Bah, dressing up.
First, dragons.
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I went to Obama's transition website and sent in an email about the Rick Warren thing. I doubt it'll really help anything, but it made me feel a little better, at least.
I am deeply and thoroughly disappointed in President-Elect Obama's choice of Rick Warren for his inaugural invocation.
That week in November was a bittersweet time for me. I felt truly optimistic for the first time in years once it was announced that Barack Obama would be our 44th president. The next day I learned Proposition 8 passed in California-thanks in no small part to Rick Warren.
I understand the notion that Mr. Obama wants to send a message that he is everyone's president, and not simply the president of those who voted for him. The spirit of inclusion is a noble ideal, and I respect it. However, I can say with no uncertainty that there are some things that simply do not deserve inclusion. Bigotry is one of them.
This is not a mere matter of disagreement. This issue is not over policy, or academic curiosity. This is a matter of equality, of people, of fairness. I can think of a multitude of issues on which I will happily expect healthy debate. The right of someone to marry the person they love, however, is no longer up for discussion.
It is, unequivocally, *wrong* to declare that a segment of our population does not deserve the right to stand up and say, I love this person, they are mine, forever, and have that recognized by the state simply because they are of the same gender. It was wrong when it was two people of different races, and while the specifics may have changed, that fact has not.
Would Rick Warren have been invited to speak if he had compared miscegenation to incest or pedophilia? What if his comments had been anti-Semitic? I sincerely doubt it, and I think his comments on gay marriage ought to be treated the same way. They were, to be frank, nothing short of ignorant, and ignorance is to be decried, not invited in for tea and pastries.
Please rethink this invitation. You have let down millions of Americans with this choice-millions of Americans who were starting to be hopeful after years of not knowing how. This is not the message you want to send. We have had eight years of intolerance. You promised change. I beg you to uphold that promise.
Sincerely,
A disappointed supporter,
Sara Coburn
And now I have to finish getting ready for my mom's work Christmas party. Adios.
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I went to Obama's transition website and sent in an email about the Rick Warren thing. I doubt it'll really help anything, but it made me feel a little better, at least.
I am deeply and thoroughly disappointed in President-Elect Obama's choice of Rick Warren for his inaugural invocation.
That week in November was a bittersweet time for me. I felt truly optimistic for the first time in years once it was announced that Barack Obama would be our 44th president. The next day I learned Proposition 8 passed in California-thanks in no small part to Rick Warren.
I understand the notion that Mr. Obama wants to send a message that he is everyone's president, and not simply the president of those who voted for him. The spirit of inclusion is a noble ideal, and I respect it. However, I can say with no uncertainty that there are some things that simply do not deserve inclusion. Bigotry is one of them.
This is not a mere matter of disagreement. This issue is not over policy, or academic curiosity. This is a matter of equality, of people, of fairness. I can think of a multitude of issues on which I will happily expect healthy debate. The right of someone to marry the person they love, however, is no longer up for discussion.
It is, unequivocally, *wrong* to declare that a segment of our population does not deserve the right to stand up and say, I love this person, they are mine, forever, and have that recognized by the state simply because they are of the same gender. It was wrong when it was two people of different races, and while the specifics may have changed, that fact has not.
Would Rick Warren have been invited to speak if he had compared miscegenation to incest or pedophilia? What if his comments had been anti-Semitic? I sincerely doubt it, and I think his comments on gay marriage ought to be treated the same way. They were, to be frank, nothing short of ignorant, and ignorance is to be decried, not invited in for tea and pastries.
Please rethink this invitation. You have let down millions of Americans with this choice-millions of Americans who were starting to be hopeful after years of not knowing how. This is not the message you want to send. We have had eight years of intolerance. You promised change. I beg you to uphold that promise.
Sincerely,
A disappointed supporter,
Sara Coburn
And now I have to finish getting ready for my mom's work Christmas party. Adios.