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this sickens me

dawn mentioned prop 8 recently, and i really urge any of you californians (i know you're out there!) to vote a huge freggin NO to this ban that fills me with anger.

equality is something we must all strive to work for. we all came from the same star in the sky, we live and breathe the same air. speak the same words. i am not asking that we all support one another's beliefs and practices... but i am asking that we at least RESPECT them. who people marry should NOT be something controlled by government.
i speak very openly about all the wonderful men in my life, who have wonderful male significant others. i truly speak up for them when they are too afraid to speak up for THEIR OWN BELIEFS in society. it is a sad, sad world when one of my best friends cannot be who he is in the workplace, because he doesnt want to put his career in jeopardy. it's a sad world when they are afraid to be open with the community, because of fear of how their family will be viewed. it's a sad world when people, so innocent, like matthew shepard are killed because of their sexuality.

i know that the times are changing, and we are more acceptable then we once were, but this is america. we are accustomed to so many eccentric and eclectic thoughts and beliefs, that same sex marriage should be so MINIMAL compared to everything else that is going in our nation. we are in a CRISIS. do we really have to pass a law that is going to say you can and cannot marry? this is ridiculous. how do you think we got into this crisis to begin with? by people paying too much attention to the little, and not enough time on the larger picture. rather then pass laws on who can marry who, let's not send so many troops to iraq. let's not tax working class to death. let's not frivolously spend money on the aforementioned war in iraq. let's give senior citizens a break with their health care. let's figure out if my generation is going to have social security when we retire. let's get the dow back. let's figure out why other countries want nothing to do with america. let's work on new york state highways that are some of the un-safest to drive on, in the country.
let's NOT worry about who is marrying who, and what is going on behind closed doors. let's accept. respect. and maybe, if it "disgusts" us so much, close our eyes to what we dont want to see -- but NEVER close our hearts. you cannot change who is going to love who, and that is a freggin fact. i just wish the close-minded people in this world would get off their high-horse, and 'face the facts'.