Congrats to our new Commander and Chief, Barack Obama.
Overall I am very excited about the presidential election yesterday. America got Barack Obama and he is exactly what we need right NOW! And if that was all there is to the election, I would be on cloud 9 right today.
However, in California with 91% of the precincts counted it looks like a sad day for gays! You see, a while back California enacted a law allowing gays the equality to marry. The California supreme court upheld that law. All was good, until the Bigots all decided to get together and rob gays of their chance to be treated as true equals. They enacted a ballot initiative that would overturn the right for gays to marry in that state.
As always they claim that gay marriage is a threat to family and home. I guess they fear that all those fundamental Christians, skinheads, KKK members and various other racist and religious lunatics will give up their heterosexual family ties and run out to marry members of the gay and lesbian community. I seriously doubt that could happen as none of the gays and lesbians I know want relationships with extreme right wing bigots. It sounds silly and childish, doesn't it? And it is silly and childish. Allowing gays and lesbians to marry has absolutely no effect on the traditional family at all.
In fact, it would simply create more family units in America. I can envision Pat Robertson and James Dobson divorcing their wives and running to the Justice of the Peace! Who would be the bride? Do Pat, or James for that matter, have the right to wear white? I am told that Fred Phelps would officiate and that Ted Haggard would be best man (at least we know the truth about Ted)! And I can just hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing 'O Happy Day' in the background as the happy couple seal their vows with a kiss!
Whoops, sorry, moment of temporary insane bliss.
Back to reality. I think it's pathetic that bigots decide if it's OK for good people to love. I think it's sad that responsible adults can not choose to legitimize their relationships. I think the fact that men like Ted Haggard end up on drugs consorting with prostitutes speaks loud and clear as to what the effect of a repressed self hating lifestyle has on a gay man! And I think it's time for change!
It's time to stand up and fight for what is ours!
1 comment:
You are so right about that Mike. It is legal for the "Cathouse" to prostitute themselves to men and really women though in the Bible this is a no no. If the world can be okay with careers as a prostitute and stripper, then why can't gays get married? It only seems like this "One Nation Under God" follows the Bible when it is of personal feelings and views, and that is the ultimate sin of all!
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