Rantel on O'Reilly

Al Rantel from KABC radio in San Francisco was on The O'Reilly Factor last night, and he had an interesting take on the gay marriage issue.

Rantel, an openly gay man himself, is against gay marriage because, instead of "redefining marriage" as its proponents argue, the issue rather "undefines" marriage. Rantel's reasoning, and I am hard pressed to find fault, is that if the individuals are allowed to define marriage rather than the society, than it carries no societal definition whatsoever. Why can't a consenting adult marry his consenting adult child? Why not a man and three women? If two men are allowed to define their own relationship as a marriage, why not two men and two women?

Rantel went on to berate the mayor of San Francisco for ignoring California law in marrying these couples, and the media for celebrating it. He pointed out, I believe quite correctly, that if the mayor of Fresno had said, "We have a second amendment in this country, and I am going to issue a concealed weapon permit to anyone that applies," and people flocked from all over to receive one, there would be an outcry from the media about his violation of the rule of law.

It was a very thought provoking and well reasoned piece, and I look forward to hearing more from Rantel in the future.