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Lifeboat Rules
Mar. 7th, 2004 09:48 pmI think I've finally put my finger on something -- it relates to more than the recent marriage issue, but that's what I'll use as my jumping-off point.
If my family was in danger of starving unless some union could be negotiated between mine and another, I could be convinced that it was my duty to enter into an arranged marriage. I wouldn't like it, but I could follow the reasoning.
If the last lifeboat escaped from a dying Earth, and the only fertile humans on it were homosexuals, I'd ask them nicely to take one for the team and try to procreate.
I don't think either of the above situations has any bearing on North America in the 21st century.
We're not resource-poor. We humans are not in danger of extinction.
We build wheelchair ramps and life-support systems and retirement homes because we can afford to.
We should all be able to marry for love because as a society, we can afford to. More to the point, I think we can't afford not to.
If my family was in danger of starving unless some union could be negotiated between mine and another, I could be convinced that it was my duty to enter into an arranged marriage. I wouldn't like it, but I could follow the reasoning.
If the last lifeboat escaped from a dying Earth, and the only fertile humans on it were homosexuals, I'd ask them nicely to take one for the team and try to procreate.
I don't think either of the above situations has any bearing on North America in the 21st century.
We're not resource-poor. We humans are not in danger of extinction.
We build wheelchair ramps and life-support systems and retirement homes because we can afford to.
We should all be able to marry for love because as a society, we can afford to. More to the point, I think we can't afford not to.
