The passing of Proposition 8 has made it very clear that what goes on in my bedroom is far more important than what anyone could imagine. People are more interested in who I am sleeping with than what my contributions to society are. The gender of my partner is more a point of interest than the fact that I work eight hours a day, go to school, and pay taxes, yet I am not worthy enough to get married. Prop 8 gives prying, judgmental and hipocritical eyes the power to dictate my actions when it comes to the matters of my heart and, less we forget the financial advantages of legal marriage, my wallet.
Today, California Supreme Court will flex its own power by analyzing the legitimacy, scope and constitutionality of Prop 8. Those of us who would rather not obnoxiously snoop around in the private affairs of law abiding adults, will hope and pray for a fair, decent and common sense approach to this amendment. I can only hope that the supporters of such an invasive law will one day recognize the foul stench of discrimination and choose to wash their hands of it.
What goes on in my bedroom, is my business. Start minding your own.
2 comments:
it really is the religious folks who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman...a union joined by God. but when you ask them why they don't protest atheists (who dont believe in God) who get married...they don't have an answer.
i a believe in God too, but I don't share this view. you're right, they are more concerned with who is sleeping with whom that people being good citizens contributors to society.
if civil unions were good enough, then everyone who is married should have their marriage be a civil union. again, this is a classic case of the majority crushing the rights of the minority. i am hoping this battle will be won.
Does anybody know what the results were of this hearing???
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