hypocrisy

It's been apart of the fabric of America for a long time. It's very present lately.

When I was in college, one of the best books I read was for an American History class that I was taking. It was called American Slavery, American Freedom, or something like that, I couldn't find it when I googled. The basic premise was that while we were busy fighting for our freedom from the tyranny of British rule, we were enslaving many others. We eventually ended slavery, but the Civil Rights movement taught us that there wasn't really truly freedom. There still isn't - not for all of our citizenry.

We just elected the first African-American president of the United States - something to truly celebrate. They hypocrisy of it all is that at the same time we did that, we took away rights from LGBT citizens - giving them second class status, and most, are failing to see the connection that while we broke one barrier, we are keeping many others chained.

Seperate is not equal. Civil Unions are not marriage. I'm not asking the church to marry me, I am asking for all the rights of a civil marriage though. When my brother and sister in law got married by the Justice of the Peace (no church involved) it wasn't called a Civil Union. They didn't have to sign several other contracts with each other to have all the rights that come with marriage. If straight copules that got married outside of religious forums (and they do, every day) didn't get the same rights that those who were married within religious forums did, we would have daily protests until the wrong was righted. But, because gay couples are seen as second class citizens, when we ask for equal treatment under the law - we are pushin our agenda. Think about it.

Gavin Newssom is 100% correct when he says that seperate is not equal, and civil marriage should not be defined by religious definitions. What happened to the seperation of church and state?