Prop 8, Defining Morality, and a Culture of Fear
The below are my own ramblings.
I honestly wasn't going to vote this year. The fact is, my vote in the presidential election doesn't count. Our president is selected by the Electoral College system to create a balance of power between population area and density, specifically larger and smaller states, and California not being a swing state, it's gonna go for Obama no matter what. I'm throwing my vote away.
I then worked as a tech on the annual west coast meeting of the Family Research Council. I put a microphone on Tony Perkins and shook Mike Huckabee's hand. I sat through and listened to their meeting, which had a central focus of passing Prop 8. It didn't make my blood boil or anything, but it sure as hell made me decide to vote.
Are laws based in morality? What is morality? Is it defined by religion, or is there an overwhelming sense obvious to anyone with the capabilities of reason? Should the law define morality? I read through Article I of the California Constitution (the Article that Prop 8 changes) and I can't find a trace of morality anywhere. It's got stuff mostly about property rights and the right to fish on public land. The only current mention of marriage in Article 1 involves property aquisition. The section Prop 8 adds the opposite sex statement to is called the equal protection clause, the exact part that it contradicts.
Can morality change over time? People are going to vote their personal feelings on this; there are no swing votes on this issue. Has California grown enough in the last 8 years to shut down Prop 22 once and for all? What really irks me is the fact that all the churches are dumping so much money into the campaign and utilizing a culture of fear to scare their base into voting yes. They talk about like if this doesn't pass, things will go down the tubes; gayness will be showered upon the children in public schools, dogs and cats sleeping together, mass hysteria. I call bullshit; they're using fear to push their own morality upon the state.
I hope you go out and vote today.
I honestly wasn't going to vote this year. The fact is, my vote in the presidential election doesn't count. Our president is selected by the Electoral College system to create a balance of power between population area and density, specifically larger and smaller states, and California not being a swing state, it's gonna go for Obama no matter what. I'm throwing my vote away.
I then worked as a tech on the annual west coast meeting of the Family Research Council. I put a microphone on Tony Perkins and shook Mike Huckabee's hand. I sat through and listened to their meeting, which had a central focus of passing Prop 8. It didn't make my blood boil or anything, but it sure as hell made me decide to vote.
Are laws based in morality? What is morality? Is it defined by religion, or is there an overwhelming sense obvious to anyone with the capabilities of reason? Should the law define morality? I read through Article I of the California Constitution (the Article that Prop 8 changes) and I can't find a trace of morality anywhere. It's got stuff mostly about property rights and the right to fish on public land. The only current mention of marriage in Article 1 involves property aquisition. The section Prop 8 adds the opposite sex statement to is called the equal protection clause, the exact part that it contradicts.
Can morality change over time? People are going to vote their personal feelings on this; there are no swing votes on this issue. Has California grown enough in the last 8 years to shut down Prop 22 once and for all? What really irks me is the fact that all the churches are dumping so much money into the campaign and utilizing a culture of fear to scare their base into voting yes. They talk about like if this doesn't pass, things will go down the tubes; gayness will be showered upon the children in public schools, dogs and cats sleeping together, mass hysteria. I call bullshit; they're using fear to push their own morality upon the state.
I hope you go out and vote today.