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The Suffolk Journal

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The Suffolk Journal

Editor’s word: March 14, 2013

There’s really not much going on this week, and as Sex and Love Week continues through to Friday, there aren’t many stories to write this editorial on. One could be Boston College’s threatening of disciplinary action towards any students caught giving another student a condom. There are two obvious sides to this, both of which have backers. 1) You think that’s a good idea? Way to encourage STDs. 2) Yes, it’s a Jesuit, church-affiliated school.

There’s also that whole “Prop 8.” and Defense of Marriage Amendment slacktivism going on. You know: when no one gives a damn about anything until they see their friends on Facebook or Twitter doing the same thing. (Example: Kony 2012) See, changing your profile photo a few days out of the year to show you support something might seem pro-active to you, but really you’re just clicking a button. What percentage actually reached out to a lawmaker? How, other than clicking a button, did you help the cause? But really, why are we still arguing about who people are allowed to love? If a pair of people admire each other to the point where they would enjoy spending the rest of their lives together, why deny them the same legal benefits that “traditional” marriages receive?

From the 14th Amendment: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Every person has the same rights, because every person is equal. What are the arguments against gay marriage? I mean, what are the valid arguments against gay marriage? Don’t try to push the whole “disruption of the fabric of space” or “the bible is against it” muck. Thanks for trying, but your stubborn reasons prove that you don’t know anything about human history, only the (mainstream version) of the “Christian era.”

Why are people still against gay marriage? Because there are hateful communities that band together to ostracize anything that’s not in their element. Because children take after their parents, even when their parents are god-fearing hate-mongers. We’re sorry if this offends you, but thinking someone else is lower than you because of their lifestyle, choices, or especially because of something they were born into, is the most offensive thing on the planet Earth.

For God’s sake, there are people protesting the funerals of soldiers!

 

There’s no way to be objectively journalistic about this.

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Editor’s word: March 14, 2013