confusion and comparison

Barry Manilow was on Leno last nite.
i was a huge Barry fan as a kid...cuz my dad had (still has) an extensive vinyl collection.
one of the first songs i learned to play on the piano was Mandy...
but lemme tell ya...the poor old soul with his obvious plastic surgery
...completely massacred Journey's Open Arms. *sigh*

in another news

i don't want to hear about prop 8 anymore.
im over it.
i dont care...but let me just say...

theres a separation of church and state for a reason...and now all the lines are getting blurred, people are protesting and superfantasticly angry about the definition of a word. *shakes head*

Connecticut attempted to pass a law giving partnered gay couples the same rights as straight couples, but it was vetoed...cuz that just wasn't good enough? which i don't understand cuz i thought it was all about the rights?

gay marriage reminds me sort of...of abortion.
its a hot topic which people easily get into heated disputed about..
the country will always be drawn with lines down the middle between the women who say its my body and the people who stand on religious soapboxes screaming its murder.
not because gay marriage kills anyone mind you...but it comes down to civil rights and religion.
which is always a delightful clusterfuck.

im sort of obsessed with black history lately, so you'll have to excuse me...
but i recently discovered black couples (like they showed in Roots) jumped over a broom in stead of being granted religious ceremonies for marriage.
cuz they were 'less then'
they were also denied birth certificates.

eventually yannow america pulled its head out of its ass and declared yes now that you're free we suppose we have to give you the same rights as everyone else...

which sort of reminds me of gay marriage yannow?
personally...and i know i'll prolly wind up getting some heat for this..but its my blog so blow me...i think 'marriage' is a religious term.
the federal government defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman...but thats blurring the lines between church and state...cuz thats a religious definition.

my point? i'm not really sure if there is one...
its not my job to decide to gets to have the right of 'marriage'
just like its not my job to decide who gets to have the right of abortion.

and since im not...really...involved in a front row seat in the midst of this conundrum, i don't really understand what the problem is with it being called a 'civil union' on paper as long as the rights were the same...
cuz i thought the same rights for all couples were the issue?

colour me confused.
my head hurts...and theres no easy explanation

therefore i bid you adieu