The passage of Proposition 8 in California is just one of many defeats for Gay Rights, or perhaps that is the issue itself. People associate the desire for Gays to marry as something akin to Gay Rights, when the truth is, it is about Civil Rights. Whether it is pushing for a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy from the Clinton Era, to todays battle for being married under the eyes, not of GOD, but of one’s own Government, people are making it about ‘gay’ rights.
When blacks marched, it wasn’t called ‘blacks rights’ but CIVIL RIGHT MARCHES. So why even, in describing this drive, are we allowing this issue to be about our sexual orientation? This fight, that we are currently losing, is not about Religious Beliefs, nor is it about some secret sex agenda, but is simply a desire to be accepted within society, as any other citizen.
THIS IS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS NOT SEXUAL RIGHTS.
I think way too many in our own community, have accepted the sex part, rather than see that this is about a minority in a democratic society, seeking to be treated the same, as the majority, and as other minorities are treated.
What goes on in a church, is well, not my concern. If a Church like say the Mormons believe that a man should have multiple wives, hey, that is their right to believe. If they want to host marriage ceremonies for a guy to have sixteen brides, that too, is their right. However, under CIVIL LAW there can only be ONE LEGAL WIFE. That is, in fact the civil law, answerable to the people, not to the Mormon Elders or the Pope for that matter.
So if the Mormon Church, the Catholic Church believe homosexuality is a sin, well that too, is fine with me. I simply don’t attend those churches, or believe as they do, which doesn’t make me wrong, doesn’t make me evil or even a sinner, as in my religion, I am not a sinner. In Judism, homosexuality is accepted, and Gay Rabbi’s are just fine for them, and we don’t have any big split being threatened either.
Again, this is not about Religion or what one beleives, it is about being treated like any other citizen of the country.
So if you are Gay, stop calling this ‘Gay Rights’ because it isn’t that at all. IT IS CIVIL RIGHTS, that every citizen is entitled to, straight, Jewish, Mormon, Catholic, Hispanic, or whatever. This is about being treated the same under a freely elected government, not about being ordained by some self proclaimed prophet or self annointed spokesperson for GOD.
