Forgot to mention in that last journal entry... Prop 8 passed. Time to rant my head off. If you don't like reading long, overdone rants that cause the page to scroll like hell, stop reading NOW.

Okay, now, to anyone still here... GODDAMMIT. Ugh, I just lost a lot of respect for this country. Prop 8 passed here in California, and there was a similar outcome for other gay marriage issues in Arizona and Florida. Why the hell is this country such a bigoted MESS?! I mean... COME ON!

What's the problem with gay marriage? It doesn't affect you, do why the hell do you care? I admit, the tax benefits may have an effect on tax distribution, but the same applies with marriage in general. And really, taxes are a greedy reason to not want to support gay marriage.

Overall though, what I'm seeing is people like my dad, afraid of gay marriage not because they're homophobic bigots, although that's a factor in it too, but because they were raised to think that marriage is a holy union between a man and a woman, and the idea of any other combination is a mental paradox. This... This worries me, because it means that corruption due to religious upbringings reaches far beyond the creationism argument. This isn't the union of Church and State... It's the union of Church and Mind. And that's not good at all.

I personally support gay marriage... But I can see where this argument is coming from. Despite this, I'm disgusted. Why can't these people see that marriage is meant as a union between two people that love eachother, gender be damned? I mean, look, I understand that in their minds, if gay marriage is allowed, it'd open the door for stuff like people marrying their dogs, but, that's not at all what this is about, and they need to realize that.

Either way though, I am disappointed in America. We need to learn how to overcome our issues with other peoples' practices, and overcome our thoughts of other minorities, and banning gay marriage is just another failure to do so.

In closing, There are people celebrating Obama's victory because that means a victory for the African-American minority, yet at the same time celebrating the banning of gay marriage because this means a loss for the gay minority. This is hypocrisy and bigotry at its worst, and it disgusts me thoroughly. Congratulations, America. You're dead to me now.