AGE AND THE GAY MARRIAGE BAN

This Week Congress voted down the ban on gay marriage. Of course it’s the only sensible humane thing they could have done. I know many in congress don’t agree. However, for years I have spoken out favor of gay marriage. And for those over fifty same sex relationships between women are ever more common. I have often been asked it this means these women are gay? I laugh and say, “no, they are more practical.” Since we know that women live longer than men and therefore the gene pool of available age mates is unevenly distributed, and that relationships keep people alive, it makes sense that these women turn to each other for nurturance, intimacy, sexual fulfillment and commit to each other with all the downs and ups, rights and responsibilities that marriage brings. Why shouldn't they as well as other same sex partners have equal rights under the law? I have lived all over the world. I have met many who have been willing to interpret God’s word to suit their individual belief system. If there is a loving God or a humane God or a God that wants human beings to love each other, I find it hard to believe that anyone would be or should be banned from loving fully under the law. Since when does religion get to interpret the constitution? And in my view, that is precisely what is happening in America.