Gays Acting Like Sore Losers
Over Marriage Ban
Thousands of gays and their supporters have taken to the streets of
Many are upset that Californians on Election Day voted 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent for Proposition 8, which would have made gay-marriage illegal in the
While many can understand the frustrations that gays feel, taking to the streets and blocking traffic and demonstrating outside religious institutions, as it’s been reported, is not the way to go.
In this country, the majority win. Crying in your beer and whining like a child because you did not get your way, while stopping traffic for thousands of irritated Californian drivers, is self-indulgent and pitiful. Our government is built upon a very simple system that the majority wins and the minority loses.
Of course, it’s only fair to point out that if Proposition 8 failed on Election Day, religious leaders and supporters of the ban would be the ones wallowing.
But there are better ways of getting the laws you want passed without massive protests and national media coverage, which is creating an embarrassing spectacle of the issue in the process.
Sure, many will complain that no state needs its court and legislature systems clogged with proposal laws that the majority of the people voted against. However, it is the only way of getting things done and the right way of doing them. It would make far more sense to use every possible legal maneuver than to continuously protests in the streets and creating unneeded resentment from Proposition 8 supporters and citizens.
But it’s important to note that while some religious leaders and their followers have said that gay marriage would destroy society, let’s remember that these are the same people who predicted that Rock-and-Roll was supposed to corrupt Americans. It certainly did not happen, but if the people of the 1950’s were forced to listen to today’s rap and heavy metal, then they might have been more receptive of Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley.
Gay marriage is too big to be a government issue and it is best left up to the states. But all those involved must accept the will of the voting majority in a responsible, respectful way. By not doing so, it is going against the very nature of our system of government: a democratic one, where everyone’s vote is equal.
5 comments:
Well, I agree that it was a giant temper tantrum out there. However, your issue with rock n roll could not be more off. The same goes for gay issues. Rock n roll took us a step away from what was considered decent. Once what was decent was reset, it was easier to go even further until you have today's hard core rap. Rap of this nature would not have been tolorated when rock first appeared. The same goes for gay marriage. It is a step in the wrong direction and before you know it you will have things become legal that you never thought would be. It is good to hold the line sometimes. Or in the end, your society will (and history has proven this) collapse.
I can see where you're coming from and you certainly make some very interesting points.
But sometimes, what seems as indecent will be considered normal and acceptable in the future.
For example, in the 1960's, most of the country was against giving black Americans equal rights. Some thought it would ruin this country. However, they were wrong.
Eventually, gay marriage will be legal in this country. It's only a matter of time. It may not be my cup of tea, but we have to accept and respect whatever the majority of voters decide in any state.
By using your good choice of words, having "a giant temper tantrum" simply isn't going to work. It will create resentment and it's going against our system of government. There are better ways of doing things.
RRS ECCLES:
This line you want to hold; does it include allowing Roe v. Wade to stand? After all, that's been a part of American history for decades now, will having that overturned represent a further erosion of what you call "decency" or will it be a restoration? How do you determine what is decent and what is indecent?
The taboo against all things homosexual is a biblical one and I, for one, think that basing the moral code of an entire nation on the fears and howling paranoia of people who lived thousands of years ago and who were daily ravaged by their vast ignorance of the world around them goes far beyond indecency. It's abject stupidity at its most abhorrent.
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