My look back on a recent dialogue:  Yeah, well, we wont get past this until people start to realize that things can not remain as they were.  Otherwise, how would we progress and adapt to the world. What irritates me is that the people who voted against Same-Sex Marriage don’t think they are being racist.  They are.  They do not want all people to have the same rights because that person lives their life differently than they.  They are trying to use the scare-tactic of “it will be taught in schools.”  Umm, what?  Marriage is not currently and has never been taught in schools.  You don’t even have to tell them they are being racist, they will bring it up to defend themselves as a prequal to the topic.  That is when I start to chuckle.

When you ask them why they don’t want same-sex marriage they get defensive and say, “oh, I don’t have a problem with gay people and who they choose to be with, I just don’t want them to use the term marriage.  They can have a civil-union or whatever but don’t call it a marriage.”  Then when you ask why that is, they say “because that is between a woman and a man.”  And when I ask why that can’t change they say “it’s always been that way and that’s how God intended it. ”  Then I say “so, you didn’t always have the same rights you have now did you?  And I bet you sure do like having them, don’t you?”

Honestly, two things bother me; the God card and the school card being pulled by the Yes on 1 supporters.  I’m sick of hearing about how those who voted Yes on 1 don’t think they are being prejudiced against gays….just look the term racist or prejudice up in the dictionary. ugh.  Ah well, eventually people will move forward in their thinking or the idiots will just die off (as tweeted by etruscan) and then the rest of the world can move on and do some modern thinking.

Here’s my background.  I am a Roman Catholic.  I believe in marriage and the commitment that it stands for.  I just don’t think it has to be designated to happen between a man and woman.  I understand why people want to be married instead of have a civil-union.  Marriage holds more respect and benefits than a civil-union.  In my own personal experience, my mother once left my father for a woman and then went back to men.  Did I grow up gay because of that?  No.  As matter of fact, it made me more aware of the freedom to be who you are, not who you are expected to be.  I am sadden by the Yes on 1 people.  You disappoint your fellow Americans with your head-stuck-in-the-sand thinking.

as stated by www.protectmaineequality.org campagin manager.

Dear Supporters.

Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Maine voters stood for equality, but in the end, it wasn’t enough.

I am proud of the thousands of Mainers who knocked on doors, made phone calls and talked to their family, friends and neighbors about the basic premise of treating all Maine families equally.

And I’m proud of this campaign because the stories we told and the images we shared were of real Mainers — parents who stood up for their children, and couples who simply wanted to marry the person they love.

We’re in this for the long haul. For next week, and next month, and next year– until all Maine families are treated equally. Because in the end, this has always been about love and family and that will always be something worth fighting for.

Thank you. Thank you for everything you did. Thank you for digging deep and giving one more dollar to run our TV ads, for making those phone calls for one more hour. This campaign was, from the beginning, powered by people like you who rolled up their sleeves and did the hard work of change.

Stay the course.

Jesse Connolly

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