Proposition 8.

For those of you who don't know, Propostion 8 is a California State prop. aiming to amend the state Constitution to once again revert back to the archaic ideology that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. California recognized same-sex marriage as a fundamental right and when Prop 8 passed on Nov.6th, same-sex couples were once again denied the right to marriage.
In a Supreme Court case Sarah Palin, undoubtedly has never heard of, Pace .v. Alabama, held in 1883 ruled that Alabama's anti-miscegenation statute was constitutional, thereby making it a crime for an African American to marry a Caucasian American. Sounds insane that people would think like that right? You wonder if there were many people back then going 'Am I the only one who thinks this is completely insane?' It was insane, it was ignorant, it was a rock-solid imploding rocket of rampant bigotry. It was disgusting, and so is the idea that a same-sex couple cant, by law, get married. And dont give me the 'they cant reproduce' argument, Christ, be progressive people. Actually, Christ may be the wrong word; lets leave him out of this.

Heres what Melissa Etheridge had to say about it and I completely agree.

Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.

Okay, cool I don’t mean to get too personal here but there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million dollars that I will be keeping instead of handing it over to the state of California. Oh, and I am sure Ellen will be a little excited to keep her bazillion bucks that she pays in taxes too. Wow, come to think of it, there are quite a few of us fortunate gay folks that will be having some extra cash this year. What recession? We’re gay! I am sure there will be a little box on the tax forms now single, married, divorced, gay, check here if you are gay, yeah, that’s not so bad. Of course all of the waiters and hairdressers and UPS workers and gym teachers and such, they won’t have to pay their taxes either.