Is this thing on?

I'm at the point in my life where I'm wondering why I live in a country where a big bunch of folks think peeling back gun control laws is okay, but gay marriage isn't? A gun's a weapon...a gun could kill me if the right psychopath came along with one. Is this something we can all agree on?

Gay marriage can't kill me. A couple of gay psychopaths...THEY could kill me. But technically, a gay marriage can in no way kill me. Or seriously injure me.

Guns are cool, but for some reason a mind that's anti-gun control AND anti-gay marriage escapes my sense of logic.

To re-cap: I'm for guns, but also for gun-control...because guns can kill or injure me. I'm for marriage, but also for gay marriage...because gay marriage can't kill or injure me.

So why is gay marriage a hugely ridiculous national issue again?

Other than that:

I'm a thirty year old heterosexual woman. Throughout my twenties when my girlfriends were falling in love and getting married, I was falling in love with guys who were everything from neglectful to abusive to me. At thirty, I'm worse for the wear after dating a string of heterosexual assholes. Can't a hot college-educated girl like me get a break? I guess what I'm trying to say is that after ten years of trying to come to terms with being a single thirty-something in a social construct where over 90% of women get married....the disappointments, the broken hearts, the loneliness...I believe to the depths of my experience that if you can find someone who you love and respect, and who loves and respects you...then MORE POWER TO YOU!

Love's a beautiful thing, and I know this, because I've been an outsider to it for all of my adult life. If you're lesbian, gay, stright, black, white, orange, disabled, abled, smart, stupid, support gun control or are anti-gun control...if you find love, isn't that amazing?? Aren't you lucky? I'd never take that away from anyone, just because I know how rare it is to find that. That's why the idea of people protesting same-sex marriage hurts my heart....don't take love away, because it's a luxury that some of us don't have!

And besides that, how exactly is it going to affect me when my neighbors are a gay couple? Gay marriage = hydrogen bomb? Haha! How silly. Wait, I do have gay neighbors....and they're actually the only people on the block who've been friendly to me since I've moved in.

Attention Straight People

And I'm not referring to straight Vixens, because there aren't any. Just kidding. The Vixens are an open-minded group. As a straight person, I just want to point something out: gay marriage is not the end of the world. I keep reading news stories about people fighting gay marriage, and I just don't get it. I don't get the whole anti-gay stance as a whole, but when it comes to marriage it boggles my mind for a few reasons.

1. Basing the argument on the bible. The bible says a lot of things. It is a historical document created by people. Besides, it is a product of its time. Say you're an early Christian, being persecuted and gettin ass kickings on a regular basis. You're going to want to encourage your people to procreate as much as possible to swell the ranks and strengthen your position. That only makes sense. In this era of overcrowding and population explosion, it doesn't seem to apply.

2. Thinking that marriage is especially for straight people. Straight people are the chosen ones, apparently, because this social institution was created for one man, one woman. Get over yourselves. Just because another group enjoys a similar experience, it doesn't cheapen that experience. How does the marriage of two men or two women change the definition of your own straight relationship?

3. Marriage is sacrosanct. Sure, marriage is great, because it is the ultimate in long-term commitment. Yeah, it's been around a long time. But it's not the only way to live. It's a social institution that serves a purpose in our society, like government or taxes.

Listen up haters, stop being drama queens and move on.