wow

McCain lost the election. I can't say I'm too surprised, since the media was so enamored with Obama. I wasn't happy with the results, nonetheless. In my facebook status, I even said that Texas should take advantage of its secession rights. But some good came from this election: Proposition 8 passed in California! When declaring my elation at this piece of news, a couple of "friends" called me a fascist on facebook. Needless to say, I deleted these friends. One guy got onto Chat and told me that I was intolerant and a terrible person; he also hoped that none of my future children would be gay because of their "intolerant" mother. I did not respond to him because I knew his motives were not to find out my point of view, just to trample my opinion and try to make me feel bad. The other guy responded to my status by saying: "Hooray for religious fascism!"

I wasn't particularly good friends with either of these guys, so deleting them wasn't hard. I'm not going to be friends with people who are going to compare me to the people who made the Holocaust happen.

I am not a bigot. I know people who are gay and I do not hate them. My brother's first cello teacher was gay. My hairdresser is gay. I have had friends who are gay. Someone asked: "What if you have a child who turns out gay?" My answer: I will not love them any less. I do not agree with homosexuality, but that does not mean I will hate my own child. I do, however, believe that homosexuality can be overcome, whether it is in this life or the next. The media likes to say that it can't be, but they do not focus on those who have overcome it but rather those who give in.

And Proposition 8 isn't as horrible as the media is making it out to be. Gay and lesbian couples will still be able to enjoy the same legal protections and rights they had before.

If anyone is going to write negative comments here, don't even bother. I have heard enough. I do not persecute you for believing the way you do, I think I have the right to not be persecuted for what I believe.