Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Hetero Today in Traditional Marriage
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Paul linked this in Morning News, but more details are emerging...
A husband and wife have been charged with torture and other counts after a bruised, terrified 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.Kelly Lau Schumacher, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, were arrested late Monday, said Matt Robinson, a spokesman for police in Tracy.
They had been taken into custody for questioning earlier in the day at their home in Tracy, where the emaciated boy was allegedly held against his will. A search of the home turned up evidence implicating the couple, Robinson said.... Robinson said the boy was confused when approached by detectives Monday, unsure where he had come from and how long had been held against his will. He was taken to a hospital.
"The wounds he had and his physical condition as well as having a chain around his leg corroborated his basic statement that he was being held against his will," Robinson said.
Kelly and Michael Schumacher are legally married—and they can stay legally married, even if they're found to be guilty of this horrendous crime. They can stay legally married even if the decomposing remains of twenty other teenagers are found buried in their backyard. Their marriage license cannot be revoked. If Michael dies in prison, Kelly can remarry—even if she's serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. If Kelly decides to divorce Michael, he can remarry—even if he's sitting on death row. He can remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce and remarry and divorce until he runs out of prison pen pals. Because the courts have declared that marriage is so fundamental a right that it cannot be denied to convicted rapists or to serial killers.
But it's a right that's denied to me and my boyfriend. Because we're both men and that ain't right.
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Single is the way to go. ha
"...having a chain around his leg corroborated his basic statement that he was being held against his will."
The "No Shit!" statement of the day.
just trying to keep up.
Savage: Well, he was a conservative bigot and homophobe ...
Medved: No, not the senator you smearmed out of office, but the other smear. Lower-case santorum, the stuff you discussed at length on your blog.
Savage: Um ...
Medved: Have you discussed santorum with your son, Dan? Does he read your blog?
Savage: Um ...
Medved: Your tiny tot must be so proud, proud to have such an excellent role model for a, um ... And proud to have two fit parents, especially after his breeder parents basically dropped the ball.
Savage: Yeah.
Medved: Home school your ten-year-old, Dan? Slog lesson plans? Tell him about santorum before bedtime? Clean up unsightly spills?
Glad I got the hell out of dogde
Tracy: where young people go to die or be put into slavery.
You're sounding kinda whiney. The point is that you can't get legally married to the person you love (not that marriage is about love, but okay. Actually, put it that way I don't know why any people *want* to get married). Focus. The point is that you can't get married to the person you want to be legally bound to. Okay, love, even though that's a ridiculous word to use in conjunction with being able to get married at 2 am in an Elvis chapel.
Well...no. The point is the stated rational behind why he (and I ) can't is because it would be such a tragedy for children if we were allowed to. Because it would disrupt so many heterosexual households. Because children need a mother and a father. Because to allow children to grow up in a world where same sex couples can get married would be to do them irreparable harm. Because the only reason gays want to get married is so they can destroy the family. You must be new to the culture war.
I appreciate that some people here are obviously getting sick of seeing these posts from Dan. Consider how fortunate you are, that he's not posting everything he could. Every day's news brings a new round, a fresh batch, of horror stories from the sanctity of marriage. And yet it is gay people who are destroying it. And endangering children. We want to destroy their safe and secure homes. Because we are selfish. Because we care more about satisfying our own greedy desires, then we care about the lives of children. Well...take a look at how well the heterosexual majority cares about the lives of children. Go ahead. And then keep telling us that homosexuality is a threat to the welfare of children, and the proof of that is same sex couples want to get married.
Be nice if people would stop scapegoating us for the problems in their own backyard. But until then...
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