Prop 8

Is 51% of the vote really enough to amend a constitutional right?? Guess so!! This is pretty damn disgusting to me. One massive step forward with electing a black president and several massive steps back with deciding that gays don't have the right to marriage. Especially in a state that is so democratic, it's hard to believe that Proposition 8 was passed. Some say it was the high turn out of African-Americans that were suspected to vote in favour of Prop 8 because of cultural beliefs that made the difference. Other speculation points the finger to the Mormon church. I imagine it was a combination of those that truly believe that marriage is reserved for a man and a woman. That's just it, we live in a democracy and there just happen to be about 2% more people that don't approve of gay marriage than those that do. What puzzles me is that the 51% took rights away from the 49%. Because they don't agree with what the 49% percent would have the right to partake in if they so desire, they take the right away completely. Maybe this is an inaccurate analogy on my part but this is the way that i see it. Actually it reminds me a tiny bit of the holocaust. Hitler squashed the rights of Jews....i know that's an extreme comparison but in a nation that has happily elected Barack Obama as their leader with much hope for PROGRESS, the removal of rights is so counter-productive.
One day i think this rant is going to sound ridiculous...as in 'what? there was a ban on gay marriage?? wtf!'...Same as women and blacks not being able to vote, among other rights restrictions. With a president like Obama, i believe the masses are going to inadvertently be cured of inequality over time. That's a pretty extreme belief, but may i remind you of Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech!
And for those of you who truly are against gay marriage, keep this in mind...it doesn't mean YOU have to marry a gay person!!