Prop 8: Unconstitutional

A step has been taken in California that will inch the United States closer the ideal country of acceptance and tolerance that so many of us ache for. For well over a century, the under-dog in America has been fighting tooth and nail for rights that were once limited to the white, male, straight, and rich. What began as workers unionizing for safer work environments and living wages evolved into the women's suffrage movement, evolved into the civil rights movement, evolved into the feminist movement. Here we are on cusp of success for tolerance and respect's next major victory.

I am proud of the countless people who stand up and refuse to let the government dictate who you may or may not love. I am proud of the California legal system acknowledging what is not constitutional and what is merely religious, right-wing hate that has no business in our law.

I hope this is a wake up call to our federal government that our country is ready for a change. The issue of gay rights is NOT a state issue, it is a federal issue. People all over our country are being treated like inferiors. It's up to you to protect them and give them the rights they deserve as human beings!

Studies have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that homosexuality is no more a choice than the color of your skin, but even if it was a choice, it's none of your business who someone chooses to love! These right-wing, bible thumping, tea party movement nut-jobs scream that we are heading towards socialism and communism. They fling the words "freedom" and "liberty" around, well, freely. Yet these are the same people who would exterminate all the many colors of "different" in the US, whether that means homosexuals or liberals or immigrants, illegal or legal. Tell me, how is restricting who marries who freedom? How is forcing your Christian standards on everyone different from a Islamic country like Iran forcing their Muslim standards on their citizens?

We have a long road ahead of us, but we will win this fight. If something can be gleaned from American history, it's that we are a persistent bunch and that while it takes baby steps, eventually we do persevere.