Warning: Today I am
giving my opinion on Prop 8 and gay marriage.
If you are for gay marriage, keep reading. If you are against gay marriage, keep
reading. There is no hate here. This is how I feel. I honor your feelings and opinions even if
they aren’t the same as mine. I have
friends and family who are on both sides of the fence on this issue, and I love
and care for them all the same. It’s not
my business to think for them.
Today has been gay.
And by gay I mean happy, and by happy I mean the gay community is about
to throw a party that only they can. The
Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA); which stated that
if you have matching body parts you can’t possibly be a real family. Just hours after the decision was made, I was
asked to “unlike” a friend’s Facebook page because anyone who tolerates others
obviously isn’t a friend of theirs. (AKA they believe that a marriage is only
valid between a man and a woman, and don’t want to associate themselves who
disagree. Of all of the reasons to
distance yourself from a redhead, I always assumed it would have been for personal
safety.
Anyway, if you are unfamiliar with the case, here is the
quick and dirty. The very beautiful Edie
Windsor challenged the Supreme Court when she was expected to pay taxes on the
property she shared with her late wife Thea Spyer, to whom she had legally
married. After more than 40 years
together, the United States asked for upwards of $363,000 in federal estate
taxes. Had the couple been seen as a
legal pair, they would have been protected under the unlimited spousal
deduction and wouldn’t have been required to pay federal estate taxes.
I believe that everyone has the right to the pursuit of
happiness, and this includes marrying whomever you choose. I also believe that I don’t have the right to
pass judgment on anyone else. I mean I
DO, but usually it’s restricted to the people of Wal-Mart, people who take food
stamps out of their Gucci, and people who don’t have red hair. But beyond that, I can’t tell anyone who to
love.
I was excited about the court’s ruling so I told my five
year old daughter, Shylee.
Me: Guess what! Gay Americans had a great day in court today!
Shylee: What does
that mean?
Me: Well, men can be
married to men and women can be married to women.
Shylee: Yeah and kids
can be married to adults!
Me: No... no that is
still very illegal. Let’s not talk about
that.
In other news, if you type “homosexuality” into Google, the
search bar turns fabulous!
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