My Proposition. . .
On the Long Island Rail Road this morning I decided to have a look at CNN.com on my phone. I wouldn’t say I’m out of touch with the world at large, but I certainly spend the majority of my time in my own world – drinking coffee, booking gigs, playing gigs, writing songs, making records – so I’m not much of a political follower or an activist of any sort. In fact, I try pretty hard to keep my opinions to myself lest they be mistaken for blanket statements and the assumption that I’m attempting to affect some radical change in the world. Let’s lay that to rest – I’m not. I wouldn’t mind seeing some change in the world but I’ve always been a fan of that saying “be the change you wish to see in the world”. I do my best to be me and hope that it has some type of rippling effect on the people around me in my immediate sphere and so forth. For better or worse I don’t have the time or resources to lead a revolution and even if I did, I wouldn’t have the interest. My opinions are based on the observations I make throughout my daily life and how they impact me. Truly, my goal is to be relatively unimposing, except when I’ve got a guitar and a microphone at which point it’s DEFINITELY NOT the time to be waxing political.
This morning while browsing CNN and also a fair number of Facebook statuses (stati?) it came to my attention that there’s a fairly heated, ongoing debate taking place regarding same sex marriages in New York at the very least, if not on a much larger scale. Upon reading this article, and learning of the number of hours that have been invested in this argument – as well as hearing some of the opinions from dissenters I got to thinking. . why is it the decision of a room full of suits who can and can’t get married and under what circumstances? Pass the bill and let’s everybody move on, shall we?! I will personally be ordained an interfaith, unisex minister of love and promises and begin marrying couples of all different credos, sexual orientation, beliefs and ideals in the middle of Times Square. The man power and turmoil being stirred over this decision are an insult to the entirety of the United States of America. The NY Legislature, as well as anyone else who feels it’s their right to determine someone else’s rights, should be ashamed of themselves.
Has anyone considered the possibility that we might spend more time feeding and sheltering the homeless, preventing babies from being left in dumpsters and caring for mentally ill war veterans that have returned home and less time butting our heads into who is marrying or sleeping with who? More time paving Second Avenue, regulating midtown traffic and keeping bikers in their bike lanes and less whining about the sanctity of marriage.
