Wait, wait, wait, wait

I've stated several times on this blog over the years that I could care less about gay marriage, and I still stand by that. You wanna get married? Go for it. Don't say you weren't warned, though.

In any event, the California Supreme Court ruled today that banning gay marriage in favor of civil unions was unconstitutional for the following two reasons:

1. A civil union does not substitute properly for a marriage (something I can neither confirm nor deny - so I say, "Ok...I'll go along with you on that)

2. Governments do not have the right to dictate who marries whom.

Really? I beg you're pardon judges, but the government ABSOLUTELY has the right to dictate who marries whom.

Or did you not apply for and obtain a marriage license before you got hitched? Yeah...I thought so. And you had to do that because someone has to make sure 40 year old perverts are not trying to marry 11 year old girls. It's because the Constitution of the United States made it clear that polygamy was not going to be allowed, and that marriage was going to be between one man and one woman, as opposed to one man and his dog, Gertrude. Actually, the Constitution does not even provide for the right to marry. It only provides for the proper execution thereof within the laws established.

Once again, if Mary wants to marry Susan, who am I to object? But for the CA supreme court to say "the government has no right to dictate"....well that's just plain incorrect.

And they know it is, too.

Now onto what President Bush said in Israel today:

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing terrorists and radicals.

In a speech to Israel's Knesset, Bush said: "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.

First of all, it's not a "false political attack", it's a direct political attack, one in which the "falseness" of it remains to be seen. Has Senator Obama directly stated that he wants to hold talks with Iran's Ahmedinejad?

Yes he has.

Has Ahmedinejad stated repeatedly that he is the savior sent to earth to destroy all that is not Islam?

Yes, he has.

Are Senator Obama's relationships - past and present - a cause of concern in our nation, even amongst those who support him?

Yes they are.

The solution to Senator Obama's problems would be for him to actually define himself, something he has not only been reticent to do, he has been downright defiant and frustrating to the point of screaming by not doing so. He's a proponent for change, but he won't say what kind of change. He said he's going to pull out the troops, but he won't say how or what he will do in the aftermath. Actually, this guy by the day becomes more and more of an empty suit...and the trust factor - as in, "Who the hell is this shady character?" - is becoming a frightening issue.

We've always known who the President is. He's a bungler of the language; he has issues with listening to the pulse of the nation; he absolutely abhors backing down or changing a decision. All these things can and have been problems.

But here is the thing about President Bush's problems. They are out in the open, which means at least we know where he stands 95% of the time, and we can fix some things he may have refused or was sluggish in fixing himself, because we know the cause.

You can't fix a problem that you don't know exists. And we don't know jack about Senator Obama, and to trust in him - especially now - might be the end of our nation.

I'm serious. Bush for all his bungling never scared me. He's embarrased me at times; pissed me off other times. But never frightened me.

Obama makes me look at my kids and wonder if they're going to die soon.