4 posts tagged “prop 8”

Speaking in stereotypes:

California, you must be a woman.

You sit and look pretty.

You shine with your sun.

You feed me with your produce.

You bear children with your population.

Then you feed those children with your produce and you shine.

Despite being overworked, over-tilled and overpopulated.

Speaking in stereotypes:

California, you must be a woman.

You give me options

 (Yes on Prop H8. No on Prop H8.)

And despite what we know is right, you do what’s wrong.

Despite what’s fair, you go the other way.

You fickle, moody woman.

Running on emotions.

California, you must be a woman.

And seeing as you are a woman, even if I wanted to….

I couldn’t marry you.

Even though I’ve been with you all of my life...

I couldn’t marry you.

California. Even though I love you with all of my heart and even though I will never leave...even though I will raise our children here and tell them not to leave either because no one will ever treat them as well…even though I tried by voting NO ON 8. 

I can’t marry you.

California. You keep breaking my heart.

More shouting out to Dad Gone Mad.  Cus he's funny as hell.  And also because he writes some real to life stuff.  Like, about parenting.  And life.  And stuff that I can't quite put into words.

When he posted this entry, I meant to give props. 

Then there was this one last Friday.  And it's right on point for me again.  With a "funny" scenario so maybe some folks who voted 'yes on 8' will have a different understanding.  Or maybe they won't.  But it just points out the ridiculousity of sticking your collective noses in folks' collective marriage. 

And now I'm going stop writing before I start venting and calling names.

I will never, ever understand the 52% of you who say consenting adults can't get married.

I asked Google to define 'sanctity of marriage,' and it came up with nothing. 

And if it ain't on Google, it doesn't exist.

Google defines unicorns, hella, love, homophobia, discrimination ... All real things.

There's a petition to re-open prop 8. 

I almost said some really mean stuff about prop 8 supporters.  But I won't.  I will just say: Who are you to say how someone else celebrates their love?

Back reads: "Please Let Us Stay Married... Please Help Us Stay Married."

My coworker was walking around for some exercise at break and a guy (the one on front on the left) handed this to her and asked that she help him stay married. She came up and told me about it and I asked if I could keep the handout so I could write about it.

I will never ever understand why someone would want to keep two people from getting marriage on such a general basis as "because they are both men/both women." Never. And I have absolutely no tolerance for anyone who thinks that makes a miniscule amount of sense. Marriage between two folks who people of the same sex won't mess with church tax exemptions, kids won't forced to learn about same-sex marriage (just like they aren't forced to learn about the sacred hetero marriage)... None of that.

And my heart was crushed a bit when Biden reiterated that he and Obama are against gay marriage, but for constitutional equality for gay couples. And I haven't quite grappled with it. :(

Anyway.

Let them stay married. Help them stay married. Vote No On Prop 8.

www.marriageequality.com
www.noonprop8.com

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