agrund:

owl-smoke:

I am bisexual.  In my home state, Maryland, one day I will be able to marry the man or woman I fall in love with.  However, if I move, I will not be able to because society can not function without oppression.

 In the times of Martin Luther King Jr, it was commonplace to discriminate against African Americans.  Now, that idea is foreign and we can not empathize how our forefathers could participate in something so awful. Then, we oppressed women. Women now are equal to men. Here we are today, oppressing gay people. In a hundred years, the people of 2112 will scoff at the narrow-mindedness of our generation.

The constitution protects people’s RIGHTS, including the freedom to marry. It is the job of our government to allow people rights, not deny them.  The views of one religious group should not dictate the law and the lives of citizens living in America, the free-est country in the world. There is separation of church and state. If we are going to adopt religious practice as social policy, then Muslim ideologies should be accepted as law. And scientology as well. And Rastafarai, which would implement the legalization of marijuana. We are not a Christian nation. We practice the freedom of religion as well as the pursuit of happiness.

Heterosexual people who are anti-LGBT have never entertained the idea that if they have a gay child, he/she will not be able to get married.  This is one of the heterosexual privileges analyzed by sociologist Ritzer.  Heterosexual people don’t know how good they have it.  It is easy to oppress someone when you are the oppressor.

Acceptance of people moves society foreword, out of the dark ages of oppression.  If we elect Mitt Romeny, we will take steps backward and then in retrospect regret it.  Mitt has openly stated he is anti-LGBT and implied that he will lessen women’s rights.  These two social interest groups alone make up more than 50% of the nation.  Obama is pro-gay rights.

From a sociopolitical view; do we really want a president who will enlarge gaps between social groups and implement more discrimination and oppression, when we could have a president who is bold enough to danger his campaign by professing that he supports GIVING ALL AMERICANS A BASIC RIGHT.

This is not America. This is humanity.