The Ridiculousness of Proposition 8

I’m appalled – and angry. Not just that Proposition 8 passed, but that it even exists in the first place. Have we really not progressed enough as a society that we still have to attempt to force our own moral opinions and values on others? When will we, as a society, fully embrace that people are different and don’t necessarily agree with one another? Even further, when will we accept that it’s okay to disagree?

If your particular religion frowns on same-sex marriages, that’s fine. I respect your beliefs and viewpoint. You have every right to say you won’t allow same-sex couples to marry in your church, temple, whatever. On the flip-side, those same-sex couples have every right to give you the finger and get married on a public beach, or in a public park, or wherever. You don’t, however, get to say that same-sex couples can’t get married, period. That’s the price you pay for freedom: everyone else is just as free as you are!

I’m sure there’s a group of you out there saying, “but think of the children… I don’t want my kids learning about same-sex marriage.” I have two words for you: wake up. Your kids are going to live in the real world with real people and real, differing viewpoints. If you want to insulate your kids from everything by putting them in a plastic bubble, that’s up to you; just don’t expect the rest of us to live in that plastic bubble, too.

The same freedoms that allowed so many diverse (and sometimes outright kooky) churches to exist in this country are exactly the same ones that don’t allow those churches to spread their giant, toxic morality brush over the general populace.

If you give it any significant thought, you’ll realize that letting two men or two women marry isn’t going to cause anyone any harm and it certainly isn’t going to destroy marriage.

I can only hope the California Supreme Court will see the error in letting a legal process be leveraged to commit discrimination and overturn Proposition 8.