Get Out the Vote: on Prop 8 and Candidates on Service

There is a ton of hype on voting, but how informed are the voters? Fortunately, there are many avenues of discussion available such as college rallies, caucus on propositions on campus, the Alternative Convention hosted by Generation Engage, and even through email threads... This was my response to a friend's email encouraging a donation for against Proposition 8 (in California.)

As Sodalis

says from "A ramble about some of my complex politics."

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'It is unconstitutional to deny one group rights that another group has, and any conservative who truly believes in the Constitution should recognize that the Fourteenth Amendment is applicable in this situation.'

I am taking a Critical Thinking and Decision Making class, and the more I delve into it, the more I am trying to take apart the illogical arguments people use against LGBTs... I have come to conclude that the separation of politics and religion, of the church and the state, is not happening right now.

With all respect to people's diverse spiritual beliefs or none thereof, there needs to be a separation of religion and government... If 'Yes on Prop 8' folk or group are using fallacies such as eventually, 'people will marry animals' or, 'what will they teach the children at school..'. What they should teach, I hope, is to uphold the constitutional rights every single person is entitled to.

However, tonight, proposition of fact was actually used as opposed to being dominated by the proposition of value (value, which is heavily relied upon as support for most arguments) in regard to policy changes.

Just tonight I received a different perspective for Proposition 8 from my friend who regards marriage as strictly religious, being stated or created in the Bible, though she thinks it is alright to give gays a partnership with the same rights as marriage. If the word 'marriage' really tugs onto the people's emotions that much, perhaps we should just create another word.. She claims that is fact that people were created to continue their lineage, and since gays are unable to do so, there is really no point. I beg to differ since this does not necessarily lead to survival of the fittest nor does it bring the human race out of its stagnant state in evolution. However, this is the first time I have ever heard fact being implemented in an argument for Prop 8.

As with anything, there are multiple facets of a situation we must consider before making such a critical decision affecting the lives of other people, and ourselves as well.

Letting pathos (emotion) get the better of your mind without considering credibility and logic is not a balanced, objective way.

Yes, people can be insanely stupid (due to the misconstrued information from the media.) But, the people, if we were to outreach in the most equal way possible, to let the public know objective truth and news...if we were to work at providing social and economic equality, maybe, just maybe, people could have time to think for themselves. People would have time, amidst the hubbub of gang violence and poverty and minimum wage jobs with bundles of children due to the lack of sex education propagated throughout society....

Disregard propaganda, buzz words, and slogans, which are usually filled with fallacies abound. Don't get your brain fried! Even under hard times like these!

I would also like to share Get Out the Vote: Candidates on Service by Change Wire.

Please take the time to consider all sides of an issue, and take into account practicality above pride... being the world police has earned us such a negative image, deeply eroded our economy and diminished the betterment of education and quality of life all around, it is a terrible and unnecessary sacrifice.


In peace,
Yanericque Gandhi

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