Talking backwards...

When looking at the two gay marriage websites in class and how they presented their views and ideas about the legality of gay marriage as well as its personal and intimate meanings, I thought it was interesting how each implied that their view was the absolute correct one. When I think of gay marriage the issue of religion always pops up in my head; how the bible is used to reassure that marriage is only to be shared between a man and a woman and if that rule were broken it would be considered a sin. Not that committing a sin is going to stop a gay couple from attempting to pursue marriage, but its religion over personal value; religion over law in some cases. They use the bible and whats been labeled as traditional values to implicate a naturalized reality. The KKK's website and how they use religion to imply that their working for God and spreading love, when really their focus is not on treating every human fairly and that white individuals are the predominantly favored. I don't think these values are anywhere in the bible. Its always about who's backing you up. I believe the comment was made that the website against gay marriage was much nicer, probably had many sponsors and funding to rely on its writers and designers where as the the pro gay marriage site was grassroots and more about personal relations. History is our only option when looking at discourse and how its used now. How people use things of the past to reassure the present; discourse is everything its been brought up to be and people are endlessly going to shape reality with it as we progress into a more individualized state of being.