Those that know me know that I've always strongly believed in equal rights for gay people. I think it's really sad that there are still people out there who don't believe that gay people should be allowed to marry their partner simply because some part of the bible (the majority of which is no longer followed because we've discovered that it's no longer necessary to sacrifice a goat, lamb, or turtledove, and that there is no proper amount of money to pay for slaves because slavery is wrong) tells us we should hate it.

Tomorrow (March 5, 2009) the Supreme Court is going to hold discussions on the validity of Proposition 8 in California. It sickens me that a proposition that outrightly denies rights to a person who's only crime is to want to spend the rest of their life with their lover could be passed in a state that prides itself on being at the forefront of social change.

I believe there may be some confusion among the people as to what this proposition really means. I've heard people say "I believe that gays should be allowed to have equal rights, equal taxes, and the right to visit their partner in the hospital, but I don't think they should be allowed to be "married", because the bible says that's wrong." But that's what marriage is; it's the right to all of those things. Why would you call it something else just because instead of a man and woman, you have two women, or two men in the partnership? Although it may have started out that way, marriage is no longer something just for christians, catholics, or any other religious group. After all, if that were the case, athiests would not want- nor would they be allowed- to be married. Proposition 8 doesn't just say that gays cannot marry, it says that gays do not deserve those rights.

Opposing Prop 8 means that you believe in the constitutional rights given to us by our forefathers. "All men are created equal." You will not find the words "unless you are gay" written anywhere in that document·