Hey, it was bound to come up in this blog right? Hahahaha!<\/p>\n
So Proposition 8<\/a>, in a nutshell is, quite frankly, one of those perfect examples why I think “religion” has no place in government policy. Lets be honest here, is there anything else<\/em> that would make this sort of non-issue an issue? That shit is rooted in religious views no matter how you slice it. But again, I don’t say that religion should mind its own business because of it being “wrong” or “right” – but more of because religion is bound<\/em> to give rise to conflict in any<\/em> pluralistic<\/strong> society.<\/p>\n Proposition 8, taken from an article:<\/p>\n …aims to end same-sex marriage in California by amending the constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While there certainly are<\/em> nuances with regards to my stand<\/a> on this, I’m interpreting “marriage” in this article in a “legal” context. If you can’t find the time to delineate the two, then that’s really not my problem. All the same, I’m going into “legal-union” (i.e. not<\/strong> sacrament) mode as far as this post goes.<\/p>\n\n I guess the bottomline here is that unless you’ve been living under a rock, or have your head buried in the sand (whichever metaphor works for you), you must’ve<\/strong> noticed that the world isn’t made of one single belief system. It’s not<\/strong> all-Christian,<\/em> not all-Islam,<\/em> not all-CotFSM<\/em><\/a>, or all-whatever-the-hell-belief-system<\/em> you can throw at it.<\/p>\n And while fundamentalists may see that as a bad thing for their particular party (i.e. people have “lost their way”), maybe they should take a good look in the mirror as to what type of people are actually “more decent” and productive when faced with multiple creeds.<\/p>\n There is a reason why something like killing is against the law. The law protects life not<\/strong> because it’s God’s will, but because it should<\/em> be as inherent as breathing. We all agree that it’s a really dick move to take another person’s life – this has nothing to do with going to hell or what have you. I already mentioned in the past that the golden rule<\/a> of religion(s) isn’t exclusive to the religious construct. Treating people fairly is a basic drive regardless of your creed.<\/p>\n The “issue” tackled by Prop 8; clearly isn’t one of those things. Even if you think it is, it’s not – period, fuck you.<\/em> These people aren’t harming anyone in their relationships. As much as I don’t want my children to be gay (which is a different post altogether) I really have no problem with homosexuality; a bunch of us have been hosted by gay couples during our US tours, and quite frankly, their relationships seem to be more “stable” (for lack of a better term) than normal heterosexual relationships. The worst that can happen is that they make others uncomfortable – and I really have to submit the only reason why people can be uncomfortable with something like that is because they’re too naive<\/strong> to accept “love” in its truest form; uncondition<\/strong>al.<\/em><\/p>\n So when companies like Apple<\/a> and Google<\/a> finally take a stand, I’m happy because finally,<\/em> we have organizations that have just as much “clout” and influence as the religious nuts in a position to make a difference, and finally put an end to all this naivety.<\/p>\n To me, it’s an even more compelling point if corporations like them take a stand. The truth of the matter is that corporations have a lot to lose when they take such controversial stands – because they’re bound offend half of their customers every single time. So for them to actually take a stand, it makes it clear how unreasonable the “other side” is.<\/p>\n The bottom-line is: if you start from an unbiased<\/strong> perspective, you’d be hard-pressed to support the conservative\/religious camp when it comes to things like this. I mean I can probably say I’m a bit biased at this point. 1 <\/sup><\/a>Structured religion has had so many “strikes,” that its really hard for me to see other than a lesser, naive position… but I’m still trying, believe me.<\/span><\/span>\n