Only the second state in the Greatest Democracy Ever to make it legal for Gay Men & Woman to marry. In a 4 to 3 decision, the California Supreme’s noted that while there is a civil registry, union in place, it simply is NOT ENOUGH of a guarantee. Kind of says it all, doesn’t it?

But in the justices’ recent 4-3 decision, they stated that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage. (source - CBC News)

Now you just know that the religious right wing nuts will be out in force seeking a Constitutional Ban on same sex marriage, because after all, the Rule of Law doesn’t count in the United States, least not when it comes to pushing their own narrow religious views on the Minorities of the country.

Rather sad that, but in all honesty, how can it be anything but Marriage?

If people want to be kept safe, to have their rights guaranteed, the only safe way is to insure that it can’t be trampled on by future legislation, or that if someone does want to, they’d have to make it universal. Now we know that isn’t going to happen, which is why it really is essential to have it as Marriage.

The California Supreme Court, narrowly, saw it that way too. After all, isn’t the precept, One Law for All?

The news isn’t good. Rates of infection for various STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) is on the rise, and a lot more in the Gay Community than in the Straight World. And while the health implications, alone, are worrisome, there is also the political backlash that these rising rates could cause. It isn’t like we are accepted by our straight brethren as it is, and remember back in the 70’s when AIDS was running wild, all the talk by Politicians and so called friends, about Quarantine for Gays?

(WebMD) A raging epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases in gay/bisexual men drove U.S. syphilis rates up 12 percent in 2007 - the seventh-consecutive year of syphilis increases. (source)

With this being an election year, and all that is at stake, I can just see the Religious Right frothing at the mouth. To keep the White House, to regain control of Congress, this is an issue that will have them dancing for glee. It will give every Homophobic Republican a weapon to use, against the ‘Gay Friendly Democrats‘ and we all know how that will turn out.

While personally, I do not believe the Democrats are any more friendlier to Gays, or Gay Rights, than the more vocal bigoted Republicans, this could turn into another one of those ‘wedge‘ issues that Karl Rove loved so much. And guess who is helping John McCain in his bid for the White House?

And in some way, I think we have ourselves to blame for being so vulnerable to these attacks as well. While the ‘straight‘ industry is mostly condom less, you can bet your sweet ass that they will hold up every bareback video ever made, and they will be Gay Porn, not your average Straight Sex Videos. They will point to us, and call us ‘perverts‘ and ‘dangerous‘ because we do not do what we should, to mitigate the risks.

Yes, there are some studios, like Hot Desert Knights that actually do something. They test their models, not just for HIV but for STDs as well. The issue is that they are not in the majority. They are a minority among increasing Bareback Gay Porn Studios, that simply push out the stuff, irrespective of the risks to models. In addition, a lot of this comes from Eastern Europe, where there isn’t a clinic on every corner.

But the studios, no matter which one it is, is simply filling a demand, that we, the consumer are creating. If we didn’t have this yearning for bareback sex, you can bet your bottom dollar that there wouldn’t be such a proliferation of bareback sex videos. So to satisfy our desire to feel the cock, to not use Condoms , and to watch others enjoying anal sex without Condoms , we are giving the Religious Right and easy target.

Gay Bashings will continue, and the Mathew Shepard Bill will continue to languish around the halls of Congress, because no President, Republican or Democrat, will sign into law a bill that protects Gays, as the Republicans will portray us. They won’t mention, or hold up the fact that 1 in 3 cases of Gonorrhea are missed because of improper testing, but will harp on how the increase is mainly in Gays and Bisexual Males engaging in male to male sex. That will be their mantra, their Holy Grail, as they try to frighten the silent majority into once more backing them.

Do you really think Hilary Clinton will defend us? Barack Obama?

Bill Clinton sure didn’t during his 2 terms in office. If he had, maybe there wouldn’t be such a rise in STD’s either. Instead of doing what his Surgeon General recommended, he fired her instead.

This is the reality of Politics interfering with Health. This is why there is nothing but Abstinence Only Sex Education, and it is also why diseases like Syphilis are up across the board. Condoms are not fashionable, safe sex is not in vogue, but not because people are selfish, but because NO ONE KNOWS THE TRUTH. Education is about teaching, about learning, and when you deny people all sides of an issue, they aren’t being educated, but programmed.

We have programmed our society to believe that sex is somehow bad, that unless it is between a married couple. that is one male & one female, it is evil, is a sin. And like sheep, we blindly accept it, because we have allowed narrow minded bigots like George Bush and others, to brain wash us, to scare us into believing them.

Now we are reaping the results of that blind following.

According to Mike Huckabee, family came before even the Church. I suppose in some aspects that is true. Family under the ‘Religious Right‘ seems to rest solely on the ability to procreate. That is the so called defining criteria on what makes a family. Interesting really, because they are countless millions out there who can’t procreate, but are definitely heterosexual.

“It’s not because I don’t like them,” Huckabee said of gay people. “It’s because I like even more the idea that the heart and soul, the essence of our civilization is in the family. It’s not in the government. It’s not even in some institution, not even the church. Before there was the church, and before there was government, there was family. (source)

There is a basic flaw in this definition. If ‘family‘ truly existed prior to religion, to the Church or Government, as Mike Huckabee claims, then obviously the definition of what is a family is far different than Huckabee’s defining criteria. Millions of males are unable to reproduce due to low sperm counts, millions of women world wide are barren, unable to produce eggs, yet they exist as a family. They are married and in some cases adopt children, even way back in ancient times.

So procreation isn’t really the foundation of a what is a family. Despite Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney or others, the criteria obviously is a lot deeper than simply being able to procreate. This is what the Religious Zealots seem to forget. And while on that subject, explain how a man believed to be the Son of God, had no wife, had no children, yet is worshiped as the founder of their faith?

Family is about a small contained group, that have deep emotional ties to each other. It is about love, about emotional and sexual attachments. So to say that why he opposes equal rights for gays is due to his unwavering faith in family, is just hogwash.  Truth is, it is more about FEAR, and about Racism.  When you hate another, not because they did you wrong, but because they are simply different, that is RACISM.