Frobozz's Journal

I've been catching up on Amazon's Alpha House and it is absolutely hilarious. My favourite exchange so far has been between a senator and his gay staffer.

"So, if man A only likes other men, he's gay. lf woman A only likes other women, she's gay. Therefore, both man A and woman A are gay. Which gives them an important thing in common."
"Sounds like an SAT question, sir."
"No, hear me out. So, if they share the same sexual orientation, why couldn't they get married? Hmm? They'd be mixed gender, so it wouldn't violate any laws. They'd honor the norms of society, and their children, who would be biological always a good thing would have a matched set of parents, instead of, you know, two right mittens or two left mittens."
"Wow."
"l know! lt makes a kind of crazy sense, doesn't it? Look, this could be the grand bargain we've been looking for. Gay marriage, but nothing that turns people off."
"Except for the people in it. They wouldn't have any sex life."
"They could have extramarital affairs, just like straight people. You can work out the details. They're your tribe."
"And, and why would l work out the details?"
"For my bill: The Acceptable Gay Marriage Act. l really think we could sell this, Julie. True common ground between your people and mine."
"Oh, God".