Monday, February 16, 2009

Keep praying, stop braying

It was bound to happen -- no, not today's lesbian wedding on ABC's "All My Children," only the inevitable self-righteous wheezing about it.
Hey, little sister, what have you done?
Hey, little sister, who's the only one?
I don't do soaps, but I can't escape all the hand-wringing over the long-running daytime drama's portrayal of two independent women pledging their love in front of God'n'everybody. Good for the girls...
Hey, little sister, who's the one you want?
Professional whiners refuse to differentiate between being offended (which clearly they are) and actually being affected by the actions of others (which they're not). I mean, these are the same people who turned the GOP into the GOMP.*
Take me back home...
To all those who take offense at gay marriage and the like, please home-school your little darlings. Turn off the TV, strain their food and fit them with blinders. Make sure that they never learn what they don't know -- they'll be better off, because
There is nothin' fair in this world.
There is nothin' safe in this world
And there's nothin' sure in this world,
And there's nothin' pure in this world.
Look for something left in this world...
Our nation is weaker for having listened to a self-appointed "moral majority" -- which, as we've discovered, is neither. Our public servants have been distracted from the business of governing by small-minded "watchdogs" who insist that church attendance, evangelical rhetoric and private behavior matter more than (or are necessarily related to) professional competence.

For Exhibit A, look no further than the last eight years of insubstantial executive service. Enough already.

It's a nice day to start again.
Faith and values are personal concerns and, as much as it chafes the righteous, our society is undeniably secular -- always has been, always will be. Let's act like it.

(*Grumpy Old Morality Police. Lyrics from "White Wedding," by Billy Idol.)