I Guess Freedom is Selective, These Days

[garnettrees]

The ban on gay marriage just passed in Kentucky. 75% of voters opted to violate the civil and human rights of people they they don't even know, people who have never done anything wrong. I wish I had something to say. I feel physically ill

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[lazzchan]

I'm ready to spit nails. I wake up this morning and that's the first thing that I see. Holy freaking...*rubs head and tries to calm down* I know that you're angry enough about this, and hurt too. I know several people personally that are going to be hurt a great deal over this--one of them is in one of my classes. We were discussing this and hoping aganist all hope that some people would have the decency to do the right thing and think outside of their tiny little box. No, of course not. This is Utah. There was no hope from the beginning, but I feel better just because I did vote NO on it passing. Damn it, this isn't fair and isn't right and I'm so pissed off that something like this could get passed. Can't it get overturned, if enough people protest and do something about it? It's taking away the rights of people that have done nothing wrong. They aren't harming anything. The other thing that they are doing is harming somebody's sensibilities. Good grief, people! Get over it! Yes, it may offend you, but if you don't like it, look the other way. It doesn't directly affect you. There are enough people left in the world to overpopulate it.

*takes a deep breath and tries to calm down*

P.S. Posting this rant in my journal. ^.~

[garnettrees]

I'm ready to spit nails. I wake up this morning and that's the first thing that I see. Holy freaking...*rubs head and tries to calm down*
I saw it last night, so I went to bed angry and woke up feeling fatalistic about it. I just.. feel so powerless. I've had flashes of anger during the day, but I'm really just overwhelmingly hopeless and sad. You could fit my faith in humanity inside a thimble and still have plenty of room left over, right now.

We were discussing this and hoping aganist all hope that some people would have the decency to do the right thing and think outside of their tiny little box.
Oh, but Laz, there are big, bad lesbians outside that box! ^_~

Can't it get overturned, if enough people protest and do something about it?
They can take it to the courts, but a lot of groups are sayingt they won't, because the state supreme courts will probably hand down the same decisions. I know people in Oregon are going to protest-- they're hopeful it can be overturned, since it won by such a thin margin there.

They aren't harming anything.
They just can't see that, can they?

There are enough people left in the world to overpopulate it.
This made me smile. The human race is, indeed, in no danger of dying out just because some people don't want to breed. ^_~

*takes a deep breath and tries to calm down*
*hugs Laz*
Thanks for your support.
-Meredith

Ps. Go for it!