A Day of Disgrace.
We pay taxes, we serve on juries, we die for our country.
Despite this; over half of California and Arizona believe we should not be entitled to the same basic civil rights they take for granted. They believe that we, by virtue of biological inclination and who we love, are less deserving of the same state-sanctioned recognition of commitment to another person.
This is not a passive and personal preference restricted to their own lives and families, but an opinion so strong that they are moved to actively strip the equality *already* granted to us by the supreme court from us. This is a grievous blow to civil rights, and an abhorrent display of fascist-class bigotry.
I always believed I was lucky to have been born in an era where such crimes were thought to be esoteric and barbaric by modern society. As of November 4th, 2008, I find myself corrected and faced with the realization that my presumptions were very wrong. I am ashamed of my fellow Californians for allowing such an obvious and preventable injustice to succeed.
As I write this, the motto of this "historic election year" ring bittersweet in my mind. "A year for change." Never before in California's proud and progressive history has there been a measure passed who's sole purpose was to strip the existing rights from a group of individuals.
Change indeed. A change that will effect every member of our community; A change that implies one, resounding fact: We are second-class citizens. This is a dark day for humanity.
Despite this; over half of California and Arizona believe we should not be entitled to the same basic civil rights they take for granted. They believe that we, by virtue of biological inclination and who we love, are less deserving of the same state-sanctioned recognition of commitment to another person.
This is not a passive and personal preference restricted to their own lives and families, but an opinion so strong that they are moved to actively strip the equality *already* granted to us by the supreme court from us. This is a grievous blow to civil rights, and an abhorrent display of fascist-class bigotry.
I always believed I was lucky to have been born in an era where such crimes were thought to be esoteric and barbaric by modern society. As of November 4th, 2008, I find myself corrected and faced with the realization that my presumptions were very wrong. I am ashamed of my fellow Californians for allowing such an obvious and preventable injustice to succeed.
As I write this, the motto of this "historic election year" ring bittersweet in my mind. "A year for change." Never before in California's proud and progressive history has there been a measure passed who's sole purpose was to strip the existing rights from a group of individuals.
Change indeed. A change that will effect every member of our community; A change that implies one, resounding fact: We are second-class citizens. This is a dark day for humanity.