Ultimately, I've decided to mention this because I know that the people I love and I are able to agree to disagree, and that it is most important to be genuine and open to respectful discourse about the issues that matter.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
i hestitated
In writing about my reaction to Tuesday's election results, I was a little dishonest with all of you. Out of fear of offending or alienating family and friends who I know do not share all of my social values, I refrained from mentioning that California sort of broke my heart on election day. The passing of Proposition 8 in CA, as well as Arkansas' passing of a ban effectively prohibiting gay people from adopting children (this makes no sense to me at all, as we live in a country where millions of children are in need of loving homes), has definitely tempered the joy I feel overall about the election results.
Ultimately, I've decided to mention this because I know that the people I love and I are able to agree to disagree, and that it is most important to be genuine and open to respectful discourse about the issues that matter.
Ultimately, I've decided to mention this because I know that the people I love and I are able to agree to disagree, and that it is most important to be genuine and open to respectful discourse about the issues that matter.
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i agree wholeheartedly. and i don't hesitate speaking my mind because, when one is kind about the way one says something, it should be ok to say it. but, what is NOT kind, is denying human beings the right to marry someone they love. and it's gender discrimination. the state is prohibiting some individuals from marrying based on gender - THAT is illegal. california passed prop 2, which will give farm animals enough room to turn around and lie down in their otherwise confining cages. yet, the majority of californians don't think the right to marry who we chose is as important. that sickens me.
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