Before I stop posting political things, I want to express my deep sorrow at the passing of proposition 8 in California, and similar measures in Arizona and Florida. Arkansas also passed a measure banning unmarried couples from being adoptive or foster parents.
Love isn’t about laws. It just isn’t. And this isn’t right.
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November 5, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Lee Ann
Thank you for posting this. I wanted to say something too, but after two political posts in a row, I opted to keep my anger and disappointment to myself. I was just shocked and sick about all of these things when my husband told me last night. While it’s beyond wonderful that we live in a country where a black man can really be president, there is still so much hate and intolerance, so many people held to different standards and not given equal rights. I was especially saddened by the Arkansas measure – all those children who could find loving homes, all those parents who are looking to open their homes. I mistakenly thought the country had progressed further than this. So sad…
November 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Sara
Wow! I didn’t know about the Arkansas thing… that is so sad. With all the children in foster care in this country, you would think we would be above that…
November 5, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Jennifer
We are a country founded on the fundamental equality of ALL
Everyone
Regardless of race, gender, sexual preference
It disgusts me that people in this great nation would spend so much money, time and effort to support INequality
We just never seem to learn from our previous mistakes
Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and now Gay Rights…by now we should have realized that ignorance and bigotry are not the American Way
November 5, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Jillian
As a nation we have taken a leap forward, yet these states have taken steps back. It is truly unfortunate. Thank you for posting this to make sure that these things are not forgotten.
November 6, 2008 at 11:12 am
Naomi
I was thrilled with the election of Barack Obama. The only things that marred the day for me were the passage of Prop 8 and also the fact that people in Maryland voted to have slot machines, which I consider to be a tax on the poor.
So many inequalities to address, so little time…
November 7, 2008 at 10:51 am
Major Bedhead
I am almost beyond words I am so disgusted at the passage of these bills. Legislating hate. Lovely.
November 19, 2008 at 6:48 am
Bernard Farrell
We have seen many children adopted into loving families with two dads or two moms. I was surprised and disappointed to see California pass this legislation.
I think it’s fear that drives people to vote against gay marriage. What they often don’t realize is that they’re also voting against people’s rights. What a shame.
November 28, 2008 at 8:51 am
Winston
I am using a pseudonym and someone else’s pc to protect my personal safety. I live in California and I agree that love isn’t about laws. That is exactly why prop 8 is not about hate. The word “matrimony” comes from the latin root “mater”.
The State is an entity that is concerned with common good, things like public health, defense, transportation. The reason why states generally recognize marriage is that it is related to the common good. States have never had any interest in protecting the feelings between husband and wife. There is a general interest in favoring the continuation of the species in a stable environment where children grow up with their biological parents (or surrogate mom and dad in the case of adoption). If the purpose of the State were to reward feelings there would be a discrimination. But feelings are by definition a private matter and they have nothing to do with the state. Charities would be forced to give children to same sex couples, that is not right. It would make it impossible to live and act according to a different view of life from the current liberal positions, that sounds like dictatorship. Same sex couples in California are enjoying equal protection under the law, this is rarely mentioned.
November 28, 2008 at 8:56 am
Winston
Let me just add that the infinitely repeated argument that old people and people with physiological fertility problems are able to marry does not invalidate the fact that matrimony is related to reproduction. Would you really want to put an age limit or medical requirements prior to issuing marriage licenses? Like I said the State has a general interest. That is why states do not force any married couples to have children. It is not about the single cases, it is a general interest.