Yes, No? You tell me.

So this is what I wrote before. Like a week ago. Man that feels like a lifetime ago. Well anyhow I don't really think that I agree with that anymore. I mean, does it matter if people are same-sex and married? Not really, what's going to change? And please, PLEASE don't give me that, "Parental Rights" crap. If you don't want your child to learn about something in school, tell their teacher. Legally they have to obey your wishes, so that argument holds no water.
And the worst thing is how many people are going to vote on Prop 8 not even knowing what it is about. Just voting yes/no because that's what they have seen. Or that's what people from their church/school are doing.

Prop 8 is really just a fight about the word "marriage". The Christians don't like the idea of same-sex couples being "married". They will put up with them having their "civil union", or their "domestic partnership" but not with the word "marriage". And I can understand that, being as that word has always meant man and woman. I have never been the person to say, "I have my truth and you have yours". In the same way I know that "marriage" has always been defined as man and woman. Biblically speaking, homosexuality is wrong. But I don't think that Christians should treat a person any differently because they are homosexual. They still need Jesus as much as anyone, maybe more.
But I don't think that "marriage" should be changed to define two people. It was meant for man and woman and I think it should be changed back. I'm not hating anybody, I just don't understand why people have to have these relationship called "marriage". I don't think a yes or no on 8 is going to change anything besides the definition of the word. It is not going to be easier for homosexual couples to prove they are indeed "joined by state". Even if they have a license for marriage, people will not go along with it unless they see it. It is the same if that piece of paper says, "civil union".
My biggest problem with this is the possible implications that it would have on churches. People say a church is discriminating because they don't marry gay couples. But this is something that is in the Bible. If you have a value and someone tells you to break it or get in trouble, do you break your values? Or do you uphold them? All-in-all I think that a no on 8 would just make things a lot harder for churches across California.

I'm voting yes on it, and you should think a lot before you vote about it. It really is a big issue, even if it is just a small definition.