So I finally decided to get this thing up and running, this time for real. I'll start off with a fairly in-depth post I wrote about gay marriage and what I think about it. I figure it's pretty relevant because of this Prop 8 madness that is going on. Taken from my myspace blog:
Over the last few decades our "great" country has seen it's fair share of landmark triumphs and overtures that are reflected upon as moments where equality and righteousness prevailed. Minorities were accepted and gained equal rights, segregation ended, women's suffrage came to play, etc. Looking back on it, most people would think, "Wow, It's a shame that the nation was naive enough to not have granted all these rights in the first place, but we're a modern society now and much more accepting and intellectual."
Not so much, IMO.
There has to be a healthy balance of faith and knowledge that you can perceive. I.e, I can leave milk and cookies out overnight for Santa Claus to eat. I go to sleep with faith that he will come into my house at night and enjoy them. The next morning I wake up and they're gone. My faith is rewarded and expands. What I am not aware of is that while I was sound asleep my dad woke up and ate the milk and cookies himself, but it doesn't matter because It's not something I witnessed, therefore I will believe what I want.
What happens when you find out there's no Santa Claus, he doesn't exist and your dad has been eating the cookies all these years? That's kind of what the wonderful world of science has done to religion.
Regardless of what your pastors and crazy, religious aunts tell you, being gay is not a choice. You don't wake up one day and say, "Hey, from now on guy's butts will drive me nuts." It doesn't work like that. How do I know? Well first of all, I am not gay but I am understanding, something religious nuts aren't. There are a variety of factors that determine this. It's mostly a mixture of genes, prenatal hormones, and brain structure. Simply put, their pheromone structure is identical to the opposite sex's. There's obviously more factors that aren't completely concrete or proven yet, but this is all derived from what we know and have evidence to help back up.
What I'm simply trying to say is this: gay people don't choose to be gay, the same way blacks don't choose to be black (except for Micheal Jackson) and women don't choose to be women (except Marylin Manson).
One of the basic fundamental rights that we as humans enjoy is the right to love. There are certain places where you don't really have a choice, but for the most part you do. What better way to express that love than by joining as one for life? Marriage. Women can love, Asians can love, even people with disabilities can love. The majority of animals also love.
Why would you want to ban gay people from vasking in this right? Is it because your old and hundred-times revised bible says it's wrong? Or cause you're not used to thinking about it? Maybe you just want to tell people what they can or can't do.
That's incredibly ignorant and hateful.
They are human. They deserve to do what they want so long as it hurts nobody. They deserve to be recognized as a legal union. They deserve tax breaks and benefits, joint-incomes, the right to each other's properties if one of them becomes deceased. They deserve not only to be practically married, they deserve the right to choose to be married. It sickens me that people feel so insecure that they have to resort to attacking and stripping people from their rights. Does god love certain people more than others? Does the fact that god made so many people gay make him a little gay too? Let's demean and lessen his worth too!
In the immortal words of Sage Francis,"That ain't right"
In case you haven't seen or heard already, there are people supporting a Yes on Prop 8 and protesting gay-rights on the corner of Whittier Blvd. and Colima here in Whittier. If you believe that everyone should be treated equal regardless of orientation, please help protest against them and show your support for equal liberties by showing up there tonight. They will be there at around 6-7pm. You'll find me there, arguing with that ignorant, religious, self-righteous group of people.
