First, let me say that this post isn't written to change anyone's mind. It's to vent, and to say what I work very hard not to say in real life. I make it a point not to talk about politics with people, especially friends, because I basically think no good can come of it. No one is going to change anyone else's mind, and at best what will happen is you'll bitch about the government and get upset, and at worst you'll get in a fight and get upset. So when political discussions begin, I keep my mouth shut and, if possible, walk away.
Last night I didn't have the latter option. A couple of my roommates and I were driving to get frozen yoghurt, and we started to talk about California's prop 8, which is the one that would ban same sex marriage. My one roommate, who isn't registered in California, saw a poster for it, and was like, "What are you voting on prop 8?" And my other roommate answered, "I'm voting yes. I'm saving marriage." And I don't talk about politics with friends, but I really wanted to say, "Saving it from what?"
The "sanctity of marriage" argument always makes me so angry, because frankly, folks, the sanctity of marriage was lost a long time ago. If you're going to use that logic, you have to be anti-divorce too, because divorce degrades the sanctity of marriage. And I can't be anti-divorce, because sometimes I think divorce is really necessary.
But sometimes it isn't and people do it anyway, and frankly, heterosexual couples have fucked up marriage well enough. Why not let someone else have a go and see if they can maybe do marriage better? Also, how is it going to affect your marriage if your lesbian neighbors also have a marriage contract? I just ... don't understand. Maybe if everyone just focused on their own marriages and stopped worrying about other people's, the sanctity of marriage actually could be restored and preserved.
Just my two cents.
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