on H493 [Filed]
March 7, 2007 on 8:01 pm | In rants | 1 CommentYesterday, House bill H493 was filed by Moore, Crawford, Hill, and Johnson. The meat of it says:
SECTION 1. Article 14 of the North Carolina Constitution is amended by adding the following new section:
“Sec. 6. Marriage.
Marriage is the union of one man and one woman at one time. This is the only marriage that shall be recognized as valid in this State. The uniting of two persons of the same sex or the uniting of more than two persons of any sex in a marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar relationship within or outside of this State shall not be valid or recognized in this State. This Constitution shall not be construed to require that marital status or the rights, privileges, benefits, or other legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried individuals or groups.“
My first thought was, “If you don’t want gay marriage, don’t enter into a gay marriage.”
But on second thought, this is great! My fair legislators are about to save me a lot of money! Because surely if I can’t marry and can’t adopt and can’t receive the same benefits my married co-workers receive, I shouldn’t have to pay over 50% of my property taxes to support the public school system, since there is no possibility I’ll have children to attend it. I should get a credit from the state because my domestic partner, if I ever do have one, won’t be eligible for health insurance or any other spousal benefits from the state. Hell, he won’t even be able to see me in the hospital if I’m in the ICU under “family only” restrictions. Who wants that?
What I don’t understand is why Crawford, Moore, et al. are so intent on augmenting this restriction into our state constitution, since gay marriage is already disallowed in North Carolina, and there is really no restriction on marriage that our legislators could put in place that couldn’t be overruled by some judge, for some reason [N&O].
So. Since they’re not sponsoring this bill to save the state money (and with all the problems we have in our state today, I am perplexed that they see this as a valid expenditure of state funds and legislative time. But what do I know) and they aren’t doing it to protect North Carolina from having to recognize same-sex marriages from other states, why are they?
Why, to protect their Judeo-Christian belief system, of course. I consider myself a believer in the most prominent faith of our state, Protestant Christianity. Since I believe in it, I even read about it. My reading leads me to believe that Moore, Crawford, Hill and Johnson, if they read their Bibles, are missing some pages.
So, what does Jesus say about homosexuality? Nothing. Doesn’t mention it.
What does Jesus say about divorce? Does he say that God hates divorce? Over and over and over? Is divorce responsible for the dissolution of, what, 60% of marriages in this country? If they want to protect the sanctity of marriage so damned much, why don’t they outlaw divorce?
If they want to write the Old Testament laws into North Carolina law, why don’t they protect rape victims? Rapists must repay for their crimes by paying a paltry sum to the father of the victim, then marry the victim, without option of divorce. We should make it law. It’s in the Bible (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT).
Opponents of gay marriage constantly point to the Sodom and Gomorrah story to justify their disproval of homosexuals and gay marriage. But how, then, are they horrified with adult men who have sex with their teen-age daughters? Most people don’t read and aren’t told what happens after Lot and his daughters flee to the wilderness. They spend a night in the next town, abandoned presumably because of the earthquakes and glowing purple brimstone from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. They’re afraid to stay, fearing robbers or possibly the destruction of this abandoned town just as the day before. So they wind up sleeping in a cave.
Lot’s daughters, knowing that they’re now isolated and will have no one to grant them children, know what they must do. On one night, the older daughter produces a flask of wine she had hidden when they fled, gets her father drunk, and rapes him while he’s passed out. On the next night, the younger daughter does the same. Presumably they eventually venture out from the cave, and their children turn into a new tribe, or more likely they assimilate into some nearby tribe. But the fact remains – Lot’s daughters rape him, and I bet 95% of the self-professed “Christians” pointing to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in defense of the “defense” of marriage don’t know or care.
So, Moore, Crawford, Hill and Johnson, are you taking notes? Rape victims must marry their attackers without the option of divorce, incest is perfectly acceptable if performed in the name of procreation, and no divorces, ever! From any of your wives, because the Bible clearly condones polygamy. Ritual human sacrifice, slave ownership, the slaughter of rape victims (after they’ve been married off, I suppose) – it’s all in the Bible. You have quite a number of amendments to propose.
What a wonderful state you and our Bible will have created for the citizens of North Carolina! Congratulations on an excellent use of my tax payments.
barbecue chicken lovers, take note!
March 7, 2007 on 4:59 pm | In food | 1 Commenttoday i had the *best* barbecue chicken i have had in a long time. i had driven my dad over to henderson, n.c. for eye surgery, and we had time for lunch in between the surgery and the follow-up appointment. i wasn’t thrilled about driving past ruby tuesday’s and cracker barrel (more for the enforced health code cleanliness in the kitchen than for the food). i wasn’t too sure that the dabney drive restaurant was no longer on dabney drive. i wasn’t even sure about the mama’s family-era tables and chairs, or the tiny buffet stand at the far end of the restaurant.
the food, however, made me appreciate this hidden gem of country cookin’ – absolutely phenomenal. falling-off-the-bone-tender chicken in a delicious vinegar and red pepper sauce next to fried flounder and southern vegetable staples, all one could eat. i didn’t even try half the food on the buffet because i went back for more chicken. great to eat barbecue that caters to a working crowd, and isn’t afraid to be more than a little spicy. we left a half an hour later with tingling lips and full tummies.
the dabney drive restaurant is quite a hike from the triangle area of north carolina, but if you’re driving on interstate 85 around lunch or dinner time, pull off at the highway 39 exit in henderson. you’ll see it in the brown-roofed shopping center just south of the interstate. you won’t be disappointed in the lunch buffet, a bargain at $6.
eat well and tip well. the restaurant isn’t that busy since they sold their old building, in the center of town and actually on dabney drive, to an italian family. i never knew about this place, but i hope they stay open.
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