I'd like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who voted NO on Proposition 8, who donated to the campaign, who volunteered their time, who talked to friends and family, who sent e-mails, who reached out to their online social networks, who posted blogs, who left comments on sites across the Internet, and/or who sent good vibes to the people of California. Your efforts are irrefutable evidence that we all have innate qualities of compassion, understanding, and love and that we all can reach across cultural divides to stand up for what's right, even if it doesn't seem to affect us personally.
Proposition 8, which aimed to ban same-sex marriage, has passed. (It would take a miracle the scope of Joseph Smith's golden plates for the remaining uncounted ballots to make a difference.) California, along with Arizona and Florida (which had similar measures on their ballots), now joins the 42 states that already prohibit gay marriage in the U.S.
It's unbelievable to me that so many people in the land of the free have effectively spit on the U.S. Constitution, which makes very clear: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." It breaks my heart to know that an immigrant like my mother, who worked her ass off to earn her U.S. citizenship, can understand and honor the principles of the Constitution far better than people who have had the privilege of being born in America.
Either the supporters of Prop 8 do not believe in the U.S. Constitution—or they simply do not consider gays and lesbians to be equal citizens of the United States. Neither explanation sits well with me. And if those notions don't give pause to even the staunchest opponents of gay marriage, then there is something fundamentally broken about their vision of this country.
But you know what? Despite the fact that I almost titled this post "Fuck You, California," I refuse to despair over this for a number of reasons.
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