This election for me has been completely different than the great campaign of ’04. When Kerry and Bush were running for the spot as the most powerful person in the world, I picked my side and I campaigned like I was getting paid to do it. I felt like I had a personal investment in the election. In 2004, in Georgia, we were voting for a new President of the U.S. and a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. At time I was a sophomore in college…I felt like someone was making a personal attack against me when they said they were in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban marriage. A document that is supposed to grant rights for it’s citizens and bring pride for the state in which you live. In 2004 it was just not the right time. By an over whelming majority, a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was passed in my home state of Georgia. I was devastated. To me it felt like 70 of my countrymen (yes I am from 1796) said that I was not a full human.
Now we are in 2008. I’m in a new state with a NEW ban on gay marriage. I felt like my wound from 2004 was healed. In this latest campaign for Yes on 2, I felt like it was a waste of time to try and persuade people to vote differently or change their opinions. Just by living my life I hope people will see that gay people are humans. Well, after watching this video, the wound has been reopened. No matter what your politics are or how you feel about Keith Olbermann, this message PERFECTLY articulates how it feels with the passage of Prop 8 or 2. Please watch. Walk away and think about it.
