You may have seen two maps circling the web last year. But they have re-surfaced again as of lately.
Created, it appears, by The New York Times , the maps are a compelling point in the debate over same-sex marriage.
How is it that states that are perfectly comfortable with allowing first cousins to get hitched throw down the gauntlet over the same-sex variety?
It's crazy!
in nearly every state in the Union, it’s perfectly okay for children as young as 15 to get married. In New Hampshire, you can be 13; South Carolina, 14, only requiring parental consent.
Not a single state requires that everyone getting married be 18, without exception. In Florida, not only can minors wed, but minors who have been married before don’t need their parents’ permission.
Many of these states, coincidentally, allow people below the minimum age to get married with certain qualifications met, usually getting permission from the court. In other words, the state gets to decide if children barely in their teens get married or not. The usual cause for such a request, of course, is if a teen gets pregnant.
Hmm, belum kelar satu permasalahan di seluruh dunia tentang sexuality equality, tapi banyak juga yang sudah menemukan kerikil kerikil yang sekiranya bakal menghadang di kemudian hari tentang permaslahan seksualitas ini.
Di beberapa negara di seluruh dunia sudah mulai dikumandangkan mengenai pernikahan sejenis, equality marriage for everybody. Dan saya pernah membaca tentang bagaimana apabila nantinya pemerataan kesempatan hak untuk menikah ini di"pelintirkan" oleh mereka mereka yang bias pemahaman tentang pernikahaannya lebih "unik" jika tidak dikata "aneh"???
Contoh aja artikel berikut ini, bener juga kan? Bisa aja kita suatu saat memilih untuk menikah dengan saudara sendiri (entah itu saudara dekat atau saudara kandung, entah dia gay, Lesbian, or whatever...
"Can I Marry my cousin? As long as He's Gay..."
Nah lo! Jujur saya aja pernah lo punya rasa dengan salah dua (kalau tidak salah tiga) dengan beberapa saudara laki laki saya.... Paman, sepupu yang notabene itu adalah rasa suka entah karena karisma nya, karena physical appearance, atau karena perhatiannya... Aduh, tapi jangan sampai deh jadi seperti quote itu, aneh!
Nah kalau sudah begitu, berarti pernikahan pedophilia juga bakal bisa diperjuangkan dong kedepannya? Hmmm..... kompleks yah (jadi bingung)
PS. Tapi saya sudah siap berumah tangga nih... Udah pengeeeen banget building a family with a man... (mungkin gak ya) >_____