Sad Story.. Vote NO on Prop 8

I know Christians and conservatives have their reasons for not wanting same-sex marriage to be legal. But is it worth it to stop people from getting married that legitimately love each other for the few that would abuse the law? I would hope that there wouldn't be abuse of the law, but it happens all the time, and we can't allow Prop 8 to pass just because of fear. I read a story by a gentleman that was a sad true story, and he said I could pass it on. It shows us the reason why they want to be allowed to marry so badly.

I wanted to share my reason for wanting this proposition to fail.A little over 4 years ago, my life partner became very ill and my role quickly shifted to a role as a caregiver. In January 05, during one of many stays in the hospital, I asked him to marry me. This was something we had planned for awhile and I sensed this couldn't wait any longer. His brilliant blue eyes lit up and with the most gorgeous smile you could ever imaging, he whispered yes.

On March 3, 2005 I held him in my arms as his life slowly faded away and my life as I knew it was to dramatically change. Now a little over 3 years later, I continue to be in battle over his estate. I lost everything. Our home, our things, my things due to the greed of his family members and the fact that our relationship, our partnership
our love and commitment was not...is not recognized by our government. I don't want anyone to go through this ever again

No [marriage] is not the same as domestic partnerships. That would only guarantee 50% of personal property.

Other things that are painful: being listed as durable power of attorney on his death certificate (under his parents who had nothing to do with his life) because I am not a legal spouse. And being listed as a friend on the legal paperwork for the estate, because I am not a legal spouse.

Here is another person that I totally connected with on opinion, I have said this myself, but it was said so clearly here that I just copied and pasted his words into my blog:

Marriage has several different meanings. For example, it has a state level meaning and it has a religious level meaning. I totally respect you if your religion dictates against two same-sex couples engaging in marriage on a religious level, but that doesn’t mean it should dictate marriage on a state level. Getting married doesn’t make you Christian. Two Muslims / two Wiccans / two Atheist / two what-evers can get married under state law and that doesn’t make them married under any religious law. This great country called the United States of America has a great thing called "Separation of Church and State,” and although our country’s ideology was based upon Christian beliefs, our founding fathers knew that religion was something you practiced at home and NOT at the Capital Building. Saying two same-sex people cannot get married is a stones throw away from having “the gays” use separate restrooms.

I totally agree with him, and I AM a Christian, and I am not Gay either! That may seem terrible to some of you who are Christians. But it makes sense to me. We are allowing anybody else who doesn't believe as we believe to get married, why stop same-sex marriage? I know we will have to draw the moral line in the sand somewhere, and we can't just keep allowing things to snow ball. But why are we so firm with the line here? I will stand against minors marrying and an older person marrying a minor... I will help protect our children. I will vote against kindergartners getting sex education. I will support family units to be able to teach their children what they believe is morally right and wrong and have religious freedoms. But this is about two adults making an adult decision, that you or I may or may not agree with, and that is what I think should be allowed. Treat all adults equally for the opportunity to get married. I don't think God will smite us over this one... I just don't. Sorry if you disagree.