I am a political person. I don't hide my beliefs in my reviews, because it would be disingenuous to try to pretend that my beliefs don't influence the way I read things. I've been tempted to add political satire or commentary to this site, but have felt it was not the forum for that. However, Google has forced my hand. ProtectMarriage.com has bought up space on Google ads and they are running on my site in California. It upsets me greatly, because my site is for movie fans not fans of banning gay marriage.
So let me set the record straight, the hassle of stripping the Google ad code from my site for a day or two is too much a pain in the butt. So I'm telling you to not click on the ProtectMarriage.com ad to the right. I do not support it and I'm quite upset that Google put this on my site.
My stance on the matter is simple. Take the right to marry away from everyone... or no one. The United States was founded on the separation of church and state, as a way to protect all beliefs. The moment marriage was made a legal status under U.S. law was the moment it became secular. If those whom want to protect "traditional marriage" (as my friend Gina Ruiz at AmoxCalli so brilliantly put, what does that mean? Traditional marriage in the Bible was polygamy) then they should be petitioning to have marriage removed from government. Gays and straights can have civil unions and have the same rights under the law, and marriage can remain a private religious status just like baptism. Unless you're willing to give up your government-sanctioned right to marry as a straight couple then why should a gay couple have their right stripped away?
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
Creator of Rick's Flicks Picks
