Yes this is turning into a post about Prop.8. The proposition on the ballot to take away marriage rights to same sex couples. I don't get it. I am a married woman (hell I've been married twice) and we have a family. There is nothing more important than my family. I am the mother bear who will growl and scratch to protect my family. Here is what I don't understand. If those 2 guys hit it off and fall in love and get married and adopt some babies, how does that threaten my family? How is does that even effect me, my husband and my kid? When I am at Starbucks and see a young heterosexual couple on a date I don't think about how their possible marriage could effect me and my family. So why would 2 men or 2 women getting married be any different?Prop 8 does not make sense to me.
I firmly believe that love is love and that like some people are brown or white, some people are gay or straight. I love my husband and I am happily married to him and we are raising our daughter together. We file a joint tax return and we all share a last name. We are committed to each other spiritually and legally. I believe that every person should be given these same rights. By denying anyone the right to marriage is stripping someone of their civil rights. A proposition not allowing Latinos to marry White people would be outrageous and racist and backwards and wrong. Why is this any different?
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Well done PR Mom. I don't get it either. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe bible does not accept it, so why should we?????
ReplyDeleteBecause it's not Christian to treat others unfairly. The bible does not accept a lot of things that happen in our every day lives. I'm catholic but it's time we get with the times. If two people love each other, then they should have the chance to be happy.
ReplyDeleteGood job PR Mom! :)
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I am with you, PR mom, 100%, and guess what anonymous? I am a Christian.
ReplyDeleteWe need to love others where they are at, not where we THINK they should be.
To anonymous who cites the Bible: Remember, not every has the same religious beliefs you do, and we live in a Country that has chosen not to legislate on the basis of religion. If we did, the question then becomes, whose religion should form the basis of that legislation. The answer is simple, as our founding fathers declared in the 1st Amendment--you simply don't legislate religion at all so there is no need to choose, hence the doctrine of separation of church and state. Plain and simple. You can't force the state to impose religious practices on others. Anonymous also ignores the fundamental underpinning of Christianity to love one another as you would like to be loved. It is such flawed reasoning that it almost doesn't warrant a response. Love your post today 'Lis. I am proudly raising my boys to be open and understanding of all other people, and Elias regularly chants "no on 8, no on 8" while I stand proudly by. There's my rant for the day. JVS
ReplyDeleteProp 8 reminds me of when folks were not allowed to marry b/c they were of different races- just plain ignorance.
ReplyDeleteReferences:
Perez v. Sharp (1948)
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/get_informed/marriage_basics/history/perez_v_sharp.php
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pdfs/mildred_loving-statement.pdf