No. You have every right to not agree with homosexuality as someone has the right to agree with it or take part in it. You could also be against Prop 8 but still not agree with homosexuality being morally okay. If you vote NO on 8 that doesn't automatically say you condone homosexuality.
Honestly to me...the issue is more about the government telling PEOPLE what they can or cannot do moreso then it is a moral issue. If the government can essentially tell PEOPLE they cannot be married what else are they going to say we cannot do? I don't care what PEOPLE do behind closed doors. I also don't care to tell PEOPLE what they can do behind closed doors. If gay people want to marry and be partners in the home, I say let them. I also don't think it should be up to the government to make a distinction between gay PEOPLE and regular PEOPLE.
Just to be open, I have no position on Proposition 8, and I agree with pretty much everything you say. Whether it's a choice or it's natural, I don't care what other people do behind closed doors. And I do think they should have legal rights. I think this is much more complex issue than the homos vs. bigots crowd want us to realize.
The government did not invent marriage; it adopted it. Making it a legal, civil right for anyone will have ramifications . . .
Will private, religious adoption agencies (which do A LOT of good) stay in California when state law tells them they MUST place children with same-sex couples?
How will parents, who have the ultimate right and responsibility to teach their children, feel when government-mandated sex education sessions include lessons on same-sex relations?
What will happen to a parent who demands to know which day his or her child will be taught government-mandates sex education so he can prepare the child for he or she will see? When a principal with an agenda refuses to tell him which day it will happen, and the parent refuses to leave until the principal tells does, will the parent be arrested and taken to jail?
Will private religious universities be forced to provide housing for same-sex couples?
If doctors try to transfer patients to another colleague because he or she does not feel comfortable with the morality of the procedure, can they be sued for expressing their beliefs?
Can a company fire an employee if the employee refuses to do something against his or her religious beliefs?
Can a photographer be sued for declining to photograph a same-sex couple's wedding ceremony because it went against his or her religious beliefs? Yes, she can, and she can be forced to pay the plaintiff's legal fees of almost $7,000.
Will the Boy Scouts of America lose access to government land?
NOTE: I'm not making these up. Each of these examples HAS ALREADY HAPPENED in various places; and, incidentally, none of the referenced religions is my own.
This is getting out of hand. We should be able to find a happy medium. The problem is we have extremists on each side making all of the noise, while reasonable, compassionate (and maybe even religious) people want to find a way to meet in the middle.
