The people of Maine voted yesterday to repeal a state law that allowed two people of the same sex to marry. This leaves Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut as the only states in the country where two people of the same sex are allowed to marry.
Though I’m a big fan of democracy, I’m not too enthused over the idea that someone’s civil rights can be striped from them by people in the ballot box. It doesn’t seem right to me. The majority should defend the rights of the minority, not take away rights. The idea that the minority in our country can be denied their basic civil rights via the voting booth seems overly perverse to me.
For all intended purposes, gay couples in this country already live as married couples. They own property together and they raise children together. They are committed to each other in every way. Why should I be allowed to marry the person I love and chose to share my life with, but gay people can’t?
It doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t seem, I don’t know, American.
Ryan
/ November 4, 2009There’s two things stupid people don’t like, that’s people they’re scared of being happy, and having THEIR rights taken away. Unfortunately they don’t go hand in hand so the ignorant win out since they’re the majority here.