Prop 8 overturned
Feb. 7th, 2012 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lliira California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage was overturned in court today.
When the federal amendment granting women the vote was finally passed, women in most states could already vote. (Michigan was one of those that allowed women to vote in everything; Florida only allowed women municipal suffrage in some elections. I miss living in Michigan.)
Same thing's happening with same-sex marriage. The people opposing it are going to screech and scream and kick and whine and fear and fail. They need some Klingon wisdom. As Kahless' heir said on TNG:
Long ago, a storm was heading for the city of Quin'lat. Everyone took protection within the walls except one man who remained outside. Kahless went to him and asked what he was doing. "I am not afraid," the man said. "I will not hide my face behind stone and mortar. I will stand before the wind and make it respect me." Kahless honored his choice and went back inside. The next day, the storm came, and the man was killed, as the wind does not respect a fool.
When the federal amendment granting women the vote was finally passed, women in most states could already vote. (Michigan was one of those that allowed women to vote in everything; Florida only allowed women municipal suffrage in some elections. I miss living in Michigan.)
Same thing's happening with same-sex marriage. The people opposing it are going to screech and scream and kick and whine and fear and fail. They need some Klingon wisdom. As Kahless' heir said on TNG:
Long ago, a storm was heading for the city of Quin'lat. Everyone took protection within the walls except one man who remained outside. Kahless went to him and asked what he was doing. "I am not afraid," the man said. "I will not hide my face behind stone and mortar. I will stand before the wind and make it respect me." Kahless honored his choice and went back inside. The next day, the storm came, and the man was killed, as the wind does not respect a fool.
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Date: 2012-02-07 11:54 pm (UTC)I was glad to hear it was overturned.
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Date: 2012-02-08 01:20 am (UTC)A pretty cool episode, I thought. And Klingons have some great sayings.
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Date: 2012-02-08 02:37 pm (UTC)In one of the movies (Return of Khan or something like that... It was one of the movies with the original crew in there and was a preceding movie to the Voyage Home Khan talks about the Klingons having a saying about revenge being a dish best served cold I :3
I laughed so hard.
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Date: 2012-02-08 11:24 pm (UTC)