Same sex marriage in the US

Should the government recognize same sex marriages here? In my opinion they should but it won’t happen for a while for 2 main reasons. Prejudice and finances.

I don’t care who you are, if you are over say 30 – 35 and older we grew up in a different era. I can remember when I was a kid growing up in Ohio seeing “White” and “Black” drinking fountains and bathrooms on the highway rest stops. My father raised me commonly using the “N” word and there used to be ethnic jokes that would be really offensive by today’s standards told all the time. If you are hip to Carlos Mencia then you know what I’m talking about.

It was funny though that he never really made fun of gays. Which might seem odd but as I got older I learned that I had and uncle and a cousin that was gay. Funny how… But for the most part homosexuals were openly not tolerated back then and these kids that wear the all black would get their ass beat on a daily basis until they quit being that weird back then.

You can’t expect people who grow up in an environment like that to just completely change their way of thinking. Take the Academy Award winning movie Crash. If you have not seen it I urge you to.

So what does that have to do with gay marriage? Simple people that were raised to believe being gay was not a good thing may be accepting on the outside and make many different life choices but in many cases there is still some residual effect of their upbringing. It will take a couple generations to get rid of prejudice like that.

And then there is the financial aspect, insurance companies are some of the most powerful lobbying companies in the world. To a degree they control the world we live in. Don’t think so? Pay your insurance premiums for a few years and then need to make a claim and get turned down and see if that doesn’t ruin your day. How about having to wear seat belts and things of that nature; the insurance lobby is very powerful.

Do you think they want to add a bunch of people on to insurance rolls as spouses? Think how much they will have to cover? They are in business to MAKE money folks. They are not in business to provide you insurance that is just how they have chosen to make money. It isn’t like art. People don’t do art to get rich; they do art because it is something within them. Being in insurance isn’t something within you.

So will we see same sex marriages? People need to be more vocal and form large demonstrations and marches to expedite it. I just don’t see that happening; some day, just now right now.