Here in Wisconsin, some folks are proposing to amend the constitution to prevent the marriage of same sex couples. I don’t get it.

This was originally couched in “Defense of Marriage” language. How in the world this defends my marriage is beyond me.

How is marriage under attack in this country? How about the failure of the economy to provide family supporting jobs, or decent health care to millions of families?

(And by the way, it seems to me that the people who have accused gays and lesbians of being promiscuous or otherwise sexually irresponsible would want to encourage, not deny, stable relationships among gays and lesbians.)

There are so many issues that affect so many lives in important ways — war, pollution, crime, poverty, runaway healthcare costs — that even if gay marriage were a problem, it’d be the last problem to solve before utopia were achieved, as far as I can tell. It’s a shame to have our legislators waste their time — or ours — with a discussion about something that is simply not that important to the common good.

Although in truth, I welcome the discussion, because if it really gets serious consideration from the public, perhaps we can finally put it to rest as a ploy by bigoted, fear-mongering politicians to distract us from the real injustices and follies being perpetrated by “hope based” politicians — i.e, politicians who hope Americans won’t see the bankruptcy of their policies, and the evidence of their corruption and incompetence.

If you think your marriage is threatened by someone else’s marriage, you’re having problems no amendment will solve.