Wednesday, May 27, 2009

It's still prejudice

Oh, the conservatives are so gleeful that the California State Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8, which bans same sex marriage in California. But let me ask the court this question:

Suppose the question on the Prop 8 ballet had been to ban marriage between races, specifically black and white? Suppose the question on Prop 8 had been to ban marriage between different religions, say Christians and Muslims? Suppose the question on Prop 8 had been to ban marriages based on age, perhaps requiring that there could not be more than 15 years difference in age between the couple? Would you have recognized such ludicrous propositions as the prejudice they are? Then why didn't you recognize Prop 8 for the prejudice it was?

The "majority" may have the right to amend the state constitution, but it does NOT have the right to use that constitution to legalize prejudice

1 Comments:

At 8:15 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Is this the same Dave Ramacitti that once was the editor of Plus 60 magazine? This is Catherine Bethel (now known as Catt Foy). Do you know whatever happened to Suzi Jakubson?

You can reach me at cattfoy@earthlink.net

 

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