Proposition 8

On the California Ballot.  It is an initiative designed to take away California constitutionally provided rights. The right for two adults, regardless of gender, to marry.

The day I saw the People magazine cover of Ellen Degeneres and her beautiful bride, Portia DeRossi, I arrived home to a note on my door from those supporting the Prop. 8 initiative and how it would interfere with my husband's and my ability to be a married couple.

I had an imaginary conversation in my head about how that conversation might go had the note-dropper actually reached me while at home.

*ding dong*
I open door. "Hi. Can I help you?'
"Yes, we want to talk to you about how gay marriage will destroy heterosexual marriage."
"OK, uh, how might that happen? Are you telling me my husband is gay?"
"Well, no....but..."
"Does a gay man want to replace my husband with himself, and sleep on his side of the bed?"
"No, that's not what I'm saying..."
"Do I have to have a female spouse, whether I want one or not?"
"No. That's not what we're saying. What we're...I mean..."
"Do I have to fix dinner or do laundry for two random gay guys once they get married?"
"No, not at all."
"Will my husband and I have to alter our sexual preferences, food choices, or what we wear or where "we work"?
"No, we're not saying that."
"Do my husband and I have to get divorced because two gay people get married? I mean, is there a limited number of marriage licenses similar to the limited number of liquor licenses in the city of Chico? Someone has to die to get one?"
"No, but homosexuality is an abomination"!
"Well then I'm not exactly sure how it is that two strangers who love each other, pledge their loyalty, their lives, and their love to one another, could ever possibly interfere with my husband and I. I just don't see that ever happening."
"Well, it will destroy the institution of marriage"!
"Let me tell you something; the only thing that will destroy the institution of marriage at our house is if my husband doesn't quit throwing his underwear on the floor. Now you're being ridiculous so go away."
*slam*

It's silly, isn't it?  Two people who love each other want to marry, pledge their lives, and be together. It doesn't interfere or degrade my marriage in any way. 

And to those who say that gay people "choose" to be gay and therefore they should have their rights taken away, is about as silly as saying people with spinal cord injuries chose to participate in the activities that allowed themselves to be injured and therefore we should not make any accommodations for them to work, get around, or do things on their own, just as before.

It's not only silly, it's cruel, mean-spirited, and just wrong.  I can't imagine a right time or place to take rights away from people.  It's sickening, really.

I'm voting NO on Prop. 8.

Comments

[R]

Perhaps the "roving band of rabid gays" that prop 8 supporters warn us about will kick down the door and steal my underwear on the floor. From now on I will throw chastity belts on the floor.