A Prop 8 challenge for swankers

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

ISM, what principled case did your Mormon friends make other than telling you to your face that your lifestyle was immoral? If there is such a case to be made, I haven't heard the Prop. 8 folks make it.

Nope, that's it.

Who am I to tell them what their moral code should be, and who are they to tell me?

They would vote to outlaw drinking and smoking if given the opportunity. They are just trying to make the world a better place by their vote, based on their personal (I'm sure LDS-influenced) views of what a better place would look like.

Certainly, I have a moral code that brooks little opposition. And I certainly vote and take other actions to make the world a better place in my view.

Minding my own damn business and not impinging on the rights of others is my own view of a better place, but who am I to declare it must be the view of everyone?


Funny, though, how they think nothing of voting to take away my rights to marry ... but have never once had a talk with me to influence my decisions to drink alcohol, smoke pot, or have sex with men. These discussions would have been fruitless, and I'm sure they knew that ... but I knew my asking them to abstain or vote No on 8 would be fruitless, and yet I certainly had that dicussion with them.


I'm bothered they feel they can go into the voting boothy to take away my right to marry, but won't just ask me nicely not to marry another guy. Heheh.


Still, their petty bigotry, intolerance, and religiousity small mindedness are but small elements of otherwise wonderful people. I will remain friends with them. My predilections for drinking, gettting high, and sucking dick are but small elements of the "otherwise" wonderful Zlick, and so they will remain friends with me.


I tried.


They are literally the only two people I know who will be voting Yes on 8, so I have no one else I can hope to convince.


Still, I'd like to do something in these final days. I really dropped the ball on working to defeat Prop 8.