"As for how i would like to be remembered, i hope that i’m remembered as a person who held opinions and values that may be different with others, but treated those with who i disagreed with on matters with respect and courtousy."

Voting for a law that says that someone can't marry the person they love is neither respectful or courteous. 'Separate, but equal' never works out. Until you stop attempting to deny equality for all Americans, you will be remembered as a bigot, and that is all.

I feel like there's something else in common between Arabs, Homosexuals, (and even Jews). We've all embraced graphic novels as a medium in which to communicate our minority experiences. I wonder if this is because comics in general are sort-of a minority among other forms of literature. Or a more edgy medium in which to communicate. I think Chabon was making a similar argument in Kavaliar + Clay (the Jewish + homosexual character finding solace in comic books seems too perfectly considered to be coincidental).

If you believe what you said to be true, then the logic of your argument should carry into many different venues; it can't be true for a single idea because that makes the argument illogical.

So if you'd like to reshape your original argument so that it makes sense, feel free.

Yes. Exactly. Now you're getting it-- these voter initiatives to change state constitutions in order to restrict the rights of our fellow citizens are completely immoral and incorrect. The fact that the majority are currently consumed with hate does not make their bigotry morally acceptable.

Glad to have convinced you.

You are a disgrace to humanity.

"Trying to change things removes their meaning?" Are you f*cking kidding me? A black man just got voted into the office of the President. It used to be that only a white man who owned property could do that. Are you then saying that when these parameters were changed the Presidency lost its meaning?

That's pretty un-American of you, I have to say.

Unless your wedding involved bride prices and doweries and negotiations between families, then I suggest you avoid talking about "traditional" marriage and admit that, yeah, the institution has changed, is constantly changing and will-- one day-- change to involve committed same-sex couples who want to build a life together built upon a solid foundation of love and mutual respect (it seems to me that's what the rush to enshrine discrimination into constitutions is all about, really-- the hateful among us know which way the wind is blowing, and are desperate to somehow give their bigotry an aura of permanence; even as I'm dismayed by their victories yesterday and today, I take comfort in believing that they're merely temporary).

The marriages gave gay couples rights that a civil union can't. The Proposition is taking away the rights they fought for. This is like Jim Crow laws after the Civil War. People who are afraid and ignorant of facts want to take away people's rights that the constitution granted them.

Are you serious? So, in your opinion, things like freedom, justice, democracy, citizenship and others, have always had the same meaning. Things have to change, change is good. Peace.

The country got change, but the gays got screwed yet again.