Maybe it hasn’t hit me yet. I’m probably thinking “tomorrow I’ll wake up and there will be an appeal” or “there’s no reason to be upset, you didn’t loose anything, you didn’t have anything.” It’s true. We’re not losing anything that we had. I couldn’t get married three years ago, and I still can’t; I suppose what’s troublesome is the outright denial. Prior to the past few years, marriage wasn’t an option. We, the community, would only think about the day when the discussion of this right was a possibility. That day came and people spoke their minds. People voted and we were sent back to square one.
My question is, who are these people? Are they our teachers? Our doctors? Our day care providers? The people we trust will influence our lives in a positive manner? I guess my question is “how does this happen?” How is it that someone can say “you are not right, your existence is not right. But mine is.” What baffles me is much of this finger pointing comes from religious views, Christian based views. If a belief system that is meant to teach love and acceptance is the primary backer of segregation and discrimination, does it loose it’s validity? Does the entire belief system become a fallacy?
I’m not trying to sound accusatory; I’m trying to understand. Where do all these opposing views come from? What are they rooted in? How are they still alive? Is it fear? Because if people are afraid of going to hell, there are worse things going on that will send you directly there… if it even exists.
I’m not mad. I’m sorry. I feel sorry for those people who are holding on to an ideal that is unreasonable and quite damaging. For the people that are blinded by the way a human being interprets text. For the people that can’t see how much their ignorance is hurting innocent people who only want to live their lives.
How does this happen? How do you deny someone the right to seek happiness?
