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Everyone deserves to spend the rest of their life with the person they love, be it man and woman, woman and woman or man and man.
I’m against proposition 8 because it sets out to legalize a form of discrimination, and it’s wrong. What ever happened to love thy neighbor? What ever happened to walking in someone else’s shoes before casting judgment? And what ever happened to the golden rule of humanity: do unto others as you would have them do unto you? I’m a heterosexual married woman with 2 children and I’m saddened that ‘yes on 8′ folks are okay with my kids growing up in an intolerant, non-inclusive society – particularly when such an historic election was just won in this country. I don’t care what special words the pro-8 side wants to label their cause with, it’s discrimination – plain and simple. And it’s wrong.
I met the woman of my dreams 6 years ago. I have never felt anything like it before. She is my light & I am her dark. Together we make sense. Without her I would be nothing. She still makes my heart pound. She is my life, my being. We need for our lives to be whole. To be sound & at rest without any prejudice against us. We need peace. I want to grow old with her & will, but with the peace & comfort of knowing that we will never be seperated, even in death from each other. I now share her name because we changed both of our names in California before we came here 4 months ago. I have her last name as my middle name and she mine. I would love to legally carry her last name as my own and proudly stand beside her as her bride. Until then we wait patiently in hope…..
One of the first things I learned about Vote No On Prop 8 was of an organization accepting videos on the subject. I made a piece entitled “For the Confetti”, mixing confetti footage with my own artwork. For audio I used spoken wedding vows to the hummed tune of “Wedding Bell Blues”. To me it is very simple: “To love, to cherish…in sickness and in health…” Two adults in love vowing to take care of one another…one of the biggest ways of expressing what is humane about humanity. To be against that if those two people are of the same sex strikes me as pretty heartless. I believe if the world does indeed move forward with basic human dignity for all then our ancestors will look back at this time and shake their heads in wonder and bafflement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK0SXjLUvQ
I am against Proposition 8 and any law that denies gays the same rights as straight people. I am a bisexual woman and I believe that the laws that prevent gay people from marrying or adopting children are based on ignorance, assumption, and fear: ignorance about the lives of same-sex couples, assumptions that traditional marriages are inherently superior, and fear of a future that has not even been written.
I am against proposition 8, because it eliminates my right to marry. I’m a 17 year old lesbian, and I find it kind of shocking that we would even vote on something like this. It’s upsetting that 52% of Californians feel that I don’t deserve to get married to someone I love when I’m older, and want to settle down.
i’m going to repost what i wrote on my blog before we voted about prop 8…to me it’s both equal rights to marry and be a full citizen of the us, and a precedent for taking away more rights for gay, or even other groups of americans. here’s the blog:
Yes, they want to change the constitution to eliminate rights from a group of people that the rest of everyone gets to keep. Right now, as of June, same sex couples do have the right to marry in CA. For a few short months, couples from all over have been taking advantage of the simple right that people all over take for granted – the right to marry the one they love. From couples who are brand new, to couples who have stayed together their whole lives, and maybe even raised kids and grandkids, they get to celebrate their love by marrying. And not only that… imagine your spouse lies in the hospital, but you can’t see them. You can’t help make medical decisions for them. Why? Because you are not legally married. Imagine you can’t share health insurance, taxes, or any of the other perks that come with marriage that straight people enjoy every day. Sure, there is civil union, but that doesn’t encompass all of the rights that marriage does.
Weird commercials have been popping up on tv. Saying that if this does not pass, that churches will lose their nonprofit status, and that children will be taught in schools how to be gay. These things are just so blatently untrue maybe they do themselves a disservice by broadcasting them, they’re so laughable.
Do you want to live in a world where one group of people is denied rights? Sure, you’re straight, maybe all your family and friends are straight, what does it matter? It does matter to you even still. Denying rights from one group of people sets a precidence. If the people as a whole allow this, then they will allow more. One step at a time, more and more rights can be denied to more and more groups of people. It may not actively affect you this time, but what about the next time? You may not live in CA, but your state may be next. Changing the very constitution to omit rights, the very fabric of the government.
I really doubt that marriage is for me, but i will vote no on proposition 8 in the election. Please go out and vote and do the same. And, whether you live in CA or not, please tell your friends about what they’re doing. Trying to take away rights of normal, everyday americans just going about their lives – falling in love and getting married – such a basic and simple thing. Normal everyday americans just like you, who happened to be born being attracted to the same sex. If it isn’t you, its someone who could have been you, who is like you, and what’s to stop something like this from happening to you in the future? Nothing, unless we start now.
Vote no on prop 8. Spread the word. Thanks.
My husband and I got married in June. i also have an excerpt from a recent blog i wrote…
I’m sure by now you have seen commercials or heard of
Proposition 8. Speaking as someone who just recently got married, this law is going to take away gay people’s right to marry. Now I was never a big fan of being married and honestly would have been happy with a civil union. I just want the same rights as everyone else and if you didn’t already know in a civil union there are many right you
don’t get as you would getting married. The big argument is religion being the reason to be married. I didn’t have my marriage for any religious purposes. I did it because I want the same equal rights and that is why you need to vote no on Proposition 8. This way everyone is treated equally and we all have the same rights. No one should be
treated any less a person then any other individual.
I am not gay, have never questioned my sexuality and have never experienced what its like to be sexually intimate with the same sex. BUT, I do know that denying someone the basic right to get married because of the teachings of a book or man that no can prove even existed that states “man and woman” is the only way is not the right way to go. Denying someone marital rights is a basic CIVIL rights issue and legalizing discrimination is wrong. Love is beautiful and caring and does not know any gender lines. My gay friends are just as beautiful and important as my straight friends and them not being able to profess their love and dedication in front of their family and friends is WRONG. Wasn’t America founded on love and differences and excepting everyone for who they are?
Because taking away constitutional rights is a slippery slope. Straight white homophobes could be next.
However, I would favor a ban on all civil marriage. Let churches perform marriages as they see fit, but if the state performs a ceremony, it’s a civil union, whether you’re gay or straight or other.
I’m against Prop. 8 simply because I believe if you love someone you deserve to spend the rest of your life with him or her. Love is love. Gender doesn’t matter. Stupid religious people are the only ones who are for Prop. 8. I’m not judgemental and I believe that gays should have just the same amount of rights as heterosexual has.
I am a happily married bisexual, but that is beside the point. The point is that Prop H8 discriminates. Period. No one should have the right to tell others who they can/cannot marry. When it involves two consenting adults, why should body parts matter? I just don’t understand why things must be one way or the other. Why can’t it be like with abortion where those who want one can get one while those who don’t need not bother? I have a lot to say on the issue. A LOT. I know you said you don’t care about length, but rather than copy/paste it all in here, why don’t I just provide the link to my diary and then you can read all about it in depth. The link is: http://www.my-diary.org/read/?read=333943