My Enlightened Wife

It's funny what can inspire one to a revelation.

We were headed to eat at Johnny Carino's when we saw a bumper sticker that read "Marriage = (figure of a man) + (figure of a woman)". I don't remember what we were talking about at the time, but Jenny pondered aloud "You know those polls that always say a solid majority says the country is going in the wrong direction? What are the chances that when people answer 'yes', they have such things in mind?"

I was floored. I had never thought about it like that. I felt fooled by the media again because those poll results are usually always published right before or after the president's approval rating; the current president. Even though I know for a fact that the economy is strong, for those who choose to be involved, I always thought for sure that was a major component of peoples' answers to that question. I honestly never thought further than that; what more could it mean.

It all-of-a-sudden is completely believable to me that such a high percentage (63% in the latest realclearpolitics.com average) does indeed believe that. Only now, I think many of them are thinking about, for one, the assault on marriage as it is traditionally viewed. I personally do not have a problem if homosexual partner, if recognized under the law as such, has the same rights as a heterosexual spouse. But I stop short of declaring them as 'married'. I can't really put my finger on it, but, to me, just like the bumper sticker read, marriage is between a man and a woman. That's just what I believe, and I don't think I have to justify that to anyone.

Or how about the disrespect/callous disregard/cold-blooded attitude toward innocent, unborn life? True, one of W's best accomplishments is how he has populated the federal bench, but for the moment, let's leave aside the constitutional aspect (this clearly should be an individual state issue, if the liberal wing of the Supreme Court had any respect for the Constitution). Is abortion not the absolute worst example of shirking one's (or two's) responsibility?? 5,000+ women have actually signed a petition in Ms. magazine declaring they've had one. Is this something to be proud of?? My attitude toward this is summed up by another bumper sticker we saw a while back: "Having an abortion doesn't make you unpregnant; It makes you the mother of a dead baby". How can those who have had, or compelled one to have an abortion (which some unbelievably deduce to a "surgical procedure") , look at a baby and not become ill??

I could go on and on about frivolous lawsuits filed on behalf of those who refuse to bear any personal responsibility, children born out of wedlock (or worse, to single mothers), not being able to say "God" in the public square (the Constitution only said "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion"), the demand for pornography, etc. Alas, there are only so many minutes in the day. Say what you will, but if people are thinking about these things when answering that poll question, and I believe they are, I don't think such disatisfaction can be linked with the current group in power in D.C.