Politics... what I usually try to avoid.

Well for the first time today while I have been going to school I listened to the radio on the drive over.  I normally don't, I like the quiet thinking I'm able to have during the drive.  I was behind someone with a bunch of bumper stickers, one being a radio station, so I tuned the radio in to the station curious as to what my fellow commuter's taste in music was.  As I tuned in it was a debate about something related to Prop 8.  I think the trial to determine if the courts will overturn the vote is about a week in.  A common thread though that was brought up was that prop 8 violated the constitutional rights of homosexuals, as relating to the 14th amendment.  Sadly it is quiet an abused amendment but that is a different matter all together.  The point is the 14th amendment was based on racial discrimination not sexual orientation.

I really don't want to delve too far in to the politics of things.  I understand politics are necessary but I really can't stand them.  What I typically see is a difference of opinion degenerate into a bickering, nit picking, childish argument over opinion and not fact resulting in the loss of good relations.  All I'm trying to point out is that a new stance or argument needs to be made not using the 14th amendment as a basis.  I will also freely admit that I am not a lawyer but I thought the amendment to be pretty clear in stating what it was for.  I guess all I am really saying is I don't think marriage for same sex couples is a constitutional right from the 14th amendment.

I often hear we should celebrate diversity.  If that is the case why is everyone trying to be the same?  Why the uniformity?  Why are some of the most intolerant people  I know (with regards to people thinking differently from the way they do) are the one standing under the banner of diversity?  I was really impressed with the columnist the radio show host was interviewing.  I'm not sure who he was but he was a person who I could respect.  While he was against prop 8, often on the ground of amendment 14, he still allowed others to have their opinion.  He wanted to change opinions through education and not through an eye for an eye mentality.  Of course I only caught part of the show but that is how the guy came off.  If more people could be level headed like this guy I think we could get a lot more done.

Anyway I guess it is about time I start making the stances that are important in my life.  Which I guess is the real reason for this post.  I don't care if you have a same sex couple.  It is their choice to have that relationship just don't tell me it is a constitutional right they are fighting for.