LGBTerrific!

Another article interpretation piece. Title reference to Questionablecontent.net (I do not own [I believe its owned by Jeph Jacques]).

Piece regarding: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/opinion/05thu1.html?ref=constitutional_amendments

A Constitutional Milestone: Its about Gosh-Darn Time

In 2008, Proposition 8 was passed in California. It ruled, with bitter resentment of the homosexual population, that the marital union of gays and lesbians unconstitutional. On August 4th, however, that Proposition was REVOKED. (Take it, fundamentalists.) Vaughn Walker, the perceptive judge who heralded this movement, proclaimed that the Proposition violated the 14th Amendment rights of the ones suffering its tyranny and immediately defenestrated the piece of judicial garbage, ushering in an era of well-deserved equality for gays and lesbians.

The supporters of Proposition 8, if there actually were any (the article seldom, if ever, referenced these individuals), argued that discrimination is permissible if ruled as such by a majority vote. They were being serious, too. This paragraph cannot be extended, as the audacity of the argument is absolutely astounding, and cannot truly be augmented in any way by satirical social commentary.

The side debating for the immediate defenestration of the Proposition called for the eradication of the article, stating that the opposition presented no evidence whatsoever that the matrimony of homosexuals harmed society in any way and that to continue to bar gays and lesbians from the act of marriage is to deny them social equality. The faction continued by presenting evidence showing that homosexual couples are equally effective parents and can provide the same degree of stability to both a child and to the community.

I, Lord Erikshielder, am socially liberal. I could argue for hours on end toward social and educational reform, and the topic of equality for homosexuals is no different, but you will never find me on the side against them. It doesn’t matter your sexual orientation – Homosexual, Bisexual, Transsexual, Metrosexual, or Heterosexual – you are a human (and if you happen to live in America, you are an American), and as an American human you are guaranteed, and if you aren’t then court should be where you are, the right to equality. Period. If we, as a nation, deny equal rights to social groups, we are no better than the most prejudice, ignorant bigots, but if you choose to be morally backwards and elitist, be my guest, but prepare to be annihilated on the debate floor.