When you can’t say it any better, just reblog it.
From elizaskinner.net, a fantastic comedian offers a passionate response to recent events:
Eliza Skinner
After the dust from the presidential election cleared, us sane straight folks looked around for the gay unicorns on our arc of Hope and Change, they were no where to be found. Prop 8 in California, Prop 102 in Arizona, and Florida Amendment 2 – all opposing gay marriage – all passed in state elections. I think that, just like the 2004 election, most of us with brains hadn’t worried too much about these initiatives passing because, like Bush, they seemed too retarded for people to actually vote for. Again, we were wrong.
I did a lot of research on line to try to figure out why anyone would support this kind of legislature. The argument seems to be ”Gay marriage undermines the value of marriage”. That makes no sense. How does one person’s marriage reflect or define the quality or meaning of someone else’s? I mean, do people opposed to gay marriage also equally oppose marriage between criminals? Mentally challenged people? Celebrities? Are they ok with any “undermining” those types of marriages might do? You know what it is? CRAZY. And bigotted.
And that’s the real truth – there IS no rational argument against gay marriage. It is biggotry, plain and simple. It is dirty and ugly and anyone who supported any of these propositions should be ashamed of themselves. I don’t care if you’re my friend, my family, or my fan. If you support this, Fuck You. I can’t even be funny about this – it makes me sick.
Prop 8 goes against everything that the United States of American was founded on. This country was supposed to be a haven where people could pursue life liberty and happiness. Everybody. Not just white people, not just straight people.
The up side is that the gays are fucking OVER it now, big time. There have been Prop 8 protests all over the country over the past week. 104 retired military leaders (many of them gays and lesbians) just signed a statement calling for an end to the military’s “don’t ask-don’t tell” policy – pushing to allow gay military personnel to serve openly. It seems that the gay community here in the US is not going to take it anymore. Good.
This last election was a wake up call – a reminder of what America is capable of when we work for change, and that there is still a lot of ugliness that needs changing. Yes we can.
For more from Eliza, check out her College Humor Page here.
