Dec 20 2008
Gay Marriage News
In California, people are trying to nullify eighteen thousand gay marriages. This is because proposition eight was passed in November which banned gay marriages in California. If you remember, months ago gay people including celebrity Ellen DeGeneres had started getting married in California. The attorney general of California named Jerry Brown wants the ban on gay marriage overturned. The gay marriage debate divides the country. I do not understand how heterosexuals can fight to not allow gay people to be able to marry. I mean fifty percent of heterosexual couples get divorced. We do not even take marriages seriously, especially celebrities. I watched a program on television about the shortest Hollywood marriages this week. Our society does not really care about marriages. Do you remember the show about marrying a millionaire? This debate will continue but I think that gay people whoa re already married in California should not have their marriages overturned, that would be unfair.
I really think this is a last ditch attempt by a lot of people who see the writing on the wall. In this country, you can’t deny a specific group of people equal rights. This is a war the religious and conservative right cannot win. Battles, yes. But the war? No.
I heard this from John Stewart this week and I really like it: “Homsexuality isn’t a choice, but religion is.”