Hate STILL Isn’t a Family Value
Do you ever think you’re stuck in a bad dream, just waiting to wake up?
On March 5, the California Supreme Court will have a hearing to make a decision on Proposition 8. The hearing will determine the future of marriage equality in California, as well as the fate of the marriages that were considered legal before Prop 8 passed.
Deep down in my gut, I truly believe that Prop 8 will be thrown out. I believe that no state would allow a legal right to be revoked from its citizens after it has already been given to them. What would the world be if we took away women’s right to vote, or re-legalized slavery? We can’t go backwards with our laws.
I try not to think about it too much, because it just upsets me. I just hope that someday we can get past this and let all people have equal rights. There are many times when I just see life as black and white. You either give everyone the same rights, or nobody gets them at all. Call me crazy.
I’m also deeply disturbed by the way religious groups have behaved. You know you’re never too old for a slap on the hands with a ruler. I know a lot of people who need a good slap right now.
Religion is a troubling topic for me. I know a lot of my readers identify as atheist. I personally do believe there is a God, and I think that there is some beauty to the concept of spirituality.
I like the idea of people coming together to celebrate their faith. I like the concepts of love and peace, and concern for your neighbor. There are basic acts of human kindness that I think are very powerful in the teachings of religion.
We obviously can never prove whether or not there is a higher power. We have to make up our minds for ourselves and what we believe is our choice. But I do wish, and I mean this very sincerely, that religious leaders across the world would get back to the basics of what religion teaches. All this anger, hatred, and discrimination has no place in the church. I don’t know why churches hate gay people so much. We are just flesh and blood like anyone else.
Well those are my thoughts on that. I hope that justice wins in California and sends a strong message to the rest of the world.
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Very eloquently put–these are my exact feelings, except for the fact that I am a straight woman, and not a gay man. I often have this naive fantasy that one day, everyone will wake up and collectively experience a very simple epiphany: all people should have equal rights. for everything. period.
Well, as John Lennon put it, “they say I’m a dreamer…”