Prop 8 and Taxation without Representation

Sorted under GLBTQ on November 9, 2008

Vote No on Prop 8 I have yet to make any comment on it (because I’m a slacker,) but anyone who has any real interest in this website surely already knows that bigotry and ignorance won in California and Prop 8 was passed.

Prop 8, if you have been living under a boulder for the past few months, would give same-sex couples the same benefits of opposite-sex couples when it comes to marriage. Some may be asking themselves ‘Why is the term “marriage” so important? I mean, come on, same-sex couples can have civil unions, why do they need marriage when the two are essentially the same thing?’ Sound familiar?

Equality for homosexual people is the racial segregation fight of our time. Before 1968, white people would be asking ‘Why should black people be able to drink out of our water fountains, go to our schools or sit in our seats? They have their own, why would they want ours when the two are essentially the same thing?’ Why? Because people everywhere deserve to live and be extended the same rights and privileges as everyone else despite skin color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and so on and why is that wrong? The same people who supported and voted to pass Prop 8 are the same people who would have voted to keep people of different races from marrying and the reason for this is fear and delusion. People are people, no matter what way you slice it and sadly, not everyone is willing or even capable of seeing that. Most of the time, people who discriminate against others who are “different” use religion as an excuse for bigotry and hate and you know what, neither of those attributes are very Christ-like.

In fact, I don’t think Christ would have condoned people taking part in the biggest hate message on Earth.

In most parts of this country, homosexuals are treated as second class citizens. They are victims of hate crimes in cities where the police force say “they don’t know” what the basis for the attack was. They are not openly accepted into the military to defend the country they were born in and brainwashed since grade school to love because of all of the freedoms we supposedly have; instead they are told that they cannot openly be gay, talk about being gay or talk about their significant other to give away the fact that they are gay. Imagine this–You’re over in Iraq, fighting the jaded war, when your fellow soldiers are together one day talking about how much they miss their wives and you’re a gay man in a long-term, committed relationship; you are not allowed to talk about how much you miss your partner because your country loves you that much. They cannot marry the person whom they love and wish to spend their lives with, even though statistically, same-sex couples last a hell of a lot longer than heterosexual couples; just look at the divorce rate.

So since gay people are treated as second class citizens, they are not openly represented by this country. They are not extended the same rights and privileges and since it is unconstitutional in most states for same-sex couples to be married, shouldn’t it be unconstitutional to tax those people since they are second class citizens in their state’s eyes?

Melissa Etheridge thinks so:

Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.

Read her entire article here, it should not be missed.

In this fight for everyone to be able to openly love someone and have it recognized by the state they live in, there sure is a lot of hate flying around.



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  • Ugh yeah that pissed me off that that passed even though it doesn't really effect me.... but still. Are we really still sooo against gay marriage as a society? I mean, come on. It's 2008 people - just practice tolerance and let them do what they want! Love is love is love damnit!!

    and how have you been miss Holly? I haven't talked to you in FOREVER!
  • The fact that hate like this goes on today, accepted by the government is not right. Why do people feel it is okay for the majority to dictate the rights of the minority. As a Californian I can only say that I am completely appalled.
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