The nation has moved forward on the issue of same-sex marriage, with poll after poll showing marriage equality is now accepted by an overwhelming majority of Americans:
Republicans, of course, are the last holdouts. Always behind the curve, it appears Republicans are America’s perpetual ball and chain. Oh, they’ll get there eventually — they always do, they’re just a little slower than the rest of us. The poor dears.
Tennessee is where the Republican Party has gone to die, so it’s no surprise that every backwards, outmoded, regressive idea is embraced here. We’re the nation’s political short bus. In keeping with that idea, yesterday this bill sailed out of our Senate Judiciary Committee, with all nine members voting aye:
Naming and Designating – “IDo4Life, Traditional Marriage Day, ” August, 31, 2013
Mark your calendars, kiddos! August 31 is “traditional marriage day,” or for you kewl kidz, “IDO4Life,” because you’re 12 and let’s dot that “i” with a heart and maybe add an exclamation point and a smiley face at the end, too.
Really, I think that’s just perfect. August 31 is typically swelteringly, oppressively hot; it’s the dog days of August, the kind of day that saps the energy and makes even the brightest among us feel sluggish and stupid. This is the perfect day for a celebration of traditional marriage, I think. I can see it now: husbands across the state passed out on the sofa shouting to their wives, “Baby, grab me another beer!” and the wife sullenly ignoring him as she takes a drag off that eighth or tenth cigarette.
Really, this is fine. Y’all can have one day. Take the hottest, muggiest, worst day of the year. Go have fun on your day, we’ll let you have it. We’ll take the other 364 to celebrate all of the diverse people in loving, committed relationships, and we’ll work to have their unions legally recognized even here in Tennessee.
