I've been registered for a couple of years, but I've never done more than comment. Part of it is I usually think of things I might want to diary about on the way to work and by the time I get there I've gone over it so many times in my head that I've lost interest. Sometimes it's too busy and by the time it settles down I've lost the muse. This is also a problem with my fictional writing but that's another diary all together.
For some reason I was thinking of the hypocrisy of complaining about government intrustion and yet being so very interested in what goes on in the bedrooms and homes of ordinary Americans, particularly those who's partners have matching plumbing. Why are they so interested?. So I thought that maybe Democrats ought to start handing out primers so that they can sate their curiosity without the intrusion part.
These juicy little booklets would detail just what exactly goes on within the homes of gay, lesbian, and straight couples. For ease of distinguishing, each booklet would be color coded, without any fancy graphics on the color and family friendly text on the inside.
Red: James and John.
Yellow: Jane and Julia.
Blue: Jack and Jill.
Now inside, this is where we'd get to the details. Picking one booklet at random, it would start with the couple getting out of bed in the morning. There might be a little squabble over the shower, and if it's anything like my marriage the squabble would involve playful mockery. There would be breakfast, and sending the kid off to school, before going to work. Like most Americans, our couple is a working household.
Now, since Republicans don't care about working conditions, at this point we'll skip to everyone getting home. Perhaps help the kid with homework before sending him off to his friend's to spend the night so the couple can have some rare alone time.
Here's where it gets good. We've been waiting for this. Mouths are salivating, bigoted minds are about to explode: Our ordinary American couple has a nice romantic dinner, and then this is important, so I'll quote the actual text I envision "and then they retired to the bedroom for a romantic evening of making love." The end.
The question that might be asked at this point, is which booklet was this? Which couple did we just intrude upon in their daily lives? The answer is simply that it doesn't matter.
The only difference between the three booklets are the covers, names and pronouns. It might end up being nothing more than a political stunt, but maybe it might get it through their thick skulls.