Massachusetts: My Homo Sweet Homo
1) I love this state.
2) I am happy that the fact that one is born gay and should not be discriminated against because of it is slowly being more accepted and understood.
3) To the other side: we did not strong-arm anyone. The people did vote. By contacting their representatives. As it should be.
4) There are far more important things we can now focus on like teen violence, poverty, health care, taxes, the economy.
5) May those brought here by their hatred for me go back to their own states and worry about their own morality.
6) Thank you Massachusetts. Leading the way for the nation, once again.
2) I am happy that the fact that one is born gay and should not be discriminated against because of it is slowly being more accepted and understood.
3) To the other side: we did not strong-arm anyone. The people did vote. By contacting their representatives. As it should be.
4) There are far more important things we can now focus on like teen violence, poverty, health care, taxes, the economy.
5) May those brought here by their hatred for me go back to their own states and worry about their own morality.
6) Thank you Massachusetts. Leading the way for the nation, once again.
posted by Bry at 6:46 PM
3 Comments:
The gay marriage question on the ballot was voted against right? How does this make you feel? Do you think common people should have a say in how one lives their life?
The movement to put the question on the ballot was defeated, so the voters will not vote on it.
I believe very strongly in the people keeping the government in check. But the government has one job that the people should never keep it from doing: protecting the rights of the individual, the minority, from the majority. Citizen initiated ballot questions are meant to be used to make sure the legislators are doing their job and getting what needs to be done done. It is not meant to be used so that the majority can decide the rights of the minority. If we had voted on African-American rights in 1968 - in any year - there would be none. The majority does not have the interests of the minority in mind. And the majority should not vote on something that does not affect it. For me to vote on whether someone else can do something that does not harm me is wrong and against the libertarian traditions of this country.
I feel very strongly about this. Everyone should have equal rights under the law and constitution of their state. If what one does in the pursuit of happiness does not harm others (and gay marriage does not harm the moral fiber of society nor does it harm the children raised in gay households) then it is no one else's business.
The Right argues that the Mass court changed the Mass constitution and that the voters should have control over changes in the constitution. But that is not true. The court decided that the constitution did not prohibit gay marriage and therefore there is not logical reason why gays cannot marry under CURRENT law. If nothing was changed by the courts, just reinterpreted, then there is nothing to vote on.
I have way more to say about this than can be put in a comment. But that's what I think in just a few words.
Post again, now that you're married.
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