The Worst Rationale for Gay Marriage. Period.

From the NYT letters-to-the-editor:

By failing to pass the marriage equality bill, which has been passed by the Assembly, the Senate is driving wedding business out of New York, hurting New York’s crumbling economy without stopping gay New Yorkers from assuming the rights and responsibilities of marriage.

All the bill effectively does is open marriage bureaus here to gay couples who either cannot afford the train fare to Greenwich, Conn., or who are too disabled to travel.

That is so gross!  “Let us marry or else we’ll take our hard-earned gay dollars to Connecticut.”  I just diarrhea’ed in my mouth.  This boils down to tall children threatening, “I have disposable income!  It’s enough money that me and other entitled people like me can get your attention by throwing it around!  Me wanty!”  Biggest White Whine ever.

Applying this rationale to other things in the world, you quickly find that New York should entice coal companies to build giant power plants in low-income areas of the Bronx before Pennsylvania lures them first.  It would provide shitty jobs for poor people and reduce electric rates for everyone.  And it would be good for the economy!  Just don’t site them where people who can afford train fare to Greenwich live–because they’ll move to Greenwich, and that would be bad.  And it is only just and prudent that there be no graduated income tax in New York either, otherwise rich people who can afford it will move to Greenwich.

Who knew that Greenwich, CT was also the capital of NYers’ empty threats?