Unintended Consequences

What do gay marriages have to do with domestic violence? In Ohio, apparently plenty.

As covered in earlier blogs and what should be apparent to anyone who can , the Republican party is being run by a small, minority group of religious conservatives that believes in big government interfering in your most personal decisions and life choices. They are mostly Republican, but don't believe in the tradition Republican conservative values of small federal government/states rights. They are conservative the way the Taliban was conservative, the way any fundamental Islamic state in Asia is conservative, they way the people who want to kill us just because we're American are conservative. In other words, they would like to tell you how you raise your children, who you can marry, what forms of entertainment are acceptable, what science you can learn, what you can teach your children, how you have sex, the way you can choose to die, how much you're exposed to their religion in public, etc.

Again, this faction has nothing to do with your grandmother who has a rosary in her dining room, and hasn't missed a Christmas Eve mass in 53 years, except for that time she thought she was having a heart attack but it was really gas. Because chances are, she's disgusted right now too. Especially if she lives in Ohio.
Abusive boyfriends everywhere celebrate the recent verdict.

Thanks to the swing state of 2004, a law amending Ohio's constitution to prevent boys from legally kissing and sharing bank accounts was passed, and has been discovered to provide a loophole allowing guys to beat the living piss out of their live-in girlfriends. Because of this charming amendment, Judge Stuart Friedman ruled that unmarried couples, straight or gay, have absolutely no legal status, therefore Ohio's domestic violence law only applies to married couples per this constitutional amendment. Keep in mind, this law previously protected unmarried couples as well.

This is a perfect example of insane, religious fanatical getting completely out of control, and hurting society as a whole - or specifically, someone you personally know and love - all in the name of religious fanaticism and your Church, Temple, or Mosque blending with your government. Had I written that last sentence in September of 2001, you might have thought I was speaking of Islamic fundamentalists. Sadly, I'm talking about people who live right here in our own country.

And as people stood outside in the rain in Ohio to cast their vote for George the II, did they really want to end up with this entire mess? Did they really think that pushing harder for a theocracy, as opposed to a democracy would get your daughter's ass kicked by the boyfriend you were always worried about in the back of your mind? I would have to say the answer is no, but the more I learn about certain Americans, the more I have my doubts.