Not Surprised, Just Disappointed

Some things I can’t stay quiet about. The epic fail in California is one of them. Doesn’t matter that I don’t live there, or that those gay couples whom I personally know don’t live there. What has happened in California with the Prop 8 idiocy is going to impact all homosexuals everywhere. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but it will reach them, as more and more states realize “Hey, California pulled it off, we can officially make our gays second-class citizens too!”

And that’s just in the States. Hate and bigotry and ignorance is a worldwide disease, and the fight for gay rights is also worldwide. America just gets most of the press.

California isn’t the only state working towards taking away the rights of gay couples, they were just the most overt (for now). Think of the states who are working to ban adoption by “unmarried couples” — where, incidentally, gay marriage is currently illegal.

Homosexuality is not a disease, it’s not contagious, and, news flash, it’s not a life-choice like being ChildFree or becoming a Buddhist monk. The kiddies are not going to “catch it.”

I am saddened, deeply saddened, by what’s happened in California. I’m sad for my brother, I’m sad for my cousin, I’m sad for my friends, and I’m sad for all those whom I don’t know, but care about anyway, because they’re human and deserve the right to express their love however they see fit, just like heteros or those of us in hetero relationships.

And to everyone who fought, and spoke out against, and who continues to fight, and speak out against, homosexual discrimination, I am so proud of you, and you have my love and support. For what it’s worth.