The Boston Globe – along with all local media – is running the story about the first same sex marriage licenses being given out in the People’s Republic of Cambridge. I am really happy to be living in this city and state! Since in Islam – marriage is a civil contract – there should not be issues (ha! ha ha!) with Muslims seeing anything wrong with gay marriage. I am not sure what the Holy Quran says about homosexuality – perhaps someone can drop me the 411. But I think we should let people choose who they want to be with – and marry who they want to marry. Gay – straight – circle – whatever. Let the flames begin!!!
Related Posts
4 more
Robert Reich has an interesting column in the American Prospect about four more years of a Bush presidency. I think he’s being a bit alarmist, but at the same time I don’t think he’s exaggerating. I wonder if this is one of those articles that will be read by Bush supporters as a promise of what Bush will deliver, so they go out and vote for him.
and so begins the takeover
The Muslims have power. [We don’t really, but what a great fantasy, and the best thing is, non-Muslims are having it for us.] But the same people who will give us the power, need to take aware the power we already have. Maybe we got it by being in league with gays and Mormons.
Arab Reform Issues
On March 12-14, a conference entitled “Arab Reform Issues: Vision and Implementation” was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. This was a semi-secret conference in which participants were invited only three days before the start. It was closed to the public and the press. The outcome and final declaration were not widely distributed. Here is what the delagation had to say in its final statement. If this was implemented and had some weight behind it, there may be hope for the Middle East.
4 thoughts on “Gay Marriage Comes to MA”
Comments are closed.
Joho has a description of the event in Cambridge, MA.
Al-Fatiha has a brief run down of contemporary Muslim understandings of homosexuality.
Thanks for the Al-Fatiha link.
I’m so proud to live in Massachusetts today, too! I wonder whether the SJC planned it so that the 180-day waiting period would end on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education…?
That’s great Rachel. I hadn’t even realized. Brown v. Board of Ed. is running in a separate track in my head than the goings on in Mass. today.
Nice (re)reading of Levitcus too.
For those in education, “Brown vs BOE” is in the news right now, very much so. I’m not positive the gay marriage thing was timed for convergence with that, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
As for how I feel about it: I’m a post-General Convention ’03 Episcopalian. Need I say more. (g)
I think that we need to focus much more on the stability and quality of relationships where parenting is involved rather than be so concerned with who the parents are. IMO the divorce rate is a much bigger problem than the small percentage of those who are gay and want to be married. I just hope that if they marry, that they *stay* married. The instability of marriage is one of the root problems of education and society in general right now.