by Charles Memminger
Friday, October 11, 1996
But Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker," was allowed to wed behind bars where he's serving a zillion years for slaughtering innocent human beings. He was allowed to marry some publicity-seeking bimbo, who, if actually allowed to spend some quiet, private time with her love bug, would probably end up deader than a couch cushion.
Now we are going to have to listen to the Spouse of Darkness on television as she explains that her little sweetie pie is just a good-hearted, misunderstood galoot who has a problem relating to anyone who doesn't worship the devil.
We don't need this. But it just goes to show you that people are so desperate for fame it doesn't matter how they get it. Consider for a moment the package of psychological debris that would be willing to marry someone like Ramirez. This is a person who would have to climb up several rungs of the success ladder just to reach the level of "Total Loser."
Man, what's the point of getting mad at that nitwit. There's probably a line of weirdos who would be ready to marry some psychopath like Ramirez. It's not their fault. They'd marry a chunk of concrete if it got them on Hard Copy.
The blame lies with California, a state that has become so brain dead that Dr. Kevorkian could be elected governor.
OK. There are probably a few normal people in California. It's a big state. But you wouldn't know that from the press releases. This is the same state that keeps giving that insane murderer Charlie Manson parole hearings. The problem is that in California, everyone has rights, no matter what disgusting, horrifying, murderous thing they do.
I disagree. I don't think Ramirez has any rights, whatsoever. All right, maybe he has a right to breathe, but I'm not even sure about that. He certainly has no right to anything that will give his life any pleasure or meaning. And that includes marriage.
What does allowing some scum bag like Ramirez to marry say about California as a state and our country in general? It says we're idiots.
Right now, in Hawaii, some sincere people are struggling with the issue of whether two law abiding citizens should be able to marry. These citizens have never killed anyone. They have not gone to prison. They have jobs. They love each other. They help the community. The only thing keeping them from being married is that they happen to be of the same sex.
Now, some will say that Hawaii really shouldn't be on the cutting edge of gay rights. After all, gays make up only a small minority of island residents. And most of the majority would rather see Hawaiian rights settled before we tackle the rights of fringe groups.
Maybe gay marriage should be pioneered in a city known for its large gay population. A city, say, like San Francisco.
But San Francisco doesn't have gay marriage. It has some sort of flaky partnership law that goes just far enough to remind gays that they don't have equal marriage rights.
Guess where Ramirez married his snuggle bunny? That's right. San Francisco. The city is literally packed with gay people who can't get married. But a psychotic Satan-worshiping serial killer not only gets to tie the knot, he gets to do it at taxpayer expense.
It's too bad that San Francisco doesn't have a same-sex marriage law. Then, instead of Ramirez marrying the bimbo, the Night Stalker could have married Charlie Manson. It would have been a short honeymoon. And the world in general would have been a lot better off.
