Trumping Prop 8’s supposed “race card”
Surely everyone remembers the supposed claim that African-Americans and Latinos voted in higher proportions for Proposition 8 than Whites. I was so furious when I heard this claim, because to me, it sounded like all the White people trying to avoid any responsibility for passing discrimination.
Well, not only was it a pathetic obfuscation by the White media, it was also just plain wrong.
You can read the full report here: “California’s Proposition 8: What Happened, and What Does the Future Hold?” (PDF)
Here’s the basic premise: people voted for Proposition 8 because of religion. This confirms my original conclusion from long-ago that religion is the ONLY source of anti-gay views. I’m not saying that all religious people are anti-gay, but I’m saying that religion is the only source of anti-gay rhetoric. If anybody can think of a different source of anti-gay views, please let me know, but I have yet to hear an explanation that is not rooted in religious views.
That’s why I wanted to start this blog: to bring light to my point of view that religious views have too much power over our nation. The rights of LGBT people were stripped by a popular vote that succeeded only because of money spent and ideas spent by institutions of religion.
Below is a pair of charts from the report that pretty much dismantles the whole nonsense about the Black community being to blame for Prop 8 passing. More on these issues in future posts…
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Another source of anti-gay sentiment is a severe adherence to traditional gender roles and overall sexism, which may or may not stem from a person’s religious beliefs. The existence of gay people and gay couples challenges the old-fashioned notions of what it means to be a man or a woman, and the roles of each person in a relationship or marriage. Regardless of religion or lack thereof, some people are just sheltered and and uneducated and ignorant. (What fun for the rest of us!)
But still, is there any factor that motivates that tradition moreso than religion? I mean, I agree, but I still feel like the root reason for people being “sheltered and uneducated and ignorant” is that religion works to keep them that way! In the case of same-sex orientation, the church still PROMOTES very ignorant views about what sexual orientation is and how it manifests. I don’t think those notions would persist if the religion wasn’t actively promoting that culture of “my belief trumps your science and personal experience.”