The Iron Oak Monk

moofles:

vincenzof:

moofles:

communismkills:

I’ve never met a conservative who wants the government in marriage. They understand government is the biggest threat to their religion. Strawman?

Probably not so much a strawman as not having any idea what the hell we actually want. Any liberals I’ve explained it to seem really surprised.

It’s not a strawman.  That’s stupid.  If you believe it’s a strawman, then explain all the laws like DOMA and all the clamoring for a constitutional amendment to define “marriage” as between a man and a woman.  It ain’t liberals pushing that.

The picture is dead-on.  Conservatives hate big government right up to the point where they can use it to protect conservatism, then it’s just peachy keen. 

That’s great, except myself and every other conservative I know don’t want the government in marriage. I don’t know if you know this, but people who liked DOMA could vote in 1996, unlike people like me who were four years old when it passed. See, this might come as a shock, but in society attitudes among a specific group can change. Now, nearly a decade later, WE WANT GOVERNMENT OUT OF MARRIAGE ALTOGETHER. The views expressed on the page I have about it are far more widespread than you think.

I think we would know what conservatives want when we are conservatives.

I rather no marriage laws at all other than age of consent.

(Source: timlebsack)