So I thought I would add my two cents about it. Could there be a more useless thing to protest about? Really. Does it affect anyone else if two people get married? Marriage is about love, respect, union...is it going to stop people from loving each other just because they can't get married? No. So much energy is being expelled and wasted fighting this. In a hundred years from now people will be looking back on this with the same kind of disgust people of our day look at slavery or segregation. This is discrimination in every form of the word.
I understand the religious aspect of all of this, and how it is truly hurting people to think of same-sex couples being able to marry. Nobody is criticizing the beliefs of millions of religious groups, nobody talks about the "sacred" rituals that are preformed at the time of marriage (the kind you are not allowed to speak about, at the risk of being kicked out of their own churches!) These things some don't understand or believe is the right way to live, but nobody stands and takes a vote on their lives. How would you feel if your marriage was suddenly annulled because someone voted against your love? Let's turn the tables and let the same-sex couples vote on your rights.
My hope is that one day ALL people will be able to live together, without judgment, without discrimination, without the pain that comes along with segregation.
For now, to any of my friends who may have been affected by this vote, just keep trying...as I know you will. Don't give up. Step back and realize that your love is no more special or justified with the small piece of paper that is "Marriage."
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