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Tuesday, July 29
Why I am voting NO on Prop 8
On Novmeber 4 Californians will be voting on Proposition 8. Prop 8 "changes California Constitution to eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry. Provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
If Prop 8 succeeds and same sex marriage is banned California's Constitution will single out a specific group of people and deny them basic freedoms and rights enjoyed by everyone else, namely the freedom to choose whom one loves and marries. Equal protection under the law is fundamental to American society, not just to California.
There is a difference between a domestic partnership and a marriage. Perhaps the most significant difference is that many people don't know what a domestic partnership is, much less how is differs from a marriage. On the other hand, with very few exceptions, every American understands what marriage is as well as the personal, legal and societal ramifications attached to the institution. It is separate but not equal.
I also find it repugnant that certain people feel compelled to impose their will on other people. This is not the American way. From freedom of religion, to freedom of speech, to the free market, the United States is a nation founded on individual freedom. We all have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, no matter which direction that pursuit takes us. So how is it that some people, who happen to be straight, feel they can limit the rights of others who are not?
Dana Parsons wrote in the LA Times in regards to the moral argument against gay marriage that religious folk "turn immutably steadfast in their certainty that homosexuality is a sin and that condoning gay marriage is an apostasy. Easy solution. If gay marriage is against God's will, let him handle the punishment. Why should mere mortals be the ones dispensing the judgment?"
Vow to vote no on Proposition 8 in November.
Click here to read Dana Parson's entire article.
Click here to visit the Vote No On Prop 8 website.
If Prop 8 succeeds and same sex marriage is banned California's Constitution will single out a specific group of people and deny them basic freedoms and rights enjoyed by everyone else, namely the freedom to choose whom one loves and marries. Equal protection under the law is fundamental to American society, not just to California.
There is a difference between a domestic partnership and a marriage. Perhaps the most significant difference is that many people don't know what a domestic partnership is, much less how is differs from a marriage. On the other hand, with very few exceptions, every American understands what marriage is as well as the personal, legal and societal ramifications attached to the institution. It is separate but not equal.
I also find it repugnant that certain people feel compelled to impose their will on other people. This is not the American way. From freedom of religion, to freedom of speech, to the free market, the United States is a nation founded on individual freedom. We all have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, no matter which direction that pursuit takes us. So how is it that some people, who happen to be straight, feel they can limit the rights of others who are not?
Dana Parsons wrote in the LA Times in regards to the moral argument against gay marriage that religious folk "turn immutably steadfast in their certainty that homosexuality is a sin and that condoning gay marriage is an apostasy. Easy solution. If gay marriage is against God's will, let him handle the punishment. Why should mere mortals be the ones dispensing the judgment?"
Vow to vote no on Proposition 8 in November.
Click here to read Dana Parson's entire article.
Click here to visit the Vote No On Prop 8 website.
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