I have a few things to say but before I get to the regular post. Heck with it, I'm not going to do my planned post. I don't want to bash anyone because that really isn't my style. I feel like I need to write this post. It just depends on my time and what, I feel inside of me. Just fair warning, this post could be long.
The other day, Maine voted on gay marriage. We lost the right to legally marry our sweet-hearts in that state. I feel like kicking someone. Come on people get with the program! I wonder, how you would feel if you suddenly found your marriages legally banned and then stripped of all rights and privileges that use to be granted a married couple.
First off, it's not going to happen but if it did, it would not be pretty. You couldn't be at the hospital with your special someone. Their family could decide if you were able to stay in the room with them or if you are kicked out. You would lose any tax cuts for married couples. You would lose the benefit of being able to draw from your loved one's pension. Okay, so those are the examples that I could think of at this time. I'm not done yet so hold your horses.
Those of you who have voted to deny us the right to marry you should be sad, those of you who voted "Yes!" to allow us to marry should be applauded. Thank you for standing up for us! I acknowledge your decision to vote but I can't say anything else about your vote. I wonder how many of you who voted "No" have a gay family member or a friend who might be gay? If the answer is yes, then I wonder how you managed to sleep after you voted? Hopefully, you didn't. I hope someday your eyes will open.
By voting no, you are keeping a loving committed couple from marrying. So now, they are forced to live together without the binding power of a marriage license. You think by keeping us from the altar will stop us? It won't! We'll try again in Maine. Why should you have the power to deny us the right to marry? I'm not trying to take away your right to be married or to make it so your marriage is suddenly annulled. We are not taking away anything from you or your family. Allowing us to marry isn't a bad thing.
Allowing us to marry is in the long run a good thing. I don't think nor do I believe that church's should be forced into performing marriages. So why would it be a good thing? First off, there would be money paid to the state, county, or city where the marriage took place. Money would be put out for the rental of a hall and for many of the other normal wedding services. Overall, there is money to be a made off of any marriage. We have to live somewhere. I like to think that most of us make good neighbors. I can't think of a bunch of reasons of why it's a good reason to vote so that we can get married. I guess the biggest reason is the happiness that you're vote would impart on a loving couple. After all that couple dreaming of a wedding could be one of your friends, a co-worker, or even a family member.
I'm not out to tell you that you should go against your heart. I'm asking you to think about it. Search your heart and consider the happiness of a couple. I know I'm asking a lot of you, but I promise you, it's not that bad. I'm simply asking you to ponder it and pray about it. I you still feel wrongly about it, then you can entirely forget about this entry.
Thanks for reading!
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