Arka’s blog

I don’t live in California, but I think it applies to the whole country: homosexual marriage is equal to conventional marriage. Its foundation is not inferior to heterosexual marriage, and is often much healthier. Obviously, you can never generalize anything, because there are exceptional cases for everything, but there is no reasonable argument for why gay marriage doesn’t deserve the same civil rights as any other.

Originally, god’s intention or not, humans (and most other species, save a few asexual ones) were to procreate by mating with a fellow human of the opposite sex; thus advanced the human population. And now let us continue on in that manner, as was obviously naturally intended. How horrible it would be—if us humans endeavored to make life go in a manner unorthodox and deviated from nature’s original intentions! Just imagine such a sacrilegeous society: People communicating with text and images rather than grunts and movements; Men and women wearing clothes—synthetic at that!—to cover their bodies, rather than strolling around in the freezing winters, with their genitals breezed by the cool air; glasses; mining; electricity—oh electricity; Large Hadron Colliders; all of these evils roaming about undeterred by nature’s powerful hand. Does it not sicken you to think about such a cruel world?

In case your head is unusually light and fluffy today, I should add that the above paragraph shows how humans don’t really see eye-to-eye with nature a lot; some delusional religious people might actually agree with the aforementioned paragraph, to which right now I can only sigh. So look at our unnatural tendencies to defy the conventions of the world, and look at the many—undoubtably millions—of couples happy with each other as they are, socially acceptable or not. Why would you taking away their happiness? Does it please you to merely take away rights of human beings—the pursuit of happiness, which Thomas Jefferson declared an inalienable right. Wouldn’t the ultimate goal of human beings be to live a life of happiness such that they doen’t die immersed in regret? Perhaps you need a more solid aphorism-free representation?

Two people meet at a school club or activity. They share similar interests in many areas, and soon become friends. They talk all the time, have fun together, and grow to become extremely close friends. They go to the movies together, talk about their favorite books, leave text messages to the other all the time they are not together. One night, alone together after watching a movie that they both love, they share a brief kiss; embarassed temporarily, they soon become a “couple.” People talk at school, but they hold true to their love throughout. They go to the same college, they eventually get married, soon after which they adopt two kids who won’t get enough love alone and parentless. They raise healthy, intelligent, good kids; they can proudly say that the kids are the result of their love and guidance, and that they have accomplished much in their lives. Their kids love them, despite some adolescent feuds, and go on in life to be happy an successful themselves. The old, married couple live the late years of their lives in the company of their dearest; by the time they die, they can look back on their lives with smiles, and be happy with all that they’ve accomplished, happy with their choices in life, happy with each other.

Now, lets say this couple, which out of context will probably be assumed to comprise a man and woman, is heterosexual. It sounds like a very possible, real life; it’s beleivable, and normal. However, what if we assume that the couple is gay, homosexual, same-sex. All sorts of controversy pops up, Bible huggers have seizures, political mayhem ensues, and suddenly labeling, discrimination, and the stripping of civil rights all become legal in America—supposed land of the free. This couple is discriminated against by society, is not allowed marriage, is hated for being allowed kids, made “separate but equal,” and ultimately denied Jefferson’s “Pursuit of happiness.” There is a good chance that they either never take a more personal appraoch to their relationship, shunning all “homosexual” thoughts, and going on to find people of the opposite sex who they can only hope will be as close to them as their same-sex “friend,” and pray that they will end up happy. Alternatively they may live a life half of what they could have: a “union” likely avoiding much time out of the closet, and being discriminated, laughed at, even physically harmed. No happiness pursuable there.

Is this what society wants? Discrimination and governmental invasion of personal decisions, denial of marriage, and not allowing people their basic rights? Shall we just go with the flow of social acceptance, or protest for freedom and civil rights?  Californians: Vote No on Prop 8!

This post was not meant to discriminate, generalize, or otherwise hurt anyone. Except people who discriminate, generalize, or otherwise hurt gay people and marriage.