It was my birthday yesterday and I’m so thankful to have such a beautiful and wonderful family to share my special day with. It was also a monumental day for men and women around the country who don’t have the same rights as I do.

It’s no secret that I’m a pretty conservative fellow, but I’ve never agreed with the “protect marriage” group. Some say it’s a political issue, others say it’s a religious issue, I just say it’s an issue of right or wrong. I’m going to dive in to the religious issue in a minute, but I want you to read this quote from Facebook that my friend Greg posted about Prop 8.

I don’t understand why Republicans are for prop 8. How can you argue that the government should but out of your life and at the same time advocate it butting into someone else’s? Putting aside how ever you might feel about gay marriage isn’t this really an issue of government intrusiveness? Shouldn’t any real Republican with consistent internal logic be vehemently against prop 8 on the larger principle?

I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s quite contradictory to the fundamental belief of the party, I agree, but I think there are larger religious issues that are the real driving force behind Prop 8.

Brooke Burke from Noh8

As a practicing Christian, I understand why some in the religious community don’t agree with it, but I want to know where does all the hate come from? God doesn’t judge so what gives me the right to? He showers us with an abundance of love, yet I’m supposed to be angry with you for loving someone with all your heart?

I have many Gay friends who are some of the most amazing people I know. I laugh at people who use the argument about kids and needing a mother and father, blah, blah, blah. It’s total bullshit. I know couples who have children that absolutely in no way shape or form should be parents. In fact, I know Gay couples that would be better parents than some of of my friends that already have kids. You can show me the studies about child development with heterosexual parents and I will ask you to show me the studies on how unconditional love affects a child. Children need love and if you provide them with a solid foundation to grow based on unconditional love, it doesn’t matter what gender your parents are.

I’m sure this fight isn’t done for the Gay community. I hope that one day, my friends that are with same-sex partners will be able to get married and have the same rights I do. I know I’m lucky to have such a beautiful family, but being lucky to have the opportunity to get married just seems wrong.

Tags: Hate, Marriage, Prop 8