...for California to likely uphold prop. 8.
I am among the 48% who said NO on 8. It's wrong. It's something that bullies do in school; keeping those who they perceive as weak and unworthy from being able to live similar lives free of scrutiny due to being who they are. I'll spare you all the
oppression" and "second-class citizenry" speak and just say simply this, it's not fair.
Americans expect a fair deal from it's government, a governement supposedly untouched by religious dogma, or at least, the skewed perspective of some of the religious elite. The religious right in America, however, has sewn the seeds of their own destruction. By simply changing the nature of the word "marriage", they have set themselves up for humans to yet again socially evolve to denounce that word as the tie which binds them. There is no reason to think that the institution of marriage cannot be torn down around the ears of the Pro8s by simply rebuilding civil union right to mirror those of state sanctioned marriage. Thus castrating them from the last large piece of power that they have to control the minds of our offcials.
To be clear, I have no problem with religious belief, but if it starts to encroach upon the rights of myself or those whom I consider friends, then I must stand against it.
I write this for the non-Americans here at the Escapist. Many Americans here have dealt with this issue, and it's definetely come up here before in other posts. To all our friends who have wondered why America, especially California, could have allowed this legislation to pass, I say, wait and see. History favors the oppressed when they rise together to fight their oppressors and this is no different. It simply has started with a defeat. Equality will win in the end, as it always has before.
Thank you
EDIT: Prop 8 is a voter approved ban on same-sex marriage that was passed 52% to 48% in CA last November.
I am among the 48% who said NO on 8. It's wrong. It's something that bullies do in school; keeping those who they perceive as weak and unworthy from being able to live similar lives free of scrutiny due to being who they are. I'll spare you all the
oppression" and "second-class citizenry" speak and just say simply this, it's not fair.
Americans expect a fair deal from it's government, a governement supposedly untouched by religious dogma, or at least, the skewed perspective of some of the religious elite. The religious right in America, however, has sewn the seeds of their own destruction. By simply changing the nature of the word "marriage", they have set themselves up for humans to yet again socially evolve to denounce that word as the tie which binds them. There is no reason to think that the institution of marriage cannot be torn down around the ears of the Pro8s by simply rebuilding civil union right to mirror those of state sanctioned marriage. Thus castrating them from the last large piece of power that they have to control the minds of our offcials.
To be clear, I have no problem with religious belief, but if it starts to encroach upon the rights of myself or those whom I consider friends, then I must stand against it.
I write this for the non-Americans here at the Escapist. Many Americans here have dealt with this issue, and it's definetely come up here before in other posts. To all our friends who have wondered why America, especially California, could have allowed this legislation to pass, I say, wait and see. History favors the oppressed when they rise together to fight their oppressors and this is no different. It simply has started with a defeat. Equality will win in the end, as it always has before.
Thank you
EDIT: Prop 8 is a voter approved ban on same-sex marriage that was passed 52% to 48% in CA last November.
