I don’t know why I can’t stop thinking about the outcome of Proposition 8. But every time I do, I feel really sad for all of those families out there that can’t have the same civil liberties as everyone else; for all of the loved ones out there that have to be validated by someone else living hundreds of miles away; that other people’s prejudice and discrimination has a say in the way other people live and love.
The issue itself is either a moral or civil rights one, depending on which camp you reside, but for the life of me, I really, really, really don’t understand how one group can decide on the morality of another when the former is not causing any harm to anyone else. In every morality case I can think of – abortion, capital punishment, murder, theft, the guy cheating on his wife – someone else is getting hurt. But this, this just doesn’t make sense to me.
People that say “I don’t hate gay people, they just shouldn’t be allowed to get married”, um, excuse me, do you not see the hypocrisy in that statement, the hidden, subtle spite that you perpetuate? It makes me sad that hatred, ignorance and bigotry still has a huge place in people’s hearts.
Well put, I agree 100%
agreed. unfortunately that is the way the U.S. works. It will go through eventually and in 20 years we will look back and think “wow, look at how far we have come” and “remember when same sex marriage was illegal, that was crazy!”
I’ve recently found another blog by a couple of old women, and they seem to have a good grasp on what is right and what is wrong (and have absolutely no qualms about letting you know how they feel), and one of them recently posted about this. It’s a good read, and I don’t think I could have put it any better, so here’s the link: http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/the-view-needs-glasses/
But I do have to say that when I think about how there was a Facebook group devoted to saying Yes on prop 8, that that doesn’t really bother me, I would assume there would be, there would be no controversy if there weren’t. What bothers me about the group, is that it was started by two guys from Provo.
First off, the fact that they are from Provo means that they are not even in the state where the proposition is taking place and are kind of poking their noses in places where it doesn’t belong. That in itself should cause some concern. Secondly, it is most likely that these two gentlemen are Mormon (and that’s not a huge leap, so don’t accuse me of profiling). What this means to me, is that the argument against gay marriage is a religious one, and if this is the case, the whole proposition (and all the similar ones elsewhere in the country) should be thrown out based solely on the fact that it is a church matter and not a state one.
There absolutely should be a (very wide) separation between church and state, and never the two should meet. This is blurring that line in a way that is unacceptable. If the church (any church) has problems with gay marriage (or homosexuality in general), they have the right to ban homosexuals from the congregation, as well as from performing their wedding ceremonies in their sacred places… but to outright deny them their civil rights… it’s wrong, just wrong.
Sign I saw recently: Gay is the new Black.
Think about that…