I am extremely disappointed that prop 8 passed here in CA. But even more than that, I am disappointed that Christians are responsible for bottling and selling the lies and propaganda that surrounded prop 8.
Prop 8: The elimination of marriage rights for same-sex couples.
I was asked many times yesterday, “What did you vote on prop 8?” And I am proud to have voted no. When I was asked by my Christian neighbor, I knew that an interesting conversation would follow. “Oh,” she paused, “I wish I’d spoken to you about this issue earlier.”
According to my neighbor (whom I love), if prop 8 wasn’t passed, “they” would have the power to arrest pastors for preaching against homosexuality in the pulpit. She assured me that this was already happening in Canada. She also shared that a man in Massachusetts was arrested because he didn’t want his son to be indoctrinated by the school systems who were teaching about homosexuality.
So I did my own research. The Swedish (not Canadian) pastor, who preached that homosexuals were “a cancer”, was aquitted. And by the way, we live in the United States, and we have this thing called first amendment rights. Keep in mind, this country bore Jerry Fallwell, who said that: “Gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you," and “AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals, it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.” So yeah, first amendment rights are respected, even as vile people exercise them.
And the man in Massachusets was not arrested because he didn’t want his son to learn about homosexuality. He was arrested because he was angry about the diversity bag his son brought home, (which portrayed a same sex family along with others) and in that process he refused to leave school property. So the guy was legitimately arrested.
Let’s look at the facts, and not package them so that they fit our agenda. We have other things to worry about: a war, the economy, poverty, education.... truly many, many things that we could put our energy towards. What if the MILLIONS of dollars that Focus on the Family poured into their "Vote yes on 8" campaign was instead spent on, oh, I don't know-- hungry children, or health care for the poor? God forbid! Apparently the religious right has decided that eliminating rights for the gay community is worth spending money on. How sad.
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What if Obama had used some of his $639 million on fixing the economy? It makes me wonder how so many people are feeling the tough times if Obama can raise that much money.
On that I would agree with you. I think the amount of money spent on his campaign was ridiculous, and could have been put to much better use elsewhere.
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