Thursday, August 5, 2010

Yes. I Was Born Straight Here.

What do Prop 8 Gay marriage and Article 14 babies have in common? Well first, what are those things anyway? Prop 8 was a vote by Californians to make Gay Marriages illegal and Article 14 of the Constitution, states that anyone born in the United States automatically has citizenship in the U.S. First, Prop 8 was struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. It'll go to the Supreme Court. Second, Some Social Conservatives, especially some Conservative politicians are trying to make some hay out of this by claiming that too many foreigners are sneaking into the U.S. to have a baby then returning home (or not) with a U.S. citizen child. They want to change the Constitution to read that a child born in this country is only a citizen if one of the parents is also a citizen. What these two things have in common is that they point out the intolerance of some people. For these folks, only certain people are good enough to be Americans. Presumably White Angelo-Saxons. Maybe even Protestants. Which would mean only WASPs need apply. And all of them must swear to be heterosexual. The odd part to all of this is that the same folks who demand these changes to the Constitution are the same ones who demand that we all defend the Constitution exactly as it is or risk being anti-American. If they got their way, then the next change they would demand might be to eliminate you from the list of acceptable candidates for American Citizenship. Then they might even want my hide. So, my friends, we need to fight this ignorance with the golden rule. It still works pretty well. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU!

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