The federal government wants you to get married. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given a $900,000 grant to the National Council on Family Relations to develop a national clearinghouse on marriage research, to make sure aspiring spouses have the information they need to have a healthy, lasting marriage.
Wade Horn, the Director of the Administration for Children and Families at HHS, was very clear about the clearinghouse's intent:
"Marriage is not a dirty word to most Americans," he said. "It doesn't work out for everyone, but most Americans aspire to it ... All we're saying is let's be on the side of people's aspirations."Unless you're gay, of course.
Even so, Horn insists the new clearinghouse isn't about gay marriage.
"If someone calls us or goes to the Web site, there's not going to be a question, 'What's your sexual orientation?'" he said. "It is not a referendum on gay marriage."NCFR is actually a really good group -- they stick to the facts when it comes to same sex marriage. Funny how when you stick to the facts gay marriage seems to be ok.
We'll be watching this clearinghouse very closely to make sure the right-wing wackos don't try to take it over.
