I don't know when our highly flawed institution of marriage, one which allows for a drunken, publicity-starved Britney Spears to go gamboling down the aisle with her weirdo for the day, became the bedrock of society.
The fact that those opposed to gay marriage claim marriage to be such an integral, core element of our world is a glaring sign that those individuals suffer from, perhaps to a greater degree, the very decadence they woefully decry. Luxuries such as institutional marriage have become "foundational" to these modern citizens, proving that our daily realities are so far removed from the real and valid elements upon which our culture and our lives truly depend.
As we are humans with varying levels of need, the most basic and important items that sustain our existences remain food, water, climate, resources and humanity; they are not, and should not be something our corrupt governmental system could ever fully regulate. These items, which alone are essential to human existence, render making a political issue of marriage seem a flippant ploy to distract voters.
In a secret report issued by the Pentagon, banished is where you will find the real importance of marriage. The report, commissioned by Defense Adviser Andrew Marshall warns us of the inevitable catastrophic consequences that are a direct result of our heavy dependence on the environmentally lethal elements of oil and fossil fuels.
This report was not composed by a band of crazed, tree-hugging granola chompers; it is an official Pentagon report from a band of conservatives for the most part. The real "chill factor" of the report lies within the unfamiliar wording that accompanies the issue of global warming. Rather than warning the administration of what may be, or what could happen, the report explains the realities of the cataclysmic global war for existence that will be underway by the year 2020 and urges the government to make the necessary preparations.
Details of this report, initially published by British newspaper, The Observer, which is part of the Guardian Unlimited Network, was suppressed by the White House for a four-month period, during which the administration took decisive action to elevate discussion of that looming threat of gay marriage.
The Observer reports that the CIA consultant and former head of planning at Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Doug Randall of the California-based Global Business Network say that climate change "should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a U.S. national security concern." The men also predict that widespread flooding caused by an unnatural rise in sea levels will create turmoil for millions.
The Pentagon report claims that by 2020, Britain will have a "Siberian" climate, and much of Europe will be drown beneath a blanket of rising seas. As early as 2007, The Hague, Netherlands, will be uninhabitable. The climate change will cause a chain reaction that will cause dramatic changes in landscape and environment, resulting in natural disasters, draughts, food shortages and famine, disease and mass migration. The phenomenon will lead to widespread rioting and countries developing nuclear capabilities to invade lands that have resources they are lacking.
"Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life," according to the report. "Once again, warfare would define human life."
For the skeptics, I urge you, for your own sake, do your research. We Americans are increasingly out of touch with reality, for some reason this news has not made headlines in American media. It should be impossible for Bush and his administration to hide behind issues such as gay marriage, pretending they pose such a threat to our society, when they sit on documents that provide the real menace. If we Americans are going to claim to be free we must demand to know the truth, or we will continue to be led blindly down a deadly path. Let's put an end to the buffoonery.
Nicole Girard is a graduate journalism student. Reach her at nicole.girard@asu.edu.
