The minority

The other day, I was having a conversation with my sister about gay marriage. She said she didn't really agree with it, but she didn't think it was a big deal either. I told her that I didn't think that the majority should be voting on an issue that only affects (effects? ugh) the minority. She gave me a raised eyebrow at this comment.

It made me really ponder the idea. Why should I be able to vote on an issue that will not change my life in any way? Well, besides the fact that my gay friends would be a lot happier because they could get married. Other than that, it doesn't change my life one way or another. For that matter, why does it matter what someone's religious beliefs dictate? Last time I checked, America was not a theocracy, and therefore was not ruled by the laws of one religion. Yet, gay marriage is apparently "against the bible" and that is why it is seen as "bad."

Sorry, this is a big issue for me. I wrote an article awhile back called "Somewhere Beyond the Rainbow - The Gay Marriage Debate." During the interviews for the article, I spoke to several students as well as Congressman Jim Jordan to get their views on while they were against gay marriage. On the other side, I spoke to several pro-gay marriage advocates including people from the University's GLBT group and a community center in Columbus. However, the most interesting interview came from a Lutheran minister that was pro-gay marriage. He basically told me that society was hypocritical on it's stance -- be safe and be monogamous...but we won't recognize your monogamy if you are a homosexual. It was definitely not what I was expecting.

It has made me wonder how many people have voices in this community and are afraid to speak up. I think I'm going to look into this more.