Hmmm...

I generally stay away from posting too much politically-oriented stuff, but wow...



Yes, sadly it is always your right to hate someone for whatever reason you choose. Sigh. Yes, sadly it is a parent's right to teach their kids to fear and hate people who aren't like them. Sigh. And it is and always will be the right of a church to teach hate, fear, and discrimination based on beliefs if they so choose. Sigh. It's not a right to discriminate against US citizens in employment, housing, etc. and it's not a right for groups that are funded by US government funds to discriminate against certain groups US citizens.

I thought that with the election being over this would die down for a bit. But I can see it's going to continue to be a wedge issue for years to come, used almost solely to win elections.

I also find it interesting how, with the Vermont legislature passing a marriage equality amendment, and THEN overriding the governor's veto, that now all the opponents are pinning the blame not just on "activist" judges, but now legislatures are evil too I guess, and everything must be decided by the people through referendum. Well why do we even have a legislature, elected by the people, then? Why don't we just vote on everything - eliminate the middle man? I'd actually argue that a governor, one single person, shouldn't have the power to veto something passed by a majority of citizen-elected representatives.

I can't wait until a state passes something like this through a citizen-voted-on referendum, because then they'll be out political processes to blame marriage equality on...