i am very passionately against

PROPOSITION 8. The California proposition to take away gay's right to marry, which was newly granted to them by the supreme court of CA just this year. it happened while matt and i were on our honeymoon actually, which made us happy. it was nice to see that our happiness was about to be shared by thousands of loving couples.

i very much respect religions of all sorts, and christianity, and with Jesus, I always thought "God is love" was supposed to be the core essential truth of it all, and that he had an open door policy, that he was the opposite of hate. If you are Christian feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about God being love and having an open door policy.

So, why does it logically follow, that some people of said beliefs, find their passion not fueled to care for the poor (like jesus) or love friends in need (like jesus) or feed the hungry (like jesus) but to become passionate, so passionate about taking away this newfound right for gays to marry, that they should get an insane amount of signatures to get this on the ballot. this is what people were spending their time doing. i know because i worked an event shortly after, and was asked to sign one of them.

its fine to be passionate about things but ... you have to ask yourself ... does this really make the world a better place? or ... am i just wasting my time? or worse, am i hurting others? alienating them?

i see NO difference between this discrimination and that of a more racist basis, interracial marriage. in 1959 interracial marriage became legal in california for the first time. are you in an interracial relationship? have you been? do you know someone who is? are your parents? to us now -- i should hope -- the very fact that it was illegal is nauseating.

hypothetical. interracial couple in 1958 has been together 25 years and have 3 children. man is in an accident, on his deathbed, and the woman cannot be allowed in the room? her partner and the father of her children?

i know the "rationale" behind it -- according to the proponents of the proposition -- is to 'protect marriage.'
but i firmly believe that is but a cloak to hide an immature, petty, and discriminatory 'disgust' our society has with couples in loving, happy same-sex relationships.

why can't we just leave them be? have we forgotten what injustice feels like? in our personal lives? have we thought to ourselves 'wow, what if i couldn't marry the person i loved'? are we truly acting out of 'love' to our friends and community members who are gay?

OLD WINE in NEW BOTTLES.
the thucydides quote. he got it right in ancient Greece. and we are still trying to hash it out (we always will be). there will be justice in [california] when those who [have rights] feel as outraged as [their community members who don't]!