Of course we already knew comedian Wanda Sykes was a lesbian, but the rest of the world played catch up on Saturday when Sykes surprised organizers of a Prop 8 rally in Las vegas by coming out officially.
What I didn’t know was that Wanda married her lady friend on October 25th in a private ceremony.
So now Sykes is fighting mad because, as she puts it: “When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage also recognized in Nevada, in Arizona, all the way to New York!”
Then Sykes goes on to compare a lifestyle choice with God’s natural selection and intelligent design of the sexes.
“Being gay is not a choice,” argues Sykes. “That’s like telling me I chose to be a woman, I chose to be black! Are we saying that if being gay is a choice… people are straight because they chose not to be gay?”
Of course Sykes’ argument is flawed since she chose to be married to a man once (they divorced in 1998).
No matter how natural she thinks being gay is, two women can’t have a baby without a man’s participation at some point along the way.
Until lesbians figure out how to eliminate men from the baby making process entirely, we will forever be dependent on them — and turkey basters.
Californians took a vote to oppose gay marriage. That’s how a democracy works. The people of California have spoken.
And nothing Wanda Sykes says is going to change their minds.