Congrats California Christians
You stopped same-sex marriage but your 15 year-old daughter can still get an abortion without you knowing.
This was my first election as a non-Californian. It was a bit strange being on the outside looking in. Not only strange, but disappointing.
Nice Priorites
I read about your Prop 8 prayer vigils. Your fasting. The $35+ million you spent to promote the initiative. I read the website. But I still don’t get it.
I don’t get why I never heard about Prop 4 until the night of the election (as I was browsing latimes.com). It was never mentioned on the news here in Oregon. I never heard about protests. Or prayer vigils in football stadiums. Or controversial commercials. And, yet, Prop 4 only lost by four percentage points and change. Maybe you should have spent some of that money on educating people about why Prop 4 actually matters.
So, let me get this straight. It’s more important to you to stop gay people from getting a marriage certificate than it is knowing that your teenage daughter is going to get an abortion?
Protect Divor–errr … Marriage
The whole campaign of protecting marriage is interesting as well. Especially considering the dichotomy of views within the church on divorce and the fact born-again Christians are just as likely to divorce as non-believers. So, California Christian, exactly who or what are you trying to protect marriage from?
Let’s face it, biblical marriage and civil marriage are not the same. If you were to ask me, the biggest threat to biblical marriage in America isn’t gay people. It’s Christians.
Convince Me
I really don’t think I would have voted for Prop 8. To be honest, I probably would have left it blank.
Trust me, I understand your arguments. I just don’t think they’re very strong. I don’t think you don’t need to spend $35 million to keep first graders from attending a gay wedding. Kids don’t learn about marriage at school–they learn about marriage from their parents marriage. Do you feel me yet?
I have yet to hear a sound, logical argument on why Prop 8 was this important. Or why Prop 4 wasn’t as important. So, here’s your chance. Leave a comment.
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I’m with you, Eric. It kills me that Prop 4 didn’t pass. I have two teenage daughters, and I can’t believe that they both could get abortions while hiding under a blanket of secrecy. Of course, if they do something similarly stupid that costs someone a lot of money, I could be held completely responsible.
I was walking across the CSU campus a couple of weeks ago, and a guy held out a cup and asked, “Would you like to make a personal difference in the life of a panda?” Something is very, very wrong, when people care about the lives of animals more than they care about the lives of unborn babies.
Maybe it’s time to write the rant about this that’s been bouncing around in my head for my blog. I’m getting madder and madder the more I realize how little the sanctity of life is cared about in this state.
Ugh, I can understand (and support) the reasons behind Prop8, but why haven’t we heard more about Prop4? I’m on the outside too, but who/how does anyone think it’s ok for a minor, who can’t get an aspirin without parents permission, to make the decision regarding abortion alone? Or even worse, being pushed into it by those who benefit financially/politically by the abortion? Argh!