Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Proposition 8 (california)
The election is over and as usual some people are less than happy with the results. I would imagine most of the people crying foul are the same ones who chose to stay home on election day. Bet you vote next time.
Here is my view of Proposition 8 ( gay marriage).
I have been married to the same woman for 20 + years, this to me is the definition of marriage, the union of a man and a woman till death do us part.
The gay community is up in arms over the ban on same sex marriage and they should be. In the history of the United States there is yet to be a ban that has had real measurable success. Bans tend to cause up evil and resentment most of the time. Prohibition and drug laws are perfect examples of what does not work. I believe this will be the same. This will not stop just because there is a ban in place. If nothing else it will bring more awareness.
I would like to offer a strategy to the gay community.
Quit trying to be like main stream America. Your are Not just like everyone else, you have your own community of like minded people. Most of main stream America would love to have their own community of like minded individuals to share life with. Be thankful you have what you have and embrace it. You could for example instead of calling it marriage call it something else. Let the main stream keep the traditional meaning of marriage for their own and create your own traditional meaning. You have every right to be with whom ever you choose, the problem is in the definition of marriage, not the meaning. Create your own definition.
When ever you want to fight it is easy to find an opponent. The more you fight the bigger the war. The bigger the war the less you remember what you were fighting about in the first place, which in this case is acceptance.
To those of you who were offended and singled out by this ban and feeling that your rights have been trampled on. Your gay rights should be just that gay rights. Remember a right is something that is earned based upon it's own set of principals not the principals of others beliefs.
To the people in support of (Proposition 8).
When ever you delegate the rights of other people you are simply diminishing your own rights. What gives you the right to tell others who they can spend the rest of their lives with. It won't be long before someone is telling you how to live your life. Don't believe me? It was OK for you to tell others how to live. Now your right to choose is gone.
We all have the right to choose. We have soldiers dying because we choose freedom! When we feel the need to choose the rights of others we are giving away our own FREEDOM. Freedom has to high a price to simply give away.
Here is my view of Proposition 8 ( gay marriage).
I have been married to the same woman for 20 + years, this to me is the definition of marriage, the union of a man and a woman till death do us part.
The gay community is up in arms over the ban on same sex marriage and they should be. In the history of the United States there is yet to be a ban that has had real measurable success. Bans tend to cause up evil and resentment most of the time. Prohibition and drug laws are perfect examples of what does not work. I believe this will be the same. This will not stop just because there is a ban in place. If nothing else it will bring more awareness.
I would like to offer a strategy to the gay community.
Quit trying to be like main stream America. Your are Not just like everyone else, you have your own community of like minded people. Most of main stream America would love to have their own community of like minded individuals to share life with. Be thankful you have what you have and embrace it. You could for example instead of calling it marriage call it something else. Let the main stream keep the traditional meaning of marriage for their own and create your own traditional meaning. You have every right to be with whom ever you choose, the problem is in the definition of marriage, not the meaning. Create your own definition.
When ever you want to fight it is easy to find an opponent. The more you fight the bigger the war. The bigger the war the less you remember what you were fighting about in the first place, which in this case is acceptance.
To those of you who were offended and singled out by this ban and feeling that your rights have been trampled on. Your gay rights should be just that gay rights. Remember a right is something that is earned based upon it's own set of principals not the principals of others beliefs.
To the people in support of (Proposition 8).
When ever you delegate the rights of other people you are simply diminishing your own rights. What gives you the right to tell others who they can spend the rest of their lives with. It won't be long before someone is telling you how to live your life. Don't believe me? It was OK for you to tell others how to live. Now your right to choose is gone.
We all have the right to choose. We have soldiers dying because we choose freedom! When we feel the need to choose the rights of others we are giving away our own FREEDOM. Freedom has to high a price to simply give away.
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