a friend sent me an e-mail today asking me to support Proposition 8,
an amendment to the constitution, which basically defines marriage
as between man and woman.

I deleted the e-mail not in anger or spite.
I simply did not want to respond to her
because I know that it will not make her change her views.
but maybe I should have responded just to share my views, regardless
of how it affects her.

If I did respond, I would have told her
that Propositions such as this further
divide us as people and further alienate a certain group of people
from our basic human rights.
Instead of celebrating love between two people,
we shun it simply because they love someone
of the same sex.
i thought love was a good thing.

Furthermore, who are we to deny others
the basic right to be recognized as husband and husband or
wife and wife?
First, it was denying Africans their freedom to simply live,
Then, it was denying Mexicans and Pilipinos from marrying
white women,
Then it was denying women the right to vote...and so on and so on.

When will we realize that acts such as this only
bring us down as a society? It certainly does not make us
any more civilized than an undiscovered tribe in the Amazon.

Hopefully, in my lifetime, I can witness the evolution of
our people into a more inclusive, accepting, and loving
people.