So I'm not planning to get married any time soon. I mean first I would have to find someone to date and I'm no where close to that. However, I would one day like to. And in California we are currently in a battle to protect my right to do just that. People of faith are pouring millions of dollars into the campaign in support of Proposition 8. Millions of dollars!!!! Dollars that could be used to fight hunger, poverty, cancer--you name it and it could be helped with the money that is being donated to Yes on 8,a proposition that I believe couldn't be farther from what God desires for the world. Not only do I believe that the proposition is far from what God desires, I believe the tactics that are being used are far from what God desires, tactics that include lies, exploitation, and fear. For us Christians wasn't it the angel of God that said "fear not?" Fear not!
I'm guessing that this will only be read by people who support this cause. And even if it was read by someone who supported Proposition 8 it would just be ignored or scorned as another liberal, gay agenda. So I don't even know really why I'm writing it. Except that today is Write to Marry Day and perhaps if enough people put this message out into the universe and the blogosphere that it will combat all the hate that is being tossed about. Hate that would prevent me from the same rights that heterosexuals all across the country are granted every day.
And also those against Proposition 8 need to know that the people traveling around on buses claiming to be God's sole voice on this planet are not. I'm often reluctant to say what God does or doesn't want, because much of the atrocities of the world have been perpetrated with a claim of God's blessing or authority; however, I want to say that God is always on the side of love and always on the side of justice. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said "The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice." May it be so next Tuesday.
If you live outside the state of California. Send this post or posts like it to everyone you know who might live in California or who knows someone who lives in California. Or you might like to donate to the No on Proposition 8 campaign at www.noonprop8.com. If you don't know anyone else that would be affected by this then just do this for me. Do it because it is right. And then for goodness sake find me someone to marry already.
2 comments:
Nicely said.
It might be hard for me to find you someone to marry from this far away, but know that I am hoping and praying for a "NO" vote on Prop 8 next Tuesday so that when you do find that person, you can have your own big family wedding to blog about!
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