Seriously, WTF is WRONG with people?!

While the country takes a giant step forward, California takes an even bigger step back by allowing Prop 8 to pass. WHAT. THE. HELL. Clearly, equality under the law means nothing to a majority of people here in this supposedly "progressive" state.

How can in the same stroke people decide that the color of someone's skin is not a concern, but who they choose to love IS?! Do they not see discrimination is discrimination, no matter what the particular target is?? Saying gays can't marry is the SAME THING as saying whites and blacks can't marry! No progress has been made in civil rights! What's really being said is that gays are less than human, and that's sick.

Anyone who voted for Prop 8 has no right to consider themselves to have any human decency remaining. Gay marriage DOES NOT and WOULD NOT affect you WHATSOEVER. Did your life suddenly become a living hell because somewhere, some gay couples attained the same legal rights as you? Was your church suddenly forced to marry gay people in droves? Did they make you to go to their weddings and watch them kiss and be blissfully happy? Happy people, what a horrible thing! We can't allow that now can we?? We must keep marriage all to ourselves, only people just like us can be happy together! Does stripping others of their rights make you feel superior to them? Are you somehow better off knowing that gay couple down the street can't have the same legal protections you do? Do you really think that not letting them marry will make them any less of a couple or in love with each other?? Preventing gay marriage does nothing to prevent people living their (gay) lives! Homosexuality has been a fact of life all throughout nature and all throughout human history, and not giving people a piece of paper isn't going to change that. You'd best wake up to reality.

All you homophobes are in all likelihood in contact with or are a neighbor to or know and love a gay person and don't even realize it. And now you've told them that they don't deserve to have the same governmental rights as you because they were born different from you. Wow. Way to be compassionate. Hmm, isn't being compassionate toward your fellow man a main teaching in Christian religions? I guess not, since they're the ones promoting the hate toward gay people and anyone else who doesn't believe the same things they do.

I'm so mad right now I can't even articulate it. I was so happy last night when I still had hope left, and even had it strengthened with the election of Barack Obama. But NOW...today was supposed to be a joyous occasion, and now it's just fucked up. Thanks so much, my fellow Californians. I hope someday something you really care about it thrown under a bus. Sorry this got so long, but I need to rant. People suck. I sincerely hope this can be reversed somehow.

Seriously, WTF is WRONG with people?!

While the country takes a giant step forward, California takes an even bigger step back by allowing Prop 8 to pass. WHAT. THE. HELL. Clearly, equality under the law means nothing to a majority of people here in this supposedly "progressive" state.

How can in the same stroke people decide that the color of someone's skin is not a concern, but who they choose to love IS?! Do they not see discrimination is discrimination, no matter what the particular target is?? Saying gays can't marry is the SAME THING as saying whites and blacks can't marry! No progress has been made in civil rights! What's really being said is that gays are less than human, and that's sick.

Anyone who voted for Prop 8 has no right to consider themselves to have any human decency remaining. Gay marriage DOES NOT and WOULD NOT affect you WHATSOEVER. Did your life suddenly become a living hell because somewhere, some gay couples attained the same legal rights as you? Was your church suddenly forced to marry gay people in droves? Did they make you to go to their weddings and watch them kiss and be blissfully happy? Happy people, what a horrible thing! We can't allow that now can we?? We must keep marriage all to ourselves, only people just like us can be happy together! Does stripping others of their rights make you feel superior to them? Are you somehow better off knowing that gay couple down the street can't have the same legal protections you do? Do you really think that not letting them marry will make them any less of a couple or in love with each other?? Preventing gay marriage does nothing to prevent people living their (gay) lives! Homosexuality has been a fact of life all throughout nature and all throughout human history, and not giving people a piece of paper isn't going to change that. You'd best wake up to reality.

All you homophobes are in all likelihood in contact with or are a neighbor to or know and love a gay person and don't even realize it. And now you've told them that they don't deserve to have the same governmental rights as you because they were born different from you. Wow. Way to be compassionate. Hmm, isn't being compassionate toward your fellow man a main teaching in Christian religions? I guess not, since they're the ones promoting the hate toward gay people and anyone else who doesn't believe the same things they do.

I'm so mad right now I can't even articulate it. I was so happy last night when I still had hope left, and even had it strengthened with the election of Barack Obama. But NOW...today was supposed to be a joyous occasion, and now it's just fucked up. Thanks so much, my fellow Californians. I hope someday something you really care about it thrown under a bus. Sorry this got so long, but I need to rant. People suck. I sincerely hope this can be reversed somehow.