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Vote no on Prop 8
17 years ago
'Kay, so I know I don't have a lot of people watching me, but I've decided that this is something that, to me, is important enough to speak out on.
First of all, for those of you who live in California and are eligible to vote, please, please, PLEASE vote no on Proposition 8. Whoever votes yes, I swear I'll rip their lungs out!
For those of you who don't know, Prop 8 is a measure that is designed solely to restrict the rights of gay people by eliminating their right to marriage, by the way of rewriting the California constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
When I first heard of Prop 8, it was through a commercial supporting the measure; it was so shamelessly homophobic and alarmist that I would have laughed, had it not been so infuriating at the same time. Homophobia aside, this commercial was so chock full of lies that I'm appalled that it was even approved in the first place.
This is very, very personal for me. I have seen homophobia, and on multiple occasions. I have found it on T.V., I have found it on the radio, and worst of all, I have heard it from my own family, including those that I love the most. It's disgusting, it's hateful, and people have died, and died brutally, because some fucker decided someone was a "homo faggot" and thought it'd be fun to beat the gay kid!
I'm sorry, but this cuts VERY deeply for me. If Prop 8 is passed, it will set a very dangerous precedent not just in California, but in the rest of the U.S. as well. It will pass a legal standard that says that gay people are NOT equal citizens, that our rights are not important, and that the secular principles on which this country was founded hold no meaning. The only arguments that Prop 8 presents are based on the questionable morals of a strict brand of Christianity, which is belongs to a small, hateful group of regressives who would rather see that we live in the dark ages!
I live in a free country, not a Taleban state, and I intend to see that it stays that way. If this measure is passed, it will ruin lives, and it will set a basis for discrimination no less reprehensible that the doctrine of "Separate But Equal"!
Even if you don't live in California, or aren't eligible to vote, that doesn't mean you can't help. Spread the word, and let people know that this measure will destroy people's lives.
One more thing: the people here who are trying to ban gay marriage are the exact same people who have been trying to ban interracial marriage. If you do decide to spread the word, be sure to include that.
To see the journal that prompted this, I'll provide the link here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/.....0/#cid:4015180
Peace out.
First of all, for those of you who live in California and are eligible to vote, please, please, PLEASE vote no on Proposition 8. Whoever votes yes, I swear I'll rip their lungs out!
For those of you who don't know, Prop 8 is a measure that is designed solely to restrict the rights of gay people by eliminating their right to marriage, by the way of rewriting the California constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
When I first heard of Prop 8, it was through a commercial supporting the measure; it was so shamelessly homophobic and alarmist that I would have laughed, had it not been so infuriating at the same time. Homophobia aside, this commercial was so chock full of lies that I'm appalled that it was even approved in the first place.
This is very, very personal for me. I have seen homophobia, and on multiple occasions. I have found it on T.V., I have found it on the radio, and worst of all, I have heard it from my own family, including those that I love the most. It's disgusting, it's hateful, and people have died, and died brutally, because some fucker decided someone was a "homo faggot" and thought it'd be fun to beat the gay kid!
I'm sorry, but this cuts VERY deeply for me. If Prop 8 is passed, it will set a very dangerous precedent not just in California, but in the rest of the U.S. as well. It will pass a legal standard that says that gay people are NOT equal citizens, that our rights are not important, and that the secular principles on which this country was founded hold no meaning. The only arguments that Prop 8 presents are based on the questionable morals of a strict brand of Christianity, which is belongs to a small, hateful group of regressives who would rather see that we live in the dark ages!
I live in a free country, not a Taleban state, and I intend to see that it stays that way. If this measure is passed, it will ruin lives, and it will set a basis for discrimination no less reprehensible that the doctrine of "Separate But Equal"!
Even if you don't live in California, or aren't eligible to vote, that doesn't mean you can't help. Spread the word, and let people know that this measure will destroy people's lives.
One more thing: the people here who are trying to ban gay marriage are the exact same people who have been trying to ban interracial marriage. If you do decide to spread the word, be sure to include that.
To see the journal that prompted this, I'll provide the link here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/.....0/#cid:4015180
Peace out.
redfoxfan
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