I am so ashamed to live in this state that I used to be so proud of.
There was an argument trotted out by the religious bigots during the campaign for Prop 8 that basically went, "We gave you civil unions, that should be good enough!" And I agree with them. Civil unions should be good enough for EVERYONE. =P Since they essentially confer all the legal benefits of being "married", let us take the state out of "marriages" entirely. Everyone gets civil unions and let's just be done with it. If you wanna have a ceremony in a church, that's fine and dandy, but there had better not be any legal documents signed while you're there. I think of them all very much as petulant children who don't want to have to share their toys, so you know what? No toys for you.
Those people can keep their sacraments in their churches that keep the gays out so long as their keep their bigotry and hatred and religion out of my secular government and laws!
Plus, I've never really understood the argument that allowing gay people to marry would destroy the sanctity of marriage. Straight people have already done that just fine on their own, without anyone else's help. =P
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Date: 2009-05-27 03:23 am (UTC)There was an argument trotted out by the religious bigots during the campaign for Prop 8 that basically went, "We gave you civil unions, that should be good enough!" And I agree with them. Civil unions should be good enough for EVERYONE. =P Since they essentially confer all the legal benefits of being "married", let us take the state out of "marriages" entirely. Everyone gets civil unions and let's just be done with it. If you wanna have a ceremony in a church, that's fine and dandy, but there had better not be any legal documents signed while you're there. I think of them all very much as petulant children who don't want to have to share their toys, so you know what? No toys for you.
Those people can keep their sacraments in their churches that keep the gays out so long as their keep their bigotry and hatred and religion out of my secular government and laws!
Plus, I've never really understood the argument that allowing gay people to marry would destroy the sanctity of marriage. Straight people have already done that just fine on their own, without anyone else's help. =P