Nov 09 2008
Passed Down
There’s a lot of things I’d like to say about Prop 8, and I could go on for too long, so I’m going to limit myself. Somewhat. :)
My mom and I get a long very well, and we only bicker about once a week or so lol. But when the election came around, I really had to hold my tongue. She is against gay marriage one hundred and fifty percent. It’s wrong in god’s eyes, it spoils the sanctity of marriage, and gay people are unnatural. That’s what she was raised to believe, and thats what the mormon church would have everyone believe. But somehow I thought my mom could surpass all that and do the right thing. No. And she’s a sweetheart about it, she’s not a lecturer or beligerent at all. When prop 8 went through, she didn’t rub it in my face whatsoever, didn’t even mention it. Still, though, it’s hurts me that she would take away people’s rights like that.
It’s the generation gap, apparently. When she was a little girl, she asked her mom if she’d ever rent out their spare room to a black family. My grandmother told my mother that she’d rather burn down the room than let a black family live there. My mom was shocked, and I was too. Now I’m shocked again. It’s not nearly as bad, my mom is a very loving woman, and she would give the food out of her mouth to anyone no matter who. She just doesn’t want them to get married.
There’s no awkwardness because of this, and I’ll never let it come between us, but it makes me sad. I must be a 20th century girl, but I don’t think the bible is a good dictionary for what we’re going through right now. And I don’t see a line between gay couples and straight couples. This might alienate me somehow, but I’ve dated girls, and I would marry one. It’s all the same, only the holes change ;)
Prompt:
Generation gaps get pretty nasty. As fast as we’re moving right now, the gaps will continue to widen. What will your children accept that you don’t? What will they call you a bigot and old fashioned for believeing?
