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I Wish Prop 8 Never Existed
May. 26th, 2009 10:44 pmI wish we would all stop telling other people how to live their lives and just live our own. That's hard enough, isn't it? Living is hard. It's hard to be alive right now in this unstable economy where jobs are few and far between, threat nuclear war hanging over our shoulder, hunger, starvation, disease all around us in our country, in third world countries. Things that are so much more important than the tiny, insignificant issue of a man wanting to marry another man, a woman wanting to marry another woman.
I'm angry about all the money that had to be spent on all of this, money that should have been spent more wisely helping others who aren't as fortunate as we are. People who need food, water, medicine to survive.
This is pathetic. All of it. Life is FUCKING HARD. Why shouldn't two people find happiness in each other? Why shouldn't they benefit from the state and from their jobs when things are so damn hard right now and it'll continue to be hard for years to come?
I don't get it, any of it at all.
Yeah, I get that the Supreme Court was in a hard spot. I understand the Supreme Court, the same exact justices ruled in favor of gay marriage last year. In the end, the case was not about gay marriage, it was about the constitutionality of voter-initiated referendums. Someone wrote translated from 'professional legal-ese' that, "The actual wording of the decision says "We really, really, really wish we could strike down this ridiculous proposition without causing a constitutional crisis. But since we can't, we'll at least say that domestic partnerships and marriage are legally the same thing. Time for the State Assembly to get its ass in gear."
But you know what? Understanding doesn't make me feel any better at all. Understanding that this happened, that Prop 8 actually existed and that people all over this state and that even my own MOTHER actually passed this thing, does not make me feel ANY BETTER.
Life sucks, then you die, you might as well get some enjoyment out of how much life can fucking suck before you bite it. Find someone, fall in love and don't let anyone tell you what the hell to do or what not to do because it's YOUR DAMN LIFE. Find your own meaning and joy and happiness in it while you can because life unpredictable and you should control your life while you can.
I'm angry about all the money that had to be spent on all of this, money that should have been spent more wisely helping others who aren't as fortunate as we are. People who need food, water, medicine to survive.
This is pathetic. All of it. Life is FUCKING HARD. Why shouldn't two people find happiness in each other? Why shouldn't they benefit from the state and from their jobs when things are so damn hard right now and it'll continue to be hard for years to come?
I don't get it, any of it at all.
Yeah, I get that the Supreme Court was in a hard spot. I understand the Supreme Court, the same exact justices ruled in favor of gay marriage last year. In the end, the case was not about gay marriage, it was about the constitutionality of voter-initiated referendums. Someone wrote translated from 'professional legal-ese' that, "The actual wording of the decision says "We really, really, really wish we could strike down this ridiculous proposition without causing a constitutional crisis. But since we can't, we'll at least say that domestic partnerships and marriage are legally the same thing. Time for the State Assembly to get its ass in gear."
But you know what? Understanding doesn't make me feel any better at all. Understanding that this happened, that Prop 8 actually existed and that people all over this state and that even my own MOTHER actually passed this thing, does not make me feel ANY BETTER.
Life sucks, then you die, you might as well get some enjoyment out of how much life can fucking suck before you bite it. Find someone, fall in love and don't let anyone tell you what the hell to do or what not to do because it's YOUR DAMN LIFE. Find your own meaning and joy and happiness in it while you can because life unpredictable and you should control your life while you can.
