Oct 11 2008
Same Sex Marriage
Proposition 8 would eliminate the right for gay and lesbian couples here in California to get married. I always hear the argument that allowing homosexual couples to be married threatens marriage between heterosexuals. My question is, how exactly are straight couples threatened? Even our presidential nominees are not in favor of gay marriage. They’ll tell you they support recognizing rights of visitations in the hospital etc… but when it comes down to it they do not support marriage. I just don’t understand why. Are our elected officials against gay marriage because of the bible? If so, where is the separation between Church and state? To be honest I’m sick of everyone quoting the bible when it comes to issues such as these.
According to the right wing conservatives God is all about love. If this is true then why the hate mongering? They call homosexuality a sin – an abomination. Let’s think about that for a minute. I’ll try not to be graphic here and get my point out to all of you. They say it’s the “acts” that are an abomination. Well, correct me if I’m wrong here but heterosexuals partake in some of these same acts. So why an abomination for some and not the other?
The fact of the matter is that we all or most of us grew up in households where homosexuality was considered wrong and some where we were taught it was a sin. Because of that fact, we never tried to understand it or consider that people are just people. And, as a result, we are fearful of what we don’t understand. It’s not difficult.
We all fall in love at some point in time in our life. We don’t choose who to fall in love with – it just happens. What’s wrong with two people, whether the same sex or not being in love? They should absolutely have the same rights as heterosexuals and be allowed to get married just like the rest of us.
Any thoughts on this?
