Sam Harris: Proposition 8 and The Aftermath of Injustice.

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PROPOSITION 008:
ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

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Thoughts during election night...

They keep telling us that since it's a matter of human rights and there are still 2-3 million votes not counted - we should wait. Meanwhile, the YES people are dancing in the streets - rejoicing their PREJUDICE!!!

Yet even if we manage to squeak out a last minute victory (which seems at this point a tenuous hope at best) I know that in "liberal" Los Angeles county where I live, the vote was split 50% - 50%. As I write this it seems that there were only 20,806 more votes for Prop 8 than against.

So as I walk around today, one out of every two people I see DO NOT want me to have equal rights. They see me as inferior, because I'm gay. And that is so hurtful, and it makes me unbelievably mad. It makes me want to scream at them. Makes me want to try to hurt every one of the over 5,160,000 California voters for Prop 8 in a way that makes them understand how they've made me feel. How much they failed in their attempt to belittle, to marginalize, to shame me and my love.

But my challenge - my true challenge of character - is that the OTHER one of those two people DO want me to have equal rights. They DO value me as a human being, and they DO believe that our country really does stand for "Liberty and Justice For ALL" and that "All" includes Gay Americans like me. I want to hug them. All 4,760,000 plus of them.

And as I walk around, I have no idea who is who.

So I have a choice. Succumb to the tidal wave of bitterness that threatens to overwhelm me? See the glass as half empty, see everyone as a potential Nazi Gay-hating jerk?

Or see the good? Believe the glass is half-full? Take heart at the progress Gay Americans have made in such a relatively short time, compared to the slow progress of public opinion in "approving" interracial marriage?

It is confusing and emotional. And it has totally ruined my Obama day. Since this vlog was recorded, the numbers that supported that the black community voted 70% for Prop 8 have proven to be a major exaggeration. The numbers were about 58%. Still too far to the right (wrong) but in keeping with other primarily religious communities. The ironic juxtaposition of judgment in the name of God is always perplexing. Why would anyone not want all people to be free and equal? Why would anyone not want Cooper to be equal?

Reference:
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► http://RepublicansAgainst8.com
► http://HRC.org/10459.htm
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[klingej15]

i totally agree with sam on this matter . i am a gay teen living in the u.s and i hope to one day get married. i pray that it happens in our lifetime.

[Mathenaut]

The black community is all of 7 percent of the state. They put forward about 4% of the vote in support of prop 8. Hardly putting it over.

Though, regardless, it's less about them being black than it is about many of them being (unfortunately) christian.

...And you know how that goes.

[NiflJonne]

Praying is useless, Keep speaking your mind though. Religious people will allways be backwards.

[QuinceyQuick]

Are you kidding me? Get over it? You've probably never been a victim of any sort of systematic intolerance in your life. I guess slavery should have stayed legal because people liked the idea.

[comptonelli]

I'm straight, and I believe in equal rights....so did Our forefathers that is why we have the bill of rights, to make sure that the minority will still have rights against the majority. 200 + years later, and we still haven't learned our lesson.

[BobCubTAC]

Love ya, Sam.

Keep speaking from your heart, my brother.

[channale]

"...that freaky, freaky fundamentalist right-wing jesus freak christians are taking over our country."

!! no more words needed.

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[kannoos75]

i am against Proposition 8 but.. ya every would love to have a sexy young partner. but i don't think that sex is the most important thing in relationship.. love is much more important than sex. and each and every citizens have their on wr8s to choose their love whether they are gay or not.

[vangouh1]

I guess he should have voted for McCain, but that wouldn't work, so I guess he'll continue venting his rage on blacks. White Christians and Mormons he should go after, but he is probably afraid, so target a group that makes up 13% and alienate gay blacks. Bullshit!

[camljockykilla]

what issues do you have with your mother that leave you unattracted to women??there is no such thing as GAY!You are straight and dont know it.A good pussy will cure you of all that ails you!

[visiondog]

By the way: the annoying people that Hitler wanted to kill along with all the other groups, are called "Jehova's Witnesses" and although they certainly do not deserve the fate Hitler envisioned, they do have to be warned very very strictly to stay away from YOUR door - as the poison they bring is truly dangerous and deadly. Seriously.

[visiondog]

Now, i am not gay, but i am a normal human being, so if ALL fails for you in US remember that just north of you there is this rather quite country called Canada, where we will always be happy to welcome all those that were kicked out and discarded by our mightily insane southern neighbour. Good luck!