Say No To Hate.

 As most Californians, and probably most of the U.S., are aware Proposition 8 passed. Now, I’m a firm believer in voting for what you believe, but to take away a human’s rights is just unfair and wrong. Most people who voted yes, which was surprisingly most of California, say that they are protecting traditional marriages. But how can we protect traditional marriages when hardly any marriage is traditional nowadays? A traditional marriage would consist of a man and woman who are of the same race, religion, and class (usually) and were virgins. Today we see many marriages that are biracial, different religious beliefs, and most people are not virgins when they get married. So technically traditional marriages was destroyed a long time ago. Using that as a reason is just hiding behind hate. I would think that after electing our first black president, we would be able to get passed discrimination and allow anyone the right to get married. Instead of taking a step forward, we took three steps back. 

     Proposition 8 passed, and Proposition 2 passed. We gave animals rights and took away a person’s right to marry. How does that make sense? Yes prop 2 needed to be passed. I am glad that the people of California could agree on that, but how did they allow for Prop 8 to pass? How could you allow a law to take away a human being’s right to marry who they love? They are just the same as everyone else. We are all born to love, some are born to love the opposite sex, while others are born to love the same sex. These are things that can’t be stopped, and we shouldn’t be allowed to take away their rights. It’s just wrong. 

      So for all of you people who voted yes on Prop 8, just remember, one day you may have a son or daughter, or maybe even a grandson or daughter, who wants to marry the love of their life, but can’t because you voted yes on Prop 8. How will you feel when they are so torn apart because they don’t have the same right as you do? Just think about that one.