Proposition 8 is a civil right issue in which I disagree that same sex marriage should be banned.
I believe supporting Proposition 8 contradicts the liberty and equality of any man.
I feel that Proposition 8 is similar with the interracial marriage issue where the court argued using Christian belief that almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents.
But for the interference with his arrangement, there would be no cause for such marriages.
The fact that he separated the races shows he did not intend for the races to mix.
However, this is against the laws of nature where each one was created equal and endowed with unalienable rights that are liberty, life and pursuit of happiness.
In 1967, the court ruled that marriage bans deprive a man’s liberty and goes against the 14th amendment.
The court said, “The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.”
Marriage is the vital right of a person, and to deny such freedom is unconstitutional. It is not stated that marriage is only for a man and woman, therefore same-sex marriage should be allowed.
Proposition 8 is a civil issue and not a religious issue to be solved through belief.
I also disagree with the editor’s last statement that instead of passing the legislation, understand that for the time being, the law will not change.
If the founding fathers and the people who fought for natural rights had not taken initiative and stepped up on the plate to fight for natural rights, we would probably be still dangling in hope to exercise our rights.
–Rena Renacia
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