Disagreement

A few days ago I was introduced to an experience that until that point seemed impossible to me. Even though I am a teenager, I have a pretty stable relationship with my parents. I’ve never gotten in a significant argument with them. My parents and I were on our way to the movie theater. It was Sunday afternoon and the sky was slowly becoming darker. As we drove down the street, we went by a small demonstration against Prop 8. They were waving signs that read “No on Prop 8,”  and other such messages.

My father looked at the demonstrators and grimaced in disgust. He shook his head in disagreement and made no comment. We began to discuss the current situation of gay marriage and I expressed my opposition to Prop 8. It was like my parents were stabbed in the chest. How could I, the daughter they had raised and educated, support the gay marriage movement? They were just dumbfounded. It really wasn’t a surprise that my parents were anti same sex marriages, I mean they are Catholic. But I was a surprised at their reaction.

They became really angry and confronted me with arguments that I was going against religion, against what God had dictated upon humanity. They repeated that those ways were wrong. I asked how. They said that the purpose of marriage was to procreate, and that same sex couples couldn’t, therefore they were not fully united in the eyes of God. I asked about infertile couples, their reply: it’s different. I told them that to me, the purpose and reason of marriage is love. I said that no one has the right, not even God, to tell us who we should love. We continued to argue for some time. It got pretty intense.

They told me that I “was not raised like this.” We arrived at the movies and I left. The last statement still echoes in my mind. I believe I was raised with an education so that I can be informed when making decisions such as this. I guess my parents didn’t foresee the possibility of the education backfiring on them.

Oh Texas, you never fail to surprise me

So the Supreme Court of Texas just allowed the return of the 400 children to the compund? What? What? How is this even possible? Who ruled for this? What? I just can’t believe it!

According to the LA times, the decision was made on the basis that the “children were in no imminent danger.” No imminent danger? They were forced to marry people twice their age? How is that not dangerous or in violation of their civil rights? Wait isn’t that called statutory rape?? Last time I checked, Jesus or even the prophets never “loved” their followers that way.

Ok someone has to do something before these children get pulled into some other country and continue to be the concubines of ever man in the compound.

I know this issue is touchy because people who disagree will say:

What about freedom of religion? Umm yeah, remember when Utah became a state, they agreed to leave polygamy?

What about the children, don’t the deserve to be with their parents? Not if the parent is willing to give their children away to the perv they worship. Would you leave a little gilr stay with her parents if they are using her as a prostitute? Choose the lesser of two evils…

 

On Gay Marriage

We had a debate today in my history class about the recent decision to legalize same sex marriage in California. It was intense, it got personal too. I’m going to guess every classroom has the hardcore conservative Republican (who acts more like a Nazi, and whose arguments are retarded and hollow) and the hardcore liberal Democrat who sometimes resembles a romantic hippie. Suddenly, someone’s mom was being called a lesbian, and someone’s brain was compared to poop.

The only argument that the anti gay marriage people have is: “It’s not natural.” Well sorry people, but homosexuality may be related to genetics or past experience like abuse.. If genetics are true, then it’s like saying that two people with butt chins (which is actually a genetic mutation) cannot marry.

 I do not understand why people make such a fuss about gay marriage. I mean name something that gay marriage will hurt people, other than their over swelled ego. Does gay marriage hurt California’s in any way shape or form that is nor personal??? Does it add to corruption, raises inflation, hurt the stock market?

Another one, “All men and women are created equal.” That famous statement does not specifically say that men have to like women and that women have to like men to be equal. 

“Oh not gay people can marry now, I think I may die frome hurtego-itis.” Other than personally I don’t see how gay marriage affects people. Oh right, what about religious beliefs? I almost forgot…wait separation of church and state?

I don’t want to dive into religion, but for all you devout church goers (don’t get me wrong I’m a Catholic) here’s a little thought. If you are truly as devout as you say you are, then you believe everything in this Earth was created by or meant to be by God right? Well “everything” includes gays. Furthermore, Jesus taught people to love each other, even if they were an enemy (Samartian story ring a bell?). Yeah, love and respect the rights of the people around you.