Prop 8 and WOW
I sorta find it interesting that my friends who are black; jewish; gay; arab; or other discriminated against minority at least understand why prop 8 passed. It's my WASPy white upper middle class friends that lose their minds when it comes to prop 8. I suppose in the last 30 years, this is the most blatant display of 'hate' that we've seen, but really..
If you are outraged; I'm right there with you. It's the people who are surprised that I'm surprised about. JFK was upset that Sammy Davis Jr was going to be in a Inter-racial marriage WHILE taking part in his campaign in 1960. Sammy post-posed the wedding till after the election. Inter-racial marriage was banned in 1/3 of US states in 1968. Stonewall didn't happen till 1978. It hasn't really been all that long. 20 years ago this Prop was not needed cause gay marriage wasn't even a something anyone ever considered (outside of the really really gay community) (like CATS; Barbra Streisand; Elton John gay).
This issue is tied to God. Gayness is wrong, it says so in the bible, ask anyone living in a Red state; they'll tell you no matter how much you don't want them too. It's ironic but it's the African American community that turned out in record breaking numbers to vote FOR Obama that voted FOR prop 8. This is one we aren't going to win for a while. See you can't change the color of your skin; *unless you started your career on stage with your four brothers* but according to some, you CAN choose not to be gay. Those people are wrong, but it is true that gay is a life STYLE, black is a skin color. So they see it as something you choose to do, and they feel that they are making sin ok by allowing gays to get married. That's really tuff to fight against.
I do think that this issue will be tied up in the courts, and even if this actually goes though; in cali at least I think gay marriage will be 100% legal in at most 10 years.
So seriously, don't sign petitions, don't get all freaked out and for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD don't protest or march. Use the time to study our political system, and figure out how things get done. Wait for this to play out in courts, and then, IF it does go though, an amendment will come along soon enough. But going to a prop 8 protest in San Francisco is like marching for black awareness in Oakland. If you are going to protest, do it in Sac, or Orange County where it won't just be you shouting at others who agree. Look at the voting, and go to the counties that voted strongly for yes. Stay active in the process by educating yourself on how this is actually going to be implemented.
But I promise; hold up a sign and shouting about how wrong it is while in the castro doesn't really help, and it might actually hurt the cause.
If you are outraged; I'm right there with you. It's the people who are surprised that I'm surprised about. JFK was upset that Sammy Davis Jr was going to be in a Inter-racial marriage WHILE taking part in his campaign in 1960. Sammy post-posed the wedding till after the election. Inter-racial marriage was banned in 1/3 of US states in 1968. Stonewall didn't happen till 1978. It hasn't really been all that long. 20 years ago this Prop was not needed cause gay marriage wasn't even a something anyone ever considered (outside of the really really gay community) (like CATS; Barbra Streisand; Elton John gay).
This issue is tied to God. Gayness is wrong, it says so in the bible, ask anyone living in a Red state; they'll tell you no matter how much you don't want them too. It's ironic but it's the African American community that turned out in record breaking numbers to vote FOR Obama that voted FOR prop 8. This is one we aren't going to win for a while. See you can't change the color of your skin; *unless you started your career on stage with your four brothers* but according to some, you CAN choose not to be gay. Those people are wrong, but it is true that gay is a life STYLE, black is a skin color. So they see it as something you choose to do, and they feel that they are making sin ok by allowing gays to get married. That's really tuff to fight against.
I do think that this issue will be tied up in the courts, and even if this actually goes though; in cali at least I think gay marriage will be 100% legal in at most 10 years.
So seriously, don't sign petitions, don't get all freaked out and for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD don't protest or march. Use the time to study our political system, and figure out how things get done. Wait for this to play out in courts, and then, IF it does go though, an amendment will come along soon enough. But going to a prop 8 protest in San Francisco is like marching for black awareness in Oakland. If you are going to protest, do it in Sac, or Orange County where it won't just be you shouting at others who agree. Look at the voting, and go to the counties that voted strongly for yes. Stay active in the process by educating yourself on how this is actually going to be implemented.
But I promise; hold up a sign and shouting about how wrong it is while in the castro doesn't really help, and it might actually hurt the cause.