I tried to come up with something a little bit more eloquent for a post title but my eloquence jacket is still at the dry cleaners. Plus I was just overcome by sheer repulsion that I was almost physically ill from seeing the website of the people that want to “protect marriage”. In the interests of advancing my opinion on the matter and examining both sides of the argument, I went over to their hate-mongering website. (And no, I’m not linking them here and driving more traffic over there. If you want to see them, you google them).
What I found was so repulsive and so abhorrent that I was sick to my stomach. The undiluted display of homophobia and hate was absolutely revolting, but only because it was cloaked in a cutesy little costume masquerading under the banner of “protecting marriage” to “save the children”. It’s got smiling faces, happy children, and then a heading that says “parents watching lesbian teacher”. In a picture:
Here’s my message to all you MOTHERFUCKING bigots:
MESSAGE ONE: IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO PROTECT MARRIAGE, YOU WOULD OUTLAW DIVORCE
Here’s a sample list of some shining examples of the awesome heterosexual couples and how long they managed to PRESERVE the “SANCTITY” of marriage before they pissed all over the sacred covenant of marriage by getting a divorce. Oh, and yes, they’re all still able to get married again.
Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton
Courtney Thorne Smith and Andrew Conrad
Shannen Doherty and Ashley Hamilton
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman
Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele
Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman
Cher and Gregg Allman
My personal favorite: Britney Spears and Jason Allen Alexander
And this one really blew me away:
Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson
Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage
Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa
Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd
Drew Barrymore and Tom Green
Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas
Marriage really is special, isn’t it? So special that a couple can get married and 6 hours later, have it annulled, and then even before the ink has dried on the annulment, you can get married again.
MESSAGE TWO: IF YOU WANTED TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN, YOU WOULD LET A LOVING, CARING GAY COUPLE ADOPT THEM.
Rather than these sadistic fucks:
Mom wrapped baby in a towel, stuffed into backpack, and left in trunk
32-year old man fucks 14-year old, then proceeds to molest the resulting baby
Husband and Wife abuse and subsequently kill their 2-year old
Dad describes microwaving his own baby
Polygamist marries 2 wives, and circumcises his 2 sons on his own with a swiss knife at home
Another husband and wife abuse another 2-year old
Because any of these heterosexual couples are MUCH better off having and abusing children than a loving gay couple. A cretin and a whore can have a baby together, with no intervention from the state. The child can be born with disabilities from all the crack-smoking and beer-drinking, and the happy parents can collect disability insurance benefits. AND still keep the child AND still keep smoking crack and drinking beer.
The gay couple, on the other hand, will wait many years before even being interviewed by a social worker, who proceeds to examine their homes, pry open their lives, investigate and evaluate every little thing from their sexual preference to what kind of milk they keep in the fridge.
After another few years of navigating the ridiculous red ball of yarn that is the judicial system, and they are finally able to adopt, there is still no protection to either partner in the event of illness or death.
Yup, clearly the father who microwaves his child is a better parent. Him or the heavily-burdened social service system.
I don’t like comparing our plight to the Civil Rights movement. That fight was fought by hardier folk. But we are fighting for the same principle: to be treated as equals. Not so long ago it was a question of VOTING: to be able to participate, to be heard, to have a say in the choosing the leader of the land where they make a living and live. We are fighting a similar battle. We are not asking for your church or your faith to sanctify our union. We don’t need that “blessing”. All we want is the legal protection, the same legal privileges that you do.
We are PEOPLE
We LIVE
We FEEL
We CARE
We HURT
We CRY
We are insecure
We are strong
We are afraid
We are patient
We cry
We laugh
We learn
We LOVE
We are YOU
Please, just leave our rights alone.
I am still torn on this prop. I am glad there are so many blogs to help explain it.
What about the children in California?
Is Proposition 8 child abuse?
Do children’s mental and emotional well-being matter?
In California, imagine how SAFE the young children of gay or lesbian parents are feeling during this PROPOSITION 8 INSANITY.
Would children feel SAFE if they knew other families were voting, for God’s sake, VOTING on whether their parents deserved the right to be married and treated fairly in society?
How SAFE would a boy feel knowing some parents and teachers do not believe his own family is the same as their families?
How SAFE would a girl feel knowing some children do not believe her own family deserves “the same” as their families?
Now even young children ECHO this intolerance on the playground, thanks to their parents hateful words and ideas. How sick for the children of the YES ON PROP 8 crowd to feel more deserving than other children and their parents! Many children already know and love their gay uncles, lesbian grandmothers, and other FAMILY MEMBERS who are LGBTI, so we have created a hideous world with PROPOSITION 8 and other amendments like it in the U.S. Children are living in a world where they are witnessing adults spending MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars FOR or AGAINST their FAMILY.
Children deserve to grow up in a world where they BELONG.
Children deserve to grow up feeling SAFE.
How sick of a society that we ALLOW family rights to be VOTED ON?
Straight and gay children are being raised by straight and gay parents, but the government forgot that we are ALL interconnected in our families and in society. So now PROPOSITION 8 has brought children into this culture war, a war based on the assumption that some families deserve more legal rights and protections than other families in times of sickness, death, and divorce [for starters]. SICK.
BTW – if you have TRULY HAD ENOUGH, consider tax protest, since our families are experiencing TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION – pure and simple.
Justin, get an education. Seriously.
Oh yeah, btw, I deleted your comments.
LOL@Justin. You’re too funny. It’s amazing how the most closeted homosexuals are the ones that are publicly the most bigoted. Why should my sexual orientation threaten you if you weren’t secure in your own sexual reality? I can only feel pity for your kids when one day they come out and say “Daddy, I’m Gay” and you have nothing but contempt for them.
Oh, and I love how you quote statistics yet fail to site your source. Doesn’t matter. The amount of hate you fester scares me. That hate is what your kids are growing up in. I can’t even imagine what kind of unhealthy environment they live in, and how they’re going to grow up affected by that emotional baggage. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe when they grow up they’ll be hateful heterosexuals such as yourself. Then you’ll be one big happy, hateful family. That’s exactly what the world needs: hate.
ROFLMAO.
Oh, and in case you haven’t noticed, this is my blog. And you DO know that posting comments requires that you leave your IP address, right? And you DO know that now I have your IP address, and there are so many tools out there to help me determine the EXACT location of your computer. And you DO know that since I now know where you live, it’s almost as if I’m in your home. And I kinda like it…
It’s my blog. And it’s not a democracy. I control this space.
So yeah, I have your IP address, and I’m deleting your comment.
L.O.L.
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You never learn.
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Way to go Burn!
Justin – get a life!
I am a Canadian youth, and I am aware that Canada has less harsh rules against gay couples, but honestly this shit needs to stop. I am glad to say that I know a lot of people who support gay marriage and gay equality.
I am not gay myself, but I am a full supporter of gay rights, I feel such deep sadness when youths are raised in such a hateful environment, it makes me question what the hell is wrong with people nowadays. With prop 8 passing, it is a defeat for the gay community and gay supporters, but if we keep on trying, one day we’ll see that change, such as all the previous battles for equality and civil rights. This was an insightful blog, and the photos were good for a laugh
. A 6 hour marriage, priceless.
Thanks for stopping by, MVO! Yeah, thank goodness for Canada indeed.
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