America, get your act together...
So, it's fantastic that Obama won. I'm as happy as the next man - a relatively liberal man with a realistic outlook and good intellect is now going to be in charge of the US. Regardless of the colour thing, this is a great time for the US.
Except, why the fuck did they vote yes on Proposition 8 in California? What gives a government the right to interfere in the very personal right for two people that love each other and want to be joined in the bonds of marriage to do so, just because they happen to be the same sex? It just makes no sense, California... Whether you believe in marriage or not, most intelligent people would agree that two people should be able to marry whatever race (inter-racial marriages were only allowed across all of America from 1967 onward) or creed they are. Large age differences are only frowned upon. Why should gender be such a different matter? People can disapprove all they like, but making it illegal?!? The idea of banning interracial marriages, I'm sure, seems insane to most people. In fact, it's down-right racist to say that people should keep to their own race. All this is is institutionalised homophobia. What exactly is the argument against same-sex marriage? Huh? Any bigots out there want to let me know? Who does it hurt? Why should anyone care who marries who?
Bah...
Except, why the fuck did they vote yes on Proposition 8 in California? What gives a government the right to interfere in the very personal right for two people that love each other and want to be joined in the bonds of marriage to do so, just because they happen to be the same sex? It just makes no sense, California... Whether you believe in marriage or not, most intelligent people would agree that two people should be able to marry whatever race (inter-racial marriages were only allowed across all of America from 1967 onward) or creed they are. Large age differences are only frowned upon. Why should gender be such a different matter? People can disapprove all they like, but making it illegal?!? The idea of banning interracial marriages, I'm sure, seems insane to most people. In fact, it's down-right racist to say that people should keep to their own race. All this is is institutionalised homophobia. What exactly is the argument against same-sex marriage? Huh? Any bigots out there want to let me know? Who does it hurt? Why should anyone care who marries who?
Bah...