Providence Journal columnist M. Charles Bakst has truly gone off the deep end on gay rights issues. He is now disappointed that the Vermont Supreme Court " failed to legalize same sex marriages . "
At the core of modern bourgeois marriage is property and procreation. Gay thinkers - and " non-breeders " - like witty author Gore Vidal - have mocked the sacred institution again and again. And indeed they have satirized it brilliantly.
From a RADICAL perspective, gay marriage would simply be a farce of a farce , a mockery of a mockery ! A capitalist society should not recognize gay marriage unless it is prepared to profoundly transform the institution of marriage for everybody - forever.
What every divorced man discovers -TOO LATE ! - in court is that PROPERTY - not love & affection - is at the heart of marital bliss. Too late does he learn that his "immortal beloved " has the soul of a shopping mall. How dearly he pays for love's illusions !
What could be more ludicrous than an unhappy gay couple arguing bitterly in court over who should get the dog ?
( Words I actually overheard : " Why should I stay with an old fag like you when Mario has a beach house and a Porsche! ")
Here is an issue on which both radicals and reactionaries can unite : BAN GAY MARRIAGE !
It it is sheer lunacy . And M Charles , please invite me to the wedding.
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