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I just commented this on medland's journal, but I wanted to post it on here as well.
The passing of proposition 8, while it affects Californians more than me in Canada, does result in the crushing disappointment of a step backwards for equal rights.
While I am an atheist, from what I've seen of God-believing religions is that God is love. If God is love, I assume that to live through God would be to assume the best of people and to love thy neighbour. If someone assumes the best of a person and loves them, why would they want to strip that person of the right to join their life with someone that they love?
It seems to me that 'yes on 8' supporters seem to put the focus on protecting marriage and attempt to hide the fact that they are being discriminatory, but you can not say that you are protecting marriage without discriminating. To protect marriage would be to protect it from harm... and what actual harm is heterosexual marriage under if homosexuals are allowed to marry as well? It's not like married homosexuals are breaking into government offices and tearing up the marriage certificates of heterosexual spouses. Homosexuals are not going to threaten harm or removal of rights of heterosexual married couples when homosexuals are allowed to marry. In fact, marriage had been legal in California for months, and no horror or harm occurred.
Love is love no matter who you love - it's the same whether it's between a woman and a man, a woman and a woman, or a man and a man. The polyamorous wouldn't mind taking it another step... love is love also if it's between more than just two people.
People sometimes miss the fact that they are certainly able to support a cause even though it isn't about them. Gay people have little ethical trouble supporting gay rights, but there's no reason for whites not to support blacks, asians, latinos, biracials; there's no reason for the old not to support the young; there's no reason for the powerful to not support the poor; there's no reason for the straight not to support the gay. It all comes down to a unifying love and respect of other people, and wanting everyone to be able to live the best, happiest life possible.
The passing of proposition 8, while it affects Californians more than me in Canada, does result in the crushing disappointment of a step backwards for equal rights.
While I am an atheist, from what I've seen of God-believing religions is that God is love. If God is love, I assume that to live through God would be to assume the best of people and to love thy neighbour. If someone assumes the best of a person and loves them, why would they want to strip that person of the right to join their life with someone that they love?
It seems to me that 'yes on 8' supporters seem to put the focus on protecting marriage and attempt to hide the fact that they are being discriminatory, but you can not say that you are protecting marriage without discriminating. To protect marriage would be to protect it from harm... and what actual harm is heterosexual marriage under if homosexuals are allowed to marry as well? It's not like married homosexuals are breaking into government offices and tearing up the marriage certificates of heterosexual spouses. Homosexuals are not going to threaten harm or removal of rights of heterosexual married couples when homosexuals are allowed to marry. In fact, marriage had been legal in California for months, and no horror or harm occurred.
Love is love no matter who you love - it's the same whether it's between a woman and a man, a woman and a woman, or a man and a man. The polyamorous wouldn't mind taking it another step... love is love also if it's between more than just two people.
People sometimes miss the fact that they are certainly able to support a cause even though it isn't about them. Gay people have little ethical trouble supporting gay rights, but there's no reason for whites not to support blacks, asians, latinos, biracials; there's no reason for the old not to support the young; there's no reason for the powerful to not support the poor; there's no reason for the straight not to support the gay. It all comes down to a unifying love and respect of other people, and wanting everyone to be able to live the best, happiest life possible.