No on Prop H8

This week was election week. I was so excited to be able to "make a difference" and vote. I waited in the check in line for about fifteen minutes and when i arrived at the table, they said that my name was not on the roster. I found that weird because I received a phone call a few days before reminding me to vote. Because my name was not on the roster, I was sent to the provisional line. That line took almost an hour and a half because they only had one electronic voting machine. I was kind of upset because I had proof of my registration, but since my name not on the roster, I was not allowed to fill out the written form. While in line, there was an African American woman around the age of thirty to forty who was talking to one of the volunteers about how her and those who lived in her apartment complex never received a booklet outlining the propositions. She said that the reason was because she lived in a low income area. She was furiated at the fact that someone called her in the morning of election day to tell her to vote yes on prop 8. She said she responded with "Why would I vote yes on prop 8?! I don't even know what it is about and I'm not going to vote a way someones telling me to!" She also mentioned that she went to the library right after to look up the propositions and realized that there is no way she would ever vote yes on prop 8. This gets me to my point of this blog.

While watching the news hours after the election, I saw that more than half of California voted yes on prop 8. I was very disappointed to be a Californian because we are so conservative. Voters for prop 8 stated that it will preserve traditional marriage, marriage between a man and a woman, and prevent the teaching of gay marriage in schools. They main purpose of traditional marriage is for "reproduction and anything that hinders reproduction is considered bad." I feel that that statement ridiculous because is anything that prevents reproduction bad? If so, are condoms bad? How about birth control pills? All of those prevent reproduction. How about preventing the teachings of gay marriage in schools? I personally believe that with all the ads in support of prop 8 floating around in between tv shows have given children more knowledge about gay marriage than what they would have obtained in school.

This is a never ending battle...