This is not about politics.
I just want to make that clear from the get-go, because so many people (myself included) immediately get their asses up on their shoulders when you start talking about politics. Frankly, no one is interested in hearing what a person of a differing opinion has to say, because they're wrong. There is no such thing as civilized political discourse, it is all left and right and a bunch of people acting like monkeys, slinging their shit around.
But sometimes, something strikes me as so important, that I feel I really need to address it publicly. And by publicly, I mean on my little blog, not on a street corner where I might be tempted to grab someone and yell, YOU ARE SO STUPID. Not much civility in that.
On May 8th, the citizens of North Carolina are asked to vote on Proposition 1, a Constitional Amendment to specify marriage to be between one man and one woman. Such a law is already on the books in NC, but a Constitutional Amendment is like the Double-Double of laws; it's Law with Special Sauce.
Prop 1 is, of course, designed to keep all those crazy gays from getting married, and spreading their gayness across the land. The only problem is (that is, if you don't consider denying a certain group of people what should be a basic right to be a problem), the proposition could negatively impact employee benefits, domestic violence protections, survivor benefits, and more for unmarried heterosexual couples and their children. Not to mention couples (straight and gay) who have marriages and civil unions recognized in other states.
That is fucked up.
Even some of the most ardent supporters of California's Prop 8 are like, Whoa! Hold up!
Look, I understand it if your religion says gay people can't be married. Hell, I'd like it if people who don't understand the difference between their, there, and they're couldn't get married. But those are not the times we live in! This proposition is about so much more than morality or politics or what your opinion is on where a person puts their funstick.
It's about treating all people with fairness, and protecting their rights as human beings. There shouldn't be anything political about that.
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Amen! To all of it. Especially the there, they're, their thing. And the other stuff too. I will now go look up dead people in NC, so I can vote in their place. That's legal, right?
ReplyDeleteDead people are people, too!
DeleteYou're politics make me want to put my funstick on you. That is a compliment, by the way.
ReplyDeleteor in. Whatever. I am flexible as far as funsticks go.
DeleteDoes it double as a massager? Because I have a hellacious crick in my neck.
DeleteThat is the best political piece I have ever read, Kelly. The fact that you swear so much really helps it, too. They should swear more on CNN. But mostly it's your passion and the fact that you're so right.
ReplyDeleteSeriously. I might watch if they were slinging f bombs around! Thanks, Tara!
DeleteI got to edumacate both the Rooster and the Queen mum over the past couple of days. Thank GOD I checked in because they also thought it was about those crazy gays wanting to get married. This vote scares the shit out of me because there are so many people who don't take the time to read the fine print. Common law marriage? You're screwed. Single victim of domestic abuse? Double screwed. Old, single, feeble and living on a pension? Screwed.
ReplyDeleteI think that's the only reason this thing still has supporters It has to be.
DeleteWell Kelly, according to a Huffington Post article it looks like prop 1 support is dropping dramatically! So They're you go! :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine there's any way it will pass, as long as people get out and vote!
DeleteI think you are right. Their-s no way it-ll pass! Why oh why did you get me started on "there" I don't know if I can stop now! so ther!
DeleteTangled Lou - In Chicago, that's called "pulling a Tuesday." Even the dead vote early & often here.
ReplyDeleteI know you and I probably don't agree on much politically, but this is one thing I am totally with you on! Even got my uber-conservative parents to vote against it :)
ReplyDeleteIf there's enough registered dead voters to go around, count me in. Loved this. And here's hoping enough living voters approach this as the common sense issue it should be.
ReplyDeleteIf they had a news program that dropped the F bomb when it was perfectly appropriate I'd be much better informed on current events. Funstick? Really?
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