why i said, “no!”
October 26, 2008 // Posted by: la coquette // Category: politicsAs everyone is well aware, the election is a little over a week away. For consideration in Florida, a state constitutional amendment to legislate the definition of marriage. Since this topic relates directly to sex and sexuality, writing about my position became imperative.
Amendment Two to the Florida State Constitution reads,
Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.
After casting my absentee ballot, on which I voted “NO!” (I wish you could show emphatic feeling on ballots.) I spoke with my mother. In her succinct way, she easily summed-up my position, “I do not want the government to legislate morality.”
Your personal view of marriage is a choice made based on your values and morals. I, personally, believe that everyone, gay or straight, is entitled to live unhappily-ever-after. If your view differs from mine, let’s agree to disagree. Just as we agree that there ought not be a state religion, should we not agree that personal morals ought not be forced onto someone else through legislation?
This amendment is being fully supported by conservatives and self-proclaimed family-values-advocates. It’s clearly a values platform. Although, I find there are values missing from it.
If these conservatives and self-proclaimed family-values-advocates are so intent on saving marriage, why is nothing being done on the divorce front? Why are they not protesting the ease with which divorces are granted? Where are their pickets, advertisements and protests against no-fault divorces? Why are they lobbying to make divorce more difficult to obtain? Or, why are they not reducing the reasons for divorce?
My thought, if you want to save marriage, you must make a plan that supports your position from all angles. Cherry picking varied arguments, well, it all seems a little hypocritical to me.