Proposition 8 - Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
13 October 2008‘THINK FOR ME, SPACE KIMCHI!’ VOTE: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Links:
http://eqca.com - EQCA has been dedicated for the right for everyone to marry for quite some time
http://noonprop8.com/home - Spreading LIEbral media filth promoting the horrendous idea that maybe, just maybe, gay people are people too and deserve the same rights as everyone else
http://signingforsomething.org - Mormons who do not agree with the LDS Church’s obviously strong stance on Prop 8
Oh my. Prop 8. Where to begin? Let’s start here. In doing this site I’ve covered some pretty important stuff that until writing this, I hadn’t thought much about. Prison system reforms, potentially huge energy company scandals, terminally sick children… I mean these are all pretty real and important issues. Not to mention while *I* am very interested in 1A, many other people seem to not even know it exists which is kind of a problem when it’s basically, you know, the thing that could singlehandedly keep CA’s economy from being crushed like a bug when oil hits $500 a barrel. So, what HAVE we been going on about, as a state, like headless chickens with a severe case of rabies? None other than gay people, of course!
Seriously, wtf on this one. It’s so unnecessary, and I’m rather embarassed as a human being that it’s even an issue. Even if you find gay marriage icky, or an affront to God, or whatever, if you’re a decent person you’ll quickly recognize that FORCING other people to not participate in something that is deeply meaningful and personal to them is a rather mean thing to do. You don’t have to gay marry, or even go to a gay marriage, if you don’t want to. That’s cool. Vote no on 8 anyway though, because other people would rather have nothing to do with some of the things you believe and do but they’re letting you keep on doing them because we live in a country that values freedom.
Meanwhile, I’m rather shocked by the lack of integrity of the anti-marriage anti-freedom (”yes on 8″) camp here. When you have to resort to blatant lies and scare tactics to bully your way into getting people on your side, it’s extremely pathetic. Those darn LIEable acty-vist judges made it pretty clear that churches will not lose their tax exempt status or be forced to marry gays. The California Educational Code is very clear about sex and family being opt-in, and if your children being taught that other kids might have gay parents offends your sensibilities THAT much, you can opt-out easily. If homosexuality really is this horrible thing that will destroy the universe as we know it, please make arguments that are grounded in reality and not outright lies.
I must say, I appreciated the most recent volley in this campaign as of when I wrote this: a No on 8 TV spot that ends with “Keep the government out of our lives.” Come on people, governments are good at things like, oh say, building trains or hospitals for sick children, or keeping us from getting blown up by people who don’t like us. They’re NOT good at forcing morality on others.
Finally, a special mention of a certain organization that has raised obscene amounts of money and huge virtual phonebanks (through emotional/spiritual browbeating) from out of state to enforce Utah-style Mormon standards upon my state. Quite honestly, I’m ashamed. To the LDS church and its members: You know what you really believe in. Article of Faith 11 is very clear on this matter. I’m disgusted that the leaders would start this quixotic crusade and that the members would follow blindly without thinking about their own theology or what is the right thing to do as a human being or a follower of Christ. Needless to say, do I really need to remind everyone who was the original “alternative lifestyle” in this country? What does it say about your character and your faith when you turn around at the first opportunity to persecute people who are doing the exact same kind of thing that got your not-too-long-ago ancestors run out of town only a couple generations back? Stop doing what you’re told and start doing what’s right.
