Homocon

I'm sitting here biting my nails over the potential for bad news on election night, but I'll tell you what -- a lot of bad news would be mitigated by a Michael Steele win in Maryland. I'd really like to see an energized and motivated black caucus make its presence known and felt in the Republican Party.

Competition is always good for the consumer, and the black population of these United States could see a significant benefit from holding highly visible leadership roles on both sides of the aisle -- and just think of the possibilities for cross-pollination!

"In the new economy driven by systemic innovation, new ideas arise from cross-pollination – complex interactions between many individuals, organizations and environmental factors. Winning innovative solutions are inspired and developed in the process of cross-pollination of ideas, rather than narrowly focused search."

And on that note, I'd love to see the gay voting block abandon its simple-minded, one party shall rule them approach to politics, as well, because we'll never be able to settle this whole marriage issue until gays stop flogging it as a "right" that only bigots would frown upon.

Gay marriage is a big step in the grand social experiment, and it has the unfortunate liability of a lack of historical precedence. How the same people who are legitimately concerned about pharmaceuticals without a proven track record of safety-in-use can merely shrug off concerns about the possible social implications of gay marriage ten, twenty, thirty years down the road is beyond me.

It isn't that gay marriage is good or evil, it's that a large number of people are rightly concerned about the potential for harm that may result from incorporating an unknown factor into what's considered one of the fundamentals of our social structure (i.e. marriage/family).

These concerned people are fellow citizens and fellow voters, and calling them names, ridiculing their beliefs and spewing profanities because no one can assure them that same-sex marriage won't result in long-term damage is ridiculously counter-productive -- it's like the Palestinians blowing themselves up in Tel Aviv and then complaining bitterly when Israel builds a wall that prevents them from accessing Israeli health-care and Israeli employment.

Rather than staking out a claim in the increasingly crowded territory of Victimhood, we should instead be engaged in a PR campaign which stresses our achievements and accomplishments: employment productivity, intellectual creativity, psychological well-being and thriving, stable relationships . . . because if we can't come up with good examples for all the above, then why would anyone wish to entrust us with the keys to the family car?

But I digress -- and often. I'll feel like we all won a victory if Michael Steele comes out the winner in the Senate race in Maryland. It would send a strong message to both parties that the black voting block is in play, and trending upward. Now, if only the gay community would end its one-party dependence and send the same message . . .