Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Week #6- Eureka moment
Over the weekend, I had explained my Wiki page to my parents. So yesterday, my mom called me in because she was watching the Today show, and they had started a segment which related to my Wiki page. (She didn't know the deadline had already passed) Regardless, as we watched the segment, we found out it was less about dating, and more about marriage, so it wouldn't have really helped anyway. But the segment still got me thinking. It was about the sanctity of marriage, and how people take it for granted. These days, marriage isn't taken as seriously as it should be. People can go to Vegas, get drunk in a casino, and wake up in the morning next to a complete stranger, who now (thanks to the little chapel in the hotel, and the priest dressed as Elvis) is now their lawfully wedded wife. Celebrity's marriages are often unable to even withstand a whole year before ending in divorce. So why is it that a man and a woman who are not actually in love, and do not stand a chance of lasting, are able to take such advantage of something as sacred as marriage, just because they are "man and woman," when a man and another man who are actually deeply in love and will truly stay together "till death do them part" are unable to have the same advantages. It just doesn't seem fair to me.
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Rhiannon-
ReplyDeleteYour outlook on marriage is refreshing. With divorce rates so high, it's nice to hear someone say that marriage is important and precious. That it is not just a joke! I easily forget that marriage can be taken seriously with all of the divorces I have seen! You are absolutely right that it is not fair that people who are truly committed to each other cannot be married while others who are not committed to each other can easily get married simply because they are heterosexual. I have always thought it was interesting that things like marriage, and child birth, are issues of the state and delegates find it their business to make these decisions for us. But I digress - with more people remembering that marriage is something sacred and something to be appreciated, perhaps we will have less divorces and more meaningful marriages.
The idea of same sex marriage is growing and we do have domestic partnerships... Maybe, the key is focusing on the relationship and not giving it a title...whether it is domestic partnership, marriage, or another name, it is still a relationship, hopefully about love and respect for the parties involved in. Society and religion have created definitions for these titles, and maybe, instead of struggling with these titles, we look at what is the real issue or what is really important in the relationship? Just a thought. Thanks for such great thoughts this semester in your blog. It has been great to watch you discover a new percecption...keep exploring and questioning..
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