Proposition 8 and Vegetarianism

I've been dealing with a whole lot of family drama lately. I'm not going to go into it but lets just say there's a person who is being very cancerous to this family that needs to take a loooooong hike.

In totally other news, I just recieved an email about the ridiculous Proposition 8 that was passed in CA not too awful long ago that kept same sex couples from marrying eachother. Anyone who knows me and has brought up the issue knows that I very much support same sex marriage. To me: person in love + person in love = love, commitment, etc. There is no reason these people can not pledge to love the other person in front of whatever deity or persons they want to. Anyway in this email was a video or two. One is a 60-second PSA that will be aired on tv (the email says). I have yet to see it but here's the link:

https://secure.couragecampaign.org/page/contribute/Fearless

Watch it, it's a very good PSA and won't take but a minute (literally) of your time. I personally don't understand how people can not support gay and lesbian rights. To not support the idea of love, in any way shape or form, is very foreign to me. My family says that in the bible it says it's wrong. I say who cares what a book says? The bible supposedly says too that we're supposed to eat meat and animals yet there are plenty of vegans and vegetarians in the world (even some Christian ones).

And for that argument I must say this: Why would God create people who were compassionate towards animals if we were meant to eat them? And why would meat be so bad for our bodies? Too much red meat is bad for our hearts, undercooked poultry results in food poisoning, fish has high levels of mercury. If a god truly intended for us to eat meat, you'd think it would be healthier for us. And you can't say "Oh, the devil made those people compassionate to animals" because the devil I was raised to believe in would make people more cruel to them rather than want to save them. (And since we're on the topic no I don't believe there is a supreme evil being that tries to manipulate and tempt and tease us).

Back to the topic of Proposition 8: I don't care what state or country you live in, all marriage should be legal if the people so wish to get married. I myself don't want to be married, I don't believe I need the government or a piece of paper to tell me I love someone. Do I want a long term commitment? Yes. Do I want a life partner? Yes. Do I need to stand in a church and have someone else talk to the Christian God in order to get that? No. Neither does anyone else.

You don't always get to pick and choose who you love. You just wind up loving someone. I didn't exactly choose to love Angelo, it just happened. (That's my boyfriend for those of you who don't know). We were talking about anything and everything and one day I was standing in the shower and the realization that I was completely in love with him just smacked me upside the head and nearly made me want to cry. How can someone say that someone who's attracted to people of the same gender, can't feel that kind of emotion? How can you say and KNOW for a fact that someone is just saying they're gay to get attention? I have several gay and bisexual friends, none of them want attention directly brought on them. Well, maybe one but he keeps his sexuality hidden.

Oh and for the record, yes I've gone back to my vegetarian ways. This is starting in a few days after all the meat products in my house are gone. I'm going to do this for several reasons.

1. more compassionate to the animals
2. more compassionate to my own body
3. more compassionate to the environment
4. healthier

I'm not claiming that vegetarianism is better for the environment, it could be IDK for sure. However I do inted to use less toxic products so they don't poison our planet and water so much. This is something everyone should do really. I don't want to be drinking poisoned water simply because it was easier to use a product that polluted the environment and caused too much waste runoff. Do you?

Just added number 4 to that list. The more I think about all this, the more reasons I come up with to do this. This will most likely eventually lead into a Vegan lifestyle. Don't like it? Deal with it.