Clinton Comes Around On Gay Marriage

Now that he is in no position to effect change, Slick Willie has come out in favor of Gay marriage.

Don't get me wrong. I applaud him for finally seeing the light, but a tepid acknowledgement in the middle of a half-hour interview is hardly a ringing endorsement.

My road to redemption began long ago.

As a kid growing up in Alabama, I had never seen, or knowingly met a gay person. One day in high school I was sitting at the lunch table with a group of friends. We were laughing and joking as usual about all the girls passing by. How fine or fat they were. If they were fucking.

This kid walked by. Everybody got quiet.

The kid next to me says, "that kid looks like a girl." Beneath his voice kinda.

The kid next to him asks, which one?"

I yell out, "that one!"

The kid turned around and looked directly at me. He looked confused, hurt, surprised. Not ashamed.

I guess it's because he had a nice ass.

Anyway, a few minutes later, he strolled by again. This time with a group of friends.

They get within earshot. He whirls. Points at me. Says, "that one!"

I understood from that day.

Even though I am still homophobic at certain levels, I am heartily in favor of gay marriage for several reasons:

First. We hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! If gay people believe that marriage will make them happy, end of argument. Frankly, I think we have been doing them a huge favor all these years.

Second. Do you want your son or daughter to marry someone who is gay and in the closet? That's what happens when they can't marry each other.

Third. I want my son or daughter to be free from open discrimination if they happen to be gay. The laws restricting Gay marriage are the same as the laws passed against inter racial marriages. How can you have rights in one state and not another? I'll bet your dollar spends the same in both.

Thank you Bill Clinton for seeing the light eight years too late. By the way, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was a real winner!

Oh, and that kid.

He died of AIDS.