New York, New York

Family values took another hit this week when the New York state legislature approved gay marriage by a narrow of margin, becoming the sixth state to do so. Score another one for Adam & Steve, as gay rights opponents would say. I’m certainly no biblical scholar, but I don’t think Adam & Eve were actually married. Who would have presided at their ceremony, if they were the first two humans created? So, they must have had children – Cain and Abel – out of wedlock, just like Bristol Palin. But I digress. Gay couples have been able to adopt for some time. So, why not marry? Shouldn’t our society want to foster the kind of stable household for children that marriage provides? The fact that nearly 50% of marriages in the USA now end in divorce is beside the point. If two people love each other, let them enter into a legally binding agreement, regardless of sexual orientation. Sounds romantic. As that lefty pinhead and confirmed bachelor Bill Maher would say, gays should not be immune to suffering the same curse of sexless marriages that straight people have had to endure for centuries. As well as the blessings of lifelong loving, committed partnership.