Gay Marriage

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[FONT=&quot]Frankly speaking, I never cared much about gay marriage until this election (San Francisco, U.S.A.). Until a few months ago, I asked my younger sister and closest friends for 30 years about their views on 'Proposition 8' (ban gay marriage by amending California Constitution) ; I found out that they do not treat me equally after all. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]My sister's excuse to support banning gay marriage is 'her children would get confused'. I guess I have to distant myself to her children even further in order to get away from being blamed if one of her kids turned out to be gay. As for my closest friends for over 30 years, one turned into a right-wing xxxhole and the other turned into a religious jerk. Both of them told me the same of stories about men with men is not natural, all these things about 'traditional marriage' is between a man and a woman, etc, etc. There is practically nothing new. The impression that they gave me is - I DON'T MIND that you are gay but don't you dare to take that marriage away from us Heterosexual People. YOU ARE DIFFERENT from us and therefore you don't deserve the same rights. BUT, I am a 'friend' of yours AND you should be so lucky.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Ironically, both of them have mistresses and hire prostitutes on a regularly basis. They are so hypocritical I wanted to vomit. Of course, our friendships are no longer the same. How could I pretend they are my best friends when they treated me like second class citizens? They are the one who helped the church to take away my rights (Yes on 8 Prop won, 52.5% supported it and 47.5% opposed) .[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]I have been seeing my boy friend for over eight years and presently I don't want to marry him. But, it should a right that no one could take it away from me. Who has the right to tell me who I can and can't marry? I am an atheists and I don't have any kind of religion burdens. Most importantly, I don't want to have anything to do with the Church.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Now that 'Yes on Prop 8' has passed and it means another battle has just begun. We will fight all the way to the end for our equalities. No doubt about it.[/FONT]