Stop the Hate

I had all intentions of keeping my blog lighthearted, but I really can't NOT talk about my strong feelings for Prop. 8 on the ballot here in California. Some of you that don't live in California ( and for those of you that do live out here but live under a rock) may not know about Prop.8, so let me school you on it.
It's really simple, and can be described in very few words : IF PROP. 8 PASSES, THEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE A MARRIAGE * or even allow marriage* BETWEEN TWO CONSENTING GAY ADULTS. Period.
Why the gov't needs to be involved in marriage is a mystery to me. Why two people that love each other can't get married is a mystery to me. Don't people realize that just because a gay person can't legally get married doesn't mean they won't be gay any more. Stopping gay marriage isn't going to halt the existence of gay people. Gay couples will continue to live together, to have children together, they will continue to pay taxes, be law-abiding citizens, they will vote and run for elected offices. Gay people are our neighbors, our family members, our church elders, our doctors and nurses. Eliminating their right to marry in theory changes very little in the gay community, with the exception of one VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT FACT: they are being denied rights, and in 2008 how on Earth can we STILL be denying rights to our citizens? And let's just say for the sake of argument that *you* don't like the thought of gay people getting married, can you honestly say that you are comfortable with denying Constitutional Rights to your fellow Americans? Are you OK with saying that person A is allowed their Constitutional Rights but person B isn't? Are you certain that in the future that YOUR Constitutional Rights won't be taken away from you? If one day it became illegal for you to discipline your own children? If one day only rich people could drive gas-guzzling SUV's but people in lower-income brackets weren't deemed worthy enough to clog the skies with soot? Think about it for a minute. If you're against gays getting married, at least ask yourself if you're willing to let that type of hate interfere with your love of our Constitutional Rights. If you are happily married, why would you want to deny that same happiness to other people?

And let's get real, heterosexuals have done enough damage to marriage as a whole. Let gay people take over for awhile, okay?

STOP THE HATE, VOTE NO ON 8.
**I'm stepping off my soapbox now**