I had an entirely different blog planned for today, but then I got an email, "A crowd is beginning to gather outside the state Supreme Court building in San Francisco as the court prepares to hear arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriage."
To watch the oral arguments live click here Personally, I had to turn it off, all the emotions were starting to get to me.
Separation of church and state is the foundation of this country. All people should have the same rights. Whatever your religion says is moot. We are talking about equal rights and equal protection of the law afforded by the Constitution, not whether Jesus saves or what the bible says.
Was it right to send Blacks to the back of the bus, or have separate drinking fountains and bathrooms? Some people thought it was because they believed blacks were second class citizens.
How is this issue before us today, different? It isn't. Everyone should have the right to enter into holy matrimony. Or we should all give up the right to marry.
Good luck once the right to marry is garnered. After marriage is entered by two people, the collective unconscious will be waiting with all its expectations of what marriage is and should be: when are you having a baby?, you don't like to clean and cook?, which one of you wears the pants?
Though, even with societal expectations, my husband and I have managed, with dedication and love, to create a partnership, which in my opinion, is the evolution of marriage.
"Mommy, this is a man purse," says Gio pointing at Lego Indiana Jones.
"Yes, it is," I answer.
And in twenty years, a purse will probably be an accepted men's fashion accessory. I hope so, anyways, everyone should have the right tomarry, oops, I mean, carry a purse if they want.
But, personally, I think purses are over rated and they can even cause shoulder, neck, and back problems. Best to go with a purse that doesn't carry a lot of baggage, in my opinion, if one chooses to carry a purse, at all.
I totally missed the Oscars, because, as I tweeted:
wendysurf: We were planning on a little somethin' somethin' followed by the Oscars, but someone forgot to push the Tivo button. Fail.
Thank goodness for the Internet, where everything that matters and doesn't matter, is.
I thought these two speeches from the winners of "Milk" were the most touching and thought provoking, though I can't say I watched all the Oscars. The top video is the acceptance speech of Dustin Lance Black for best original screenplay for "Milk."
I thought Dustin Lance Black offered a genuine perspective on what it feels like to be a disenfranchised citizen of this great nation, which is still a work in progress, I hope.
Here's what Dustin Lance Black had to say during his acceptance speech:
The story of Harvey Milk gave me hope that one day I could live my life openly as who I am. Maybe I could even fall in love and one day get married.
I think he'd (Harvey Milk) would want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches, or by the government, or by their families, that you are beautiful........No matter what anyone tells you. God does love you and that very soon I promise you, you will have rights federally across this great nation of ours."
Of course, Sean Penn's "commie homo loving sons of guns," acceptance speech for Best Actor in a film (Milk) is worth watching, too.
Is it me or were many of Hollywood's elite on the verge of tears at the Oscars?
The California Supreme Court is going to hear oral arguments on Prop H8 on March 5Th. That's less than a week. Although, the court will not arrive at a decision for several months.
Yeah, I'm serious about this whole, "repeal Prop H8" business. 52.1% Californians need to expand their concern for chickens to include p-e-o-p-l-e. The California Supreme Court is most likely going to be making a decision on whether or not to repeal Prop 8 very soon.
While same sex marriage may be against some people's religion, it isn't okay for religions to go around buying legislation that eliminates civil rights for gays and lesbians. Excuse me, but did someone "white out" separation of church and state in the constitution?
So everyone please visualize and repeat this mantra, "equal rights for all of us." People are afraid of what they don't understand. It's time to be brave, let go of fear and let love expand our consciousness.
We want to look good in the history books twenty years from now, don't we? "Yes We Do!" Tomorrow's kids won't look with eyes that discern black from white, or straight from gay, male from female. They're just gonna see aura colors. Think I'm crazy? Time will tell. Besides, look around it's already happening.
It's not the end of the world as fear mongers would have us believe. Rather it's the beginning of a new one. Besides that we seem to be setting an example for the rest of the world. Look how far we've come. Let's take this all the way.
Sometimes, the will of the people dictates the law. I learned this a long time ago, practically in another life in my Constitutional Law class. And we all know sometimes the mob is so wrong.
Prior to election day, I kept thinking to myself, "aren't people protected by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?" in regards to Prop 8. Those thoughts were also left over from my Con Law class. I couldn't get myself to look it up until now, but basically my memory served me right, give or take some legal jargon. Here are more of my friend's pictures from the Repeal Prop 8 Rally somewhere in Los Angeles.
I was on Facebook, hanging out with my friends, when I found these pictures posted by someone who goes way back to my high school days. She was Gen We, when Gen We was still in Kindergarten. She always was way a head of her time.
Anyways, her and her husband took their dog to a Repeal Prop 8 Rally in Los Angeles recently. While, my parenting, surfing, and biking hobbies tend to get in the way of my Rally attendance, I almost felt like I was there looking at her pictures.
The rallies across the nation for equal rights for gays are flashbacks to the sixties and the days of civil rights marches. Wow. Here we go again watching herstory happen. The only thing I can think of that would be more exciting is Prop 8 being repealed. Or better yet how about Prop 8 never passing to begin with.
