Getting the gays, quietly

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=1f98aa7d-7ef6-4d4f-b129-99537c6ead03

John Brummett
Updated: 7/11/2006



Our governor was in Iowa the other day trying to make presidential caucus points for 2008 and talking about the sorry state of affairs back in his province.

We tended to resent it in the early 1990s when Bill Clinton pontificated on our business while gallivanting elsewhere. We seem to react indifferently now with Mike Huckabee, either from maturation or appreciation for his absence.

Huckabee lamented in The New York Times that the Arkansas Supreme Court had struck down our administrative ban on gays serving as foster parents. Then he gave away what the state intends

to do about it.

He said lawyers had decided that the best solution would be for the Legislature to enact a law saying that only legally married persons could be foster parents. That way, you see, you get the gays without having to admit you’re intending to get the gays. Maybe that would trip up the ACLU lawyers.

Such a law would sideswipe the shacked-up and the single heterosexuals. The state seems to harbor no official bigotry toward them. But including them would seem a small price to pay to make sure you covered yourselves legally on keeping needy children clear of evil conversion by dreaded homosexuals.

One thing we know: There’s no way two people of the same evident body parts can get legally married in Arkansas. By a 75 percent vote, we passed a constitutional amendment to that plain effect in 2004. If they can’t marry, then can’t take in any foster kids. Simple as that. Or is it?

The problem is that some of this gay discrimination business can get a little tricky. You can discriminate against a black person simply by looking at him. But, absent a universal bedroom monitoring system, or maybe a universal closet monitoring system, you don’t always know on gays.

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[xchrom]

1. i guess it would matter -- if i thought they cared that

everyone they discriminate against was gay.

but since they are after everyones genitals -- what does it matter if some breeders get their feelings hurt in the crunch?

they should sacrifice for the good of everyone against the gay agenda.

sides some of those breeders probably let people touch their genitals in ways conservative christians wouldn't approve of.

serves 'em right.

[sui generis]

2. I've been saying this for some time

you're only "hetero" or "homo" on the honor system. There is no rigorous proof, and you can be sure that if there was it would be on your driver's license like your eye color.

Plus the reality is, are you now or have you ever been gay, or do you plan on being gay in the future? Maybe they'll apply some other absurd test, like, have you had or ever fantasized about having sex with someone of the same gender? With two people of the opposite gender? With one of each?

Ahem. Did you attend band camp? How many flutes have you personally known or dated?

Or maybe even dumber. Have you ever been to a gay bar? Do you have any gay relatives? Have you ever had a manicure worked out more than three times in one week or used hair gel?

gawd they're idiots. If conservatives could ever see even just one consequence beyond their immediate gratification we would already have same-gender marriage in every state. Instead they are now setting the bar not to test for gayness, but to test for heterosexual-ness.

Hey, it's their bed, I'll be happy to help tuck them in.

[Ian David]

3. This may actually backfire against the bigots...

Now, a gay couple who want to adopt a child can show serious harm caused by the state not allowing them to get married.

But not allowing two gay people to get married, the state is harming the children of gay couples.

Hey, I say Arkansas go for this one!

[CatholicEdHead]

4. So, that means all single hetero people also cannot be foster parents?

:puke:

[dsc]

5. Gays can hide

which is a two edged sword. It really is sad the extent to which Arkansas will go to ban gays from being viewed as normal. I wonder how many singles currently have foster kids there who will now lose them.