(I also heard of a sign that says CHICKENS HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN GAY PEOPLE. Yes, fine. Prop 2 went through. But if I were to make a sign it would say CHICKEN FARMERS HAVE LESS RIGHTS THAN GAY PEOPLE OR CHICKENS FOR THAT MATTER. But let me step onto a different soap box...)
I thought this election was over. But apparently there was a small discrepancy with proposition 8. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s the one that “keeps the definition of marriage” and “upholds Christian moral values.” And if it doesn’t go through it will “change the education system” and “your children will learn that homosexuality is okay.” Wow. That single prop can sure do a lot. But let’s be honest, without changing the California constitution to say that marriage is between a man and a woman, things will stay the same way they’ve been. Our little drawings in elementary school text books will remain: a white man standing next to a white woman, a white son, a white daughter and a golden retriever in front of a one story house with a chimney.
Voters, or rather current protesters, against prop 8 don’t have much better arguments either. They call this prop the “unfair proposition.” This is the most unconvincing argument. I feel like I’m listening to a bunch of whining six year olds. I voted no on prop 8, but for different reasons. I’m all for equal rights for everyone, but that’s not why I voted against the government taking the role as God, distributing and taking away rights to anyone it pleases. The rights we have are innate. The government is not in place to give or steal rights, but to protect the ones we inherently possess.
I had no idea the Christian Right had such a strong vote in California either. Or maybe it was because of all the new registered voters who are apparently homophobic. But why are people protesting and rallying a few days after the election? They are campaigning the farthest away from the next voting season. Whose attention are they trying to get? Not the voters’, because they aren’t going to the polls anytime soon. Then is it Schawrzenegger’s? If you keep up all this complaining he just might become one of those new Republicans who aren’t Republicans at all. He’ll become as big as government can get and take away everyone’s rights: “Now if you guys don’t be quiet then none of you can get married!” Well that’s a little counter productive. No one would be able to marry anyone, not even heterosexuals. All you ring-by-spring folk out there will only have civil unions to look forward to. Then think of what that will do to the economy! Think of everyone who would go out of business: the florists, David’s Bridal, chair companies, invitation printers, and our friend Elvis Presley at the wedding chapel in Vegas. That wouldn’t be “fair” to anyone.
Since the campaigning season is over, let’s try to get back to those days I remember, when the beginning of our conversations didn’t begin with “Hi friend, how ‘bout them propositions?” Let’s think about when they will begin with, “Hi comrade, how ‘bout them bread lines?” There are more important things to worry about right now than propositions that might be on the ballot in 2010. Let’s talk about our current issues, like the radio “Fairness Doctrine” our president-elect is planning to implement. Let’s focus our energy on neither the recent past nor the far future, but on the present times. We just elected the most symbolic president our country has ever seen.
