The world ended more than 5 years ago

I recently had a discussion - OK, hate-filled flamewar - with an individual from the United States; effectively, my "gay marriage is A-OK" went up against his "fuck human rights, this is America!", and a glorious time was had by all. Among the many, many stupid things he said, perhaps the funniest was "I've lived long enough to know that the erosion of marriage will preface the fall of our people." Something like that; I can't remember the exact quote, but basically the gist was that the overturning of CA's idiotic Proposition 8 will herald the death of America.

Now, a sane non-asshole will see no causal link between granting equal rights to gays and lesbians with the downfall of society. In fact, one would think that a great nation like the United States would be the first in line to recognize that all people are born equal and share equal rights. Well, maybe not in Texas; you have to be able to *read* before you can understand what the constitution actually says.

So what does this have to do with the world having already ended? Well, July 20, 2005, the day that Canada became the 4th country to officially recognize same-sex marriage, marked the turning point in our country's history, right, where it all just went to shit?

... Not quite. In fact, if I remember correctly, it received a fair bit of press, we saw some interviews with happy gays and lesbians, and then everything went back to normal. Better than normal, in fact, as it was basically a big ol' fuck you to the assholes who think their religion has any place in secular politics.

So what's my point in all this? I forget. I just wanted to gloat a bit.