It's about love, about two people wanting to celebrate and spending the rest of their lives together in bliss. It's not about your belief, it's about their happiness. It's about a simple freedom that you take for granted.
Why do you really care or should about Proposition 8? It is one of the only few propositions in history to take away a right of civilized people. When you dictate to others who you can love, how you can live, and take away that civility, than it is not worth living a false lie. In California this year alone, Proposition 2 was passed allowing chickens and caged animals more room to live freely in their cages while, same sex marriages are banned. We have given more rights to animals than people. What kind of society are we? What are we saying to others? People who love one another, pay taxes, have actively participated in your communities and society are being stripped of an inalienable right to pursue happiness. Proponents of Proposition 8 sold to Californians the fear and hate from the religious right. Spreading lies and deceit that your children will be harmed by same sex marriages. The same lies used under inter-racial marriages as well as other lies used to control any population deemed unworthy of human rights. This is an issues that will not go quietly in the night. Opposition for Proposition 8 is not just Gays and Lesbians, we have included civil rights movements, minorities, people of religious rights that believe it is a sin but do not wish to have others suffer under a zealous right wing. Your children will look at this one day and wonder why, we can't accept that if two people who love one another, can't they get married and spend the rest of their lives in happiness. Why? This isn't 1963. Welcome to the world of tolerance and acceptance. I leave you, with this very powerful verse, from Love Is.
"In this world we've created
In this place that we live
In the blink of an eye the darkness slips in
Love lights the world
Unites the lovers for eternity"
Love Is - Brian McKnight and Vanessa Williams
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