More upsetting to me than the turn-out of the presidential race, is the passage of California's prop 8 limiting marriage to only a select few citizens who the government deems "worthy", leaving the others to wallow in a perpetual state of sub-citizenry. The outcome of the presidential race was gonna suck regardless - 2 different "evils" but both just as ungood in their extremes. Sadly, until the voters in this country open their eyes - and their crayon boxes - and realize there are more colors out there than just red and blue, there's not going to be a big change in how things are done. But the issue of who is worthy to marry whom is a big thing. It harkens back to the racial bigotry that was so miserably and embarassingly prevelent in the past. I'd hoped that we, as a country, had moved past that. It breaks my heart that we haven't. It makes me so sad that the apparent - or at least most vocal - majority still feel the need to set themselves apart, to deny another human being something so basic as the desire to publicly and legally commit one's life to someone they love. It's akin to bullying - and a form of emotional abuse on a grand scale. It's the ugly kid in the neighborhood eating ice-cream in front of the other the little kids and taunting them with it, talking about how good the ice-cream is and how special he is because he gets to eat it all by himself and offering them an ice-cube to eat instead, telling them it's the same thing - it came out of the freezer and it's cold, close enough - and refusing to share the ice-cream no matter what. It's just plain stupid. If 2 adults love each other and want to commit to each other and want to be responsible for eath other and take the tax hit to be with each other, who really gives a rat's ass about their genders?

Now, I'm hoping that maybe the passage of this bill (and that of other similar bills in other states) is really a good thing in disguise. It's my hope that this whole issue ends up before the US Supreme Court and is overruled. I'm sure there's something in the constitution about "equal rights for all".


*runs off to look*



How sad. Yes, the phrase "all men are created equal" is there but the Equal Rights Amendment that was first written in 1921 and introduced to Congress in EVERY SINGLE SESSION since 1923 has still not been ratified giving women equal rights in this country. Guess that means only gay men stand a chance. Maybe.