Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were committed, loving partners for over 50 years, yet were denied the right to marry until California legalized gay weddings. But the right to marry is available to any heterosexual couple who drive to Las Vegas and pay $55 for a license, regardless of how drunk they might be. It is discriminatory to deny marriage rights to GLBT partners, just as it used to be wrong to deny those rights to interracial couples.
Proponents of Prop 8 are using all sorts of scare tactics and justifications for their cause, but Prop 8 is not about children. Children are not necessarily the reason for, or end result, for all marriages. Should my marriage be invalidated because I had a miscarriage? Should my friend's marriage be invalid because she's unable to bear children? Should my other friend be prevented from marrying her fiance since they've both agreed in advance that they don't want to have any kids? Of course not.
It is not my place to impose my sense of morality on someone else. What takes place in someone else's marriage is not my concern. But everyone is responsible for protecting the American dream - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Voting No on Prop 8 will allow everyone to have equal access to that dream.
