< Gay marriage is a bond of love between two men or two women, but it is also hospital visitation rights, social security benefits, health insurance, retirement savings, family leave, home protection, pensions, and more. Everybody deserves these rights >>.

Para admitir acto seguido que se está dispuesto a echar por la borda esos derechos si no adquieren el carácter simbólico pretendido:

<< And no, civil unions are NOT equal to marriage. The idea of “separate but equal” just doesn’t work >>.

5) Descargando estiércol sobre varios milenios de cultura, filosofía y jurisprudencia:

<< Controversy arises from superstition, religious cults, and ignorance surrounding the nature of nature >>.

Para desembocar en un gran razonamiento democrático, es decir, en un no razonamiento que hace del miedo al otro la base de la justicia:

<< If you were gay, or if gays were the majority... I know that's hard for most of you to imagine, but just try... wouldn't you like to be able to marry? >>

Y de la desvinculación respecto al cuerpo social la esencia de la libertad:

<< Something that should be legal because as long as it doesn't intefer with your life (which it wouldn't) you shouldn't be concerned with it >>.

En fin:

<< It's a great issue now allowed in Spain. Come all queens and dikes to Spain!! >>