I like watching this youtube clip. I know it's a mean joke to play on a kid, but it distracts me from whatever is bothering me at the moment.

I hear fish...

I bet that kid is going to become an animal activist. haha

It appears religion still holds true in California. I wish I could somehow knock some sense into those people. Yes, those people. I am separating myself from them in this situation because they have the audacity to say who cannot get married. It's doubly upsetting after finding out about many minorities voting in favor of prop 8. Majority of the Hispanic and Black communities voted for this unreasonable proposition. How does gay marriage affect you besides challenging "traditional" concepts of partnership? Why must you conform to the bandwagon of the church? Can you not think for yourselves?

Let's put it into a different context. (warning: stupid argument to highlight how stupid I find the reasons to support prop 8 are.) There's a stereotypical view of Blacks and Latinos as being baby factories, and those babies fuel the less desirable aspects of society (i.e. gangs, drug dealers, thieves, etc.). I say let Californians pass a law prohibiting the amount of babies Latinos and Blacks produce as a way to control crime. I believe there are more evidence to support controlling the amount of babies they are allowed to make in comparison to same-sex people getting married.

Of course, this is an unreasonable conclusion. It doesn't make sense to discriminate between groups of people based on preconceived notions of morality. Are Latinos and Blacks inherently immoral? Hell, no. Are gays and lesbians inherently immoral? Hell, no. Well, it depends on how you define immoral. Obviously, my morals do not match the church. I guess I'll be going to hell along with all my lesbian and gay friends. I hope some day you realize sexual orientation has nothing to do with the the concept of "evil" or "wrong". --Well, if the person/people you are oriented towards are children, animals, etc.; then that's wrong. They most likely do not want that sort of attention so there is no excuse for you to manipulate or force yourself onto the innocent.

How does the upholding of "traditional marriage" help society? Does same-sex marriage hurt society?

I can tell you right now that heterosexual marriage is not all that it's cracked up to be. A lot of them end before death. It ends in the other "d". Ding, ding, ding! DIVORCE

Besides banning same-sex marriage isn't going to make gay people straight.

You just have to love how minorities think oppressing other minorities is okay.

You just have to give it up to the church for successfully manipulating their followers into doing things without much thought. It's like a bunch of children playing follow the leader. Well, ladies and gentlemen, Barney (the almighty and mythical purple dinosaur) is so proud of your efforts! Money that could have been spent on more worthy causes was wasted on advertising for prop 8.

And I realize my argument is laughable and largely incoherent, but this is just me venting. I really hope this proposition gets overturned in court (not likely) or there's another vote (maybe next time more people will be willing to vote, there were a lot of my friends who did not vote and they would have voted against prop 8).