While I whole heatedly disagree with you, I appreciate your comment. I also think you did bring up a good point. You can do your part when it’s asked of you. At least you’re voting, that’s more than a number of people do.

My reasoning for saying yes is far more rooted towards how I want this world to look like when my kids are old enough to make decisions on their own and then my grand children and so on.

In America we have the right to vote one way or another on one topic or another and no matter what, when there are two or more sides there will always be someone yelling “Discrimination! Discrimination!”

You may call Proposition 8 discrimination but I call it my right and also my duty to stand up for what I believe in just as gay and lesbian couples have their rights. One of my best friends is openly lesbian and I wouldn’t change her for the world; nor do I judge her in any way what so ever. However just as she has a right to vote so do I.

My child is already going to be living in a world where gay and lesbian relationships are becoming more and more socially acceptable. I understand that I’ll never be able to shelter him from everything under the sun. I can do my part when it is asked of me though to limit the things I don’t like in this world and voting ONCE AGAIN against gay and lesbian marriage is exactly what I plan on doing.

Really loved this flair: I’m sorry your marriage is so fragile but I’m still voting no on 8.

@KSan – I totally hear ya’. I had to laugh when I was trying to write this because I wanted an image to go with the post and one that I almost used was of a guy holding a sign that said something along the lines of, we didn’t vote on whether or not YOU got married.

@Shirley Tipsy – Love that you can quote the bible like that as support. I’m not as well versed in it and tried to find a passage to use in this post this morning, but failed miserably. I don’t want people to understand…I want people to THINK. I wish people could separate themselves from their fears and their religion long enough just to think and look at the whole picture.

@Anna – The school thing is propaganda. Nowhere in the proposition does it even mention education. The Protect Marriage site, which is the main info source FOR Prop 8 says, “It protects our children from being taught in public schools that “same-sex marriage” is the same as traditional marriage, and prevents other consequences to Californians who will be forced to not just be tolerant of gay lifestyles, but face mandatory compliance regardless of their personal beliefs.”

It’s propaganda and a scare tactic. They want parents to think that kids are going to be taught about homosexuality and marriage as early as kindergarten. What they fail to realize is if they don’t treat it differently it won’t have to be taught that way. They can simply teach kids that marriage is one specific thing between two people who love one another enough to spend the rest of their lives together. They don’t have to go into details and be like, “There are two types of marriages. There is traditional marriage and same sex marriage…”

I read that in California parents can opt out of certain teachings related to marriage, sex, and family if they choose not to have their child participate. So even if something did come about that parents were not OK with, the state gives them an opportunity to remove their children from it.

I ask that all the time. I am a Christian, and as far as I see it, I would vote no on Prop 8. However, I have *heard* (haven’t had time to verify yet, will do though ASAP) that if Prop 8 doesn’t pass, there will be a proactive teaching of sexuality to young children. This sounds odd, and I’m pretty sure it’s propaganda, but again, I am not educated about it yet.

I don’t want my son learning about sex (of any kind) or marriage, really, from anyone but myself and my husband when he is in kindergarten or first grade. It’s just a kid-by-kid thing… not all kids are ready for the same info at the same time.

I will absolutely do all I can to instill within my children a love for all people regardless of whether or not the same beliefs are shared.

I have to admit, I watched that video that everyone is emailing about the “Diversity Book” sent home and no choice to opt-out. I think if the kids were older, I would say, ok, but I’ll tell my kiddos what I believe, and also that if they discriminate against people based on beliefs there will be an issue. Then they can weigh it all within themselves. I just don’t think the younger ones should be dealing with all these issues yet.

I know we need to nip discrimination in the bud from a young age… but there’s a way to do that and still let children be children. I think there is such a thing as too much information in this case. But I feel that way about many things; same-sex marriage is not even the largest of these by any stretch.

There are lines drawn in the sand… I do not think we can prevent, nor should we prevent, same-sex marriage on the basis of religion… and prop 8 has that written all over it.

Mike, again, this is a great post. I hope my comment-babble is ok

No where in the bible does it specifically say that two people of the same sex cannot be married. Also, I don’t hear anyone bringing up Ruth and Naomi. One of the most beautiful verses in the entire bible is a quote from the book of Ruth in regards to her relationship with Naomi:

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

It should also be said that the book of Ruth also mentions the fact that Ruth is clave unto Naomi. Clave being a Hebrew word meaning married.

But hey, they say its wrong, so who am I to point out their own “research material” to them?

Anyway, very well said Mike.