It's Tea Time

For anyone who missed it, the California Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in the state. This of course was met with a mix of controversy and celebration from both sides of the issue. And now, Ellen DeGeneres and her significant other are getting married. That's always the case, gotta run and get married before a potential reversal occurs!

I for one am against the ruling, but not in a homophobic way. I believe gays should have the right to be married. My issue has always been more with the conflict of government regulating a religious practice. If gays want the right to be married in the classic sense of the word, they should be petitioning the Vatican, not the US government. If they just are looking for equal treatment under the law, civil unions should suffice.

My problem is that government should no more have the right to regulate religion than religion should have the right to regulate government. It's like anti-trust for the people, let there be multiple "Gods" to worship, be it the federal supreme court, or Allah. I say this as an atheist, I have no affinity to any god of any religion. What worries me is the unrestricted power of government, and its ability to impose any notion on us without borders.

Still, I'm glad to see progress being made in this area. I can only hope that the pope himself will come around on this issue. Given his previous comments regarding gay marriage though, I'm not counting on it.