PROPOSITION 8

I cannot believe that there are still enough small-minded people in this country to make it impossible for two people who love each other to legally spend their lives together.

How long will it take for people to realize that we are all the same, whether we are gay or straight, white or black, fat or thin? We have the same fears, the same joys, the same heartbreak.

Isn't being gay just another part of a person's make-up? Isn't it the same as skin color and height and weight? These people who voted for Proposition 8 in California, would they support a proposition to eliminate a Hispanic woman's right to vote? Would they support a proposition to eliminate a fat person's right to marry, or a tall person's right to raise a family?

Isn't marriage a religious ceremony? Aren't church and state separate? Why do people think that the government should regulate who people share their lives with?

Why do I deserve the right to share my life with my husband, but my friend in California doesn't deserve the right to share her life with her girlfriend?

Compassion, love for others, thinking outside of yourself...simple concepts, but seemingly difficult for people to put into practice.