Archie Kobain

Give me that which I desire.

OK, so…  I hate to just dive right in but, people have been asking me a lot of questions and I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my answers.  One thing that I’ve heard a few times is, “So Archie…you are pro-gay marriage.  Why don’t you just come out and say it?”

The problem with being pro-gay marriage is that it continues to fuel the “us vs. them” mentality that is grid-locking our political system and our country.  So what I am really for is this…

1. I am totally for maximum separation of church and state.  In order to really promote freedom of religion, one of our country’s founding principles, no religion should come into our lawmaking.

2. Unless I am mistaken, “marriage” is a biblical concept, “a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife”.  Yet, somehow, government has adopted the concept of marriage as a legally recognized domestic partnership.  But why does this have to be between a man and a woman? Answer: It doesn’t.

You should be able to establish a legally recognized domestic partnership with whomever you’d like… and, if you are gay and unlikely to marry someone of the opposite sex, then you are being discriminated against and I don’t think that is right.

I don’t think that I should be able to marry and enjoy certain tax benefits that you can’t have because my legally recognized domestic partnership is acceptable to the government but yours isn’t. This should be fixed. If that means that I am in favor of same-sex legally recognized domestic partnerships, you are absolutely correct.

As far as calling it a marriage, I don’t care what you call it. I’m for freedom of speech, remember?  If a church has a problem with you calling it a marriage, that’s too bad for them – freedom of religion and freedom from religion.

I stand my ground.  I am for equality for all Americans.  In fact, I am a little disturbed by the fact that a tax advantage exists for married people.  Why is that?  Why should two people sharing a household pay lower taxes than a single person, who has no one to share expenses with?  That doesn’t even make sense. So really?  Government needs to get out of the business of tying marriage to anything legal or advantageous, because when you do, you are actually discriminating against single, divorced and maybe even widowed people.

I don’t like it.

I think that ends my thought of the day.

Which means that I can move expediently into the Red Head of the Day.
Now, she’s not always a redhead but, today’s redhead is Julie Delpy…

Julie Delpy

Yep.  I’ve always had a thing for this one.
Which gets her a free plug for her recent film, 2 Days in New York.

I know, she’s a blonde in the movie. Doesn’t matter.
You want me for 2 Days in New York City, Julie…  Call me.
I’ll be on the next flight out of Tortola…

That’s it.  No musical guest, no long ramblings.
I have actual work to do AND I’m headed to California, once again.

Look out San Fran…  Poppa is coming to visit.

Until we meet again.

Peace!

– Arch