No! on Prop 8

October 10, 2008 at 7:36 pm Leave a comment

We here in California have a funny thing called the Initiative process, where Anyman can collect signatures for Anything. Right now we have a constitutional amendment up to abolish marriage rights for same gender couples.

You can see the proposition using this link: http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm

My basic quarrel with this proposition is that it is bringing out ALL the erroneous opinions and prejudice of homophobic people: “It’s a choice, it’s a lifestyle, it’s a mental illness.” As far as I can tell, gender/sexual orientation is part of the way God made us, how we were born, and until this basic fact is accepted, we talk at cross purposes.

A marriage license is a civil license like a business license or a fishing license, and as such, needs to be available to every citizen. End of story