for the love of god (literally)...
if you live in california, please vote no on prop 8 tomorrow. regardless of how you feel about religion or marriage or heaven and hell, prop 8 takes away fundamental rights from human beings. it says one person is better than another, that "separate but equal" is acceptable, that there is no separation of church and state. the yes campaign is using lies to cause fear in voters, parents, and young people. they scream at me on the corner that being gay is a sin, but last time i checked, lying and hating are sins-- ones i don't wish to teach my children. my favorite signs are "prop 8= less government" and "prop 8= religious freedom." please explain to me how the government saying "they can have these rights and you can't" is less government. please explain to me how basing a law based on christianity is religious freedom. there are many people who are not christian or even religious in this country. there are many people who are christian but firmly believe that god loves everyone and that it is not people's job to judge others. so you can disagree with same-sex marriage based on your religion, fine, but don't take away the rights of others when ultimately it does not affect you.
my decision to marry my husband was no one's but mine and his. i am not affected by other people's marriages, gay or straight, other than the fact that i am happy for everyone who is able to find love in this world. if you vote yes on this proposition, you are amending the constitution and saying that all people are not created equal, sustaining a hateful environment against 30% of our population, just as it was when slavery and then segregation were legal and when women could not vote. please realize that same-sex marriage has been legal in california since may, so you would be *taking away* rights. and what has happened? do you love your wife or husband any less because "they" can get married, too? if so, you have some soul-searching to do, my friends.
do not fall victim to the blatant fear and lies of prop 8: gay marriage will not be "taught" in schools; people can be sued for anything anyway these days, so nothing will change there; and churches will only lose their tax-exempted status if they preach from the pulpit about a political issue. and if schools do mention that the law was *passed* (a big difference from kids being swayed to "become" gay-- do the research: it is not a choice-- there is a piece of brain tissue that, when taken out of lab rats, caused the rats to mate with other rats of the same gender. it is biological!), parents can always, always take their kids out of curriculum. those first graders who were taken to a "lesbian wedding"? well, the person getting married was the kids' teacher, and she was surprised by the parents, who organized the trip themselves! it had nothing to do with the school or the teacher-- the person who called that field trip a "teachable moment" was the parent who organized the whole thing, and the other parents had to agree to it! please, get the facts. do not give in to lies, rhetoric, and scare-tactics. do not take away rights and place the power of value judgments in your hands or the hands of our government. if it is a religious issue for you, then love thy neighbor and judge not lest ye be judged. live your life the way you feel fit for yourself, and let others live their lives as well.
no on 8 = no on h8te.
my decision to marry my husband was no one's but mine and his. i am not affected by other people's marriages, gay or straight, other than the fact that i am happy for everyone who is able to find love in this world. if you vote yes on this proposition, you are amending the constitution and saying that all people are not created equal, sustaining a hateful environment against 30% of our population, just as it was when slavery and then segregation were legal and when women could not vote. please realize that same-sex marriage has been legal in california since may, so you would be *taking away* rights. and what has happened? do you love your wife or husband any less because "they" can get married, too? if so, you have some soul-searching to do, my friends.
do not fall victim to the blatant fear and lies of prop 8: gay marriage will not be "taught" in schools; people can be sued for anything anyway these days, so nothing will change there; and churches will only lose their tax-exempted status if they preach from the pulpit about a political issue. and if schools do mention that the law was *passed* (a big difference from kids being swayed to "become" gay-- do the research: it is not a choice-- there is a piece of brain tissue that, when taken out of lab rats, caused the rats to mate with other rats of the same gender. it is biological!), parents can always, always take their kids out of curriculum. those first graders who were taken to a "lesbian wedding"? well, the person getting married was the kids' teacher, and she was surprised by the parents, who organized the trip themselves! it had nothing to do with the school or the teacher-- the person who called that field trip a "teachable moment" was the parent who organized the whole thing, and the other parents had to agree to it! please, get the facts. do not give in to lies, rhetoric, and scare-tactics. do not take away rights and place the power of value judgments in your hands or the hands of our government. if it is a religious issue for you, then love thy neighbor and judge not lest ye be judged. live your life the way you feel fit for yourself, and let others live their lives as well.
no on 8 = no on h8te.