March 13, 2004
Lesbian Soccer Moms
So, I will be going to a few weddings on May 17 when all of my gay friends are stepping through the narrow window of legitimacy that has been provided by the legislature, onto the altar--- to the horror of those who are out to save the institution of marriage from cootie contamination.
Aside: Cooties were very big in my childhood. I think they have since fallen from favor. Boys thought girls had cooties. I spent many an hour manufacturing Cootie Catchers at my desk during class, and catching cooties with them during recess.
I recently saw cootie catchers for sale at the toy store, under plastic, with a spiral bound direction book. What has happened to all those traditions that were passed along through the kid-to-kid network. Hopscotch, cat's cradle, jacks, Chinese handball, all the verses to jump rope songs, hand patting/ clapping games? Complicated stuff that took a long time to learn, if I do say so myself. We have commodimized it. (as in lobotomize). Maybe now you teach your friends how to IM and burn CD's instead. End Aside.
Gays who didn't even want to get married before, are absolutely determined to do so now. The fundamentalists among us have succeeded beautifully in pointing out just how disenfranchised gays have been. As Esther Hicks channeling Abraham would say, they have created a powerful well of desire, where there was none before. Kind of like how Humvee's have gained popularity in the suburbs. Like Humvees, powerful waves of desire are hard to stop.
Some of my lesbian friends are socially slippery these days because they have morphed into soccer moms. You have hang with them at the edge of the field, or in the van between birthday parties. It's amusing to me that I am now the one sprinkling stardust and having out of body experiences. (Just a turn of the phrase; you will be the first to know, in greater detail than you'd ever care to, when I have an out of body experience. I am waiting until I can figure out a way to make it tax deductible.)
I have such a hard time understanding why the idea of gay marriage is so threatening. I would think that a married gay person would be less likely to seduce your spouse than a single one. Maybe the people who are so adamantly preserving the institution of marriage, are letting us know, unconsciously, about the fragility of their own unions.
Addendum: Cooties, I am surprized to find, are alive and well in virtual reality. There are many visual versions, usually wiggling, and they're all very cute. There is even a blog .
Posted by Dakota at March 13, 2004 05:07 AM