It’s obvious from the polls and from the results that Californians don’t understand the ramifications to a large number of Californians.  They claim same sex marriage is a religious issue and I’m calling bullshit.  This is an issue of human rights and all you Catholics and Mormons out there that are supporting this belief that it’s okay to legislate discrimination need to start voting with your conscience, because your child-molesting, polygamyst lifestyles are next.  If you’re going to bring together church and state it’s only a matter of time before the state tries to make decisions about your lifestyles and right now I can’t wait to cast my vote on that issue.

One of the Proposition 8 strategists, Jeff Flint, is quoted as saying:

“I think the voters were thinking, well, if it makes them happy, why shouldn’t we let gay couples get married. And I think we made them realize that there are broader implications to society and particularly the children when you make that fundamental change that’s at the core of how society is organized, which is marriage.”

From my perspective – as a straight, married male with two young children, that sounds like a load of crap.  Society isn’t fundamentally organized by marriage – it’s organized by equality.  Even the churches preach that we should treat everyone equally – except the homosexuals, I guess, they should be treated differently.  I’m surprised they can still come to church… I guess that’s probably next.  I’m not a religious zealot, and I don’t believe that this is really what any God would approve of.  The Maker isn’t going to make people worthy of less than any other people.

At the same time this was happening in California, Florida and Arizona quietly passed similar legislation with similar bullshit reasoning.  And, I really hope, when all this plays out over the next few years that the American public will begin to realize that the things we hold most dear – the democracy, equality, and right to free speach and religion – can be taken away based on race, gender, sexual preference and religion.  Don’t think it can’t happen, because the more we take away from one group of people the more likely it is that everyone risks losing something.

Ranter

I’m against Proposition 8 – let people marry who they want.  He’s for it – believes there’s something wrong with the law.  Figuring that didn’t make much sense I asked, “what do you think is wrong with the law?”  Now, I’m not much of a legal mind, but his response saying “it’s not written correctly” sounded odd to me. He’s married to a Fillipino, so I added in there, “how would you feel if they said you couldn’t stay married to your wife because she’s not the same race?”

He paused for a minute and said, “I’m still voting for Prop 8, because it’s not written right.”  Now I was getting a little frustrated – this didn’t make sense to me.  We’re not even talking about writing a law here we’re talking about repealing a law that’s already been written.  So, I asked my question again, “seems like a stupid response considering how its written isn’t the point.  Are you voting to legislate discrimination or not?”

His response: “It’s not written right – marriage is between a man and a woman.”  After that and my comment about the next change being race related we parted ways and finished our Trick or Treating with the kids separately.  How do you feel?

Ranter