Proposition 8 Victory a Spur?
Before the dust had settled on the joyful celebration in Mormon Headquarters, and Catholic Churches across the USA, the ramifications of that victory began to be felt, first in California, then before the very doors of the Mormon Church itself, as people began to fight back.. The huge cash contributed by the Mormon Church, along with its directives for the faithful to support passage of this legislation, has been a focal point for many angered, by the denial of basic civil rights for the GLBT community.
There is no secret agenda, no hidden plan to turn kids into homosexuals, or to infiltrate churches to force Priests or Preachers to pass on some religious blessing to Queers. The goal isn’t really even about marriage, but about the rights of a minority, to enjoy the same benefits as any other minority does, in a so called free and democratic society.
What the GLBT community seeks, is protection under the law, and the right to enjoy full benefits of being a citizen of their country entitles them to enjoy. That includes the right to marry who they choose to marry, not to have some Priest mumbo some ancient Latin phrases.
The right to marry, isn’t suddenly going to have a slew of Gay Men joining the Mormon Church, or the local Catholic Church, but what it will do, is insure that ordinary people have some protection from greedy relatives, from obnoxious health officials, and more importantly, allow those who are different to stop being afraid, of their own government & justice system.
Across the United States the outrage over this passage of a bill that denies a minority it’s rights, has spilled out onto the streets. From New York to Los Angeles, people are out, protesting the deliberate abuse of power by a select few, who are attempting to force their religious views on the nation. They are protesting the outrage over a group of small minded individuals and leaders, who mix politics & religion, to further their own purposes, their own power.
(AP) Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed.
Crowds gathered near public buildings in cities large and small, including Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Fargo, to vent their frustrations, celebrate gay relationships and renew calls for change.
“Civil marriages are a civil right, and we’re going to keep fighting until we get the rights we deserve as American citizens,” said Karen Amico, one of several hundred protesters in Philadelphia, holding up a sign reading “Don’t Spread H8″.
“We are the American family, we live next door to you, we teach your children, we take care of your elderly,” said Heather Baker a special education teacher from Boston who addressed the crowd at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. “We need equal rights across the country.” (source - CBS News)
It is amazing to see happening, where finally there might be a chance, at equality. While protests, by themselves, don’t make change, they at least do bring it to the attention of the people. It also gets the other side out, the truth behind the desire to be married. It no longer is about some ‘fear mongering’ and puts those tactics on the ropes. This is what ‘involvement‘ means, and it is what gives hope to the many who cower in fear, simply because they are DIFFERENT.
Between boycotts of those who supported with money, this resolution of hate, to those marching in the streets, it is a beginning of a snowball rolling down a hill. Momentum is now passed to us, and so it our obligation to keep on fighting, to keep on putting this issue into the front pages of the established media, to get the message out, that HATE IS WRONG, DISCRIMINATION IS HATE.
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