Marie Said it First

For John, BLUF:  Theater is part of the political process.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Marie Antoinette, that is.

My Brother Lance sent me this item from his local newspaper, "Cake Wars II won’t stop marriage equality".  The item was from Mr Leonard Pitts, Jr, who is actually a Miami Herald columnist.

This item is about making social policy and showing distain by playing in the market place.

We should have seen this one coming.  This is America, after all, a country having no shortage of people with, apparently, too much time on their hands.  So someone should have predicted Cake Wars II.  No, that’s not a new summer blockbuster from Marvel.  Rather, “Cake Wars” is Slate’s name for the latest wrinkle in the battle over same-sex marriage.

This is America and these kinds of things happen.  Push by demanding someone make a cake for your cause, expect others to do the same.

It will be tiresome, dispiriting and disheartening.  And then, faster than a kiss-in at a Chick-fil-A, it will be over.  Because flash points in the culture war have a tendency to burnhot, but not long.  Probably even Jack understands that.  His was only a dead-ender’s stunt, protected by the First Amendment, interesting for what it’s worth, but not particularly important in the large scheme. Marriage equality has begun to feel inevitable, gay men and lesbians finding acceptance in the mainstream of American life to a degree unthinkable even 10 yearsago.  No mere stunt can forestall that.  What should we do, then, about the Bill Jacks of the world? Simple:  Let them eat cake.

Cake is good.

Regards  —  Cliff