Well let me begin by saying, this is my blog and I never wrote my previous entry to try and "sway" anyone. I wrote to vent on an issue that I feel very strongly about. My natural way of being has always included "obscenities". This may be a turn off to some people and that's okay, but I am an extreme liberal at heart and I question all areas of "authority" in my life. I really don't feel like I have to explain myself to anyone who isn't really in my life on a daily basis, but that's just so you know my position on this didn't lead me to say "fuck" it's just a word that I use mostly on a daily basis. If this leads you to stop reading my blog, then that is quite unfortunate as I know I am not a "bad" person.
I strongly feel this proposition is one of pure hatred. If you are coming at me from a religious stand point--well let me say this: Doesn't Jesus tell you NOT to judge others? If you are a believer that the Lord wants you to damn homosexual people to hell then my friend that's some seriously hippocratic religion you are practicing. In my mind, if I believed in Jesus, I would imagine that he would want us to love and accept everyone around us. He is the ultimate one to judge who will get into his pearly gates and not us. We are no one to judge--WE ARE NOT GOD. From my perspective I was angry at the people with those vote YES on Prop 8 signs because it is from the depths of my soul that I believe that if two human beings LOVE each other--regardless of sexuality--who is the government to say they cannot commit themselves to each other through marriage? In my opinion law, politics, legislature has NO business being in our personal lives--NONE. Those voting yes keep saying there needs to be a protection of "marriage". Can you honestly tell me that if two women get married or two men get married, or a man and a woman get married it's going to affect the sanctity of your own marriage? And if you can say yes then tell me how?? Because the way I feel about it, is if you love someone you should have the human RIGHT to marry them. Aren't we an establishment claiming FREEDOM and EQUAL rights for all? IF we prevent ANYONE from marrying then we are not that. We are not Free, we are not Equal. I don't know if you are married or not. But what if our laws had prevented you from marrying the love of your life or will prevent you in the future? You would have felt trapped and depressed. The way I see it, this is exactly what happened when interracial couples wanted to get married. Are you against that too? I mean no one had the ability or will have the ability to prevent you from marrying or to give a vote on your marriage why should it be any different for anyone regardless of WHO they are marrying? DO NOT be fooled. Our children do not need to protected from the world, they need to be educated. What can be lost from allowing people to marry one another? Nothing, but much can be gained...to teach your children tolerance and acceptance of ALL people regardless of race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation. IF you are voting yes because of religious reasons and the "sanctity of marriage" please take a moment to reconsider our "real-life" situation. Do you really want to be responsible for taking someone's right to marry or be LEGALLY committed to another person? If your answer is yes then I am deeply saddened and I am also thankful that I get to vote on such a serious proposition. I do not agree with not allowing someone the legal right to marry another person--regardless of whether I am against the way they are living their lives or not. Call me a hippie, call me what you want, but I am voting No and I remain strong in my standing on this.
Showing posts with label No on Prop 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No on Prop 8. Show all posts
Sunday, October 26, 2008
To The Anonymous Poster From My Previous Blog
Posted by Brenda at 12:05 PM 4 comments
Labels: No on Prop 8
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