So Sad :(

It's so interesting to open up your facebook news feed and see 90% of your friends making a statement on something that's happening in the government.

It's kind of cool for the first inspiring day.

And then it's sad, when all the people opposed to that statement figure out clever ways to refute it [shrug].

What I want to say to most of my fellow Christians, is that you can both believe that God made marriage between a man and a woman, and also support equal rights in the United States of America.

Have you watched Lincoln yet?  Back in the day, the good Christian people had their panties all in a wad about freeing the 'colored' folk.  Some were adamant they were not equal to the white folk.  Same story about women.  Let the women vote!!! [ho-ly-shit-no!].  I believe it's the same story with the gays and lesbians.

Because marriage is more than just something that happens in churches, I wholeheartedly believe they need to be seen as equals in our government.  No one is asking for churches to marry a gay or lesbian couple.  No one is asking you to change your beliefs about what is right and wrong.  What they are asking, is that you give them the same rights straight people have [lifelong partners don't get to make decisions if their partner is in the hospital, they don't get tax advantages, they don't get to be recognized as a family unit].

I've only watched one talk about this on CNN [the video here], and it's just sad.  On all fronts.  It's sad that we can't come together and talk about it.  Just talk, without any hurt feelings, or bashing of each other [I personally think that Suze Orman did a SHIT job of being respectful of the other dude in the clip; and seriously, from someone who has been told she's wrong probably her entire life in her lesbian relationship, why would you want to turn around and do the same thing to someone else?  I mean, seriously, you're going to tell him he's not educated because he holds different beliefs than you?!].  sigh.

I hope marriage equality becomes a thing where all states and the federal government recognize gay and lesbian couples.

I also see both sides, and understand it's a scary situation for a lot of conservatives.  But it's just not fair.

-mrp-