I'm still at home. Not quite ready to get arrested or whatever over the CA court's decision to uphold Prop 8 (shocker!). I haven't had coffee and I have a volunteer shift coming up. So, in other words, I'm probably not doing anything except listen to coverage, tweet, etc.
I stand by my previous post, but I'll give props to the kids willing to get arrested today. I'm glad they don't have to work today.
I don't mean to add to the noise surrounding Tuesday's expected ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 by the California Supreme Court; however, I did want to quickly share my elevator response to the rah-rah "we shall overcome" let's take to the streets messages I've been receiving on the various queer-based email lists. While I believe in the importance and, as a gay man, personal impact of allowing gays the right to marry in this Country, I also believe that marriage should not be the only issue that we as a queer community should take on as it seems we have in recent years. So, here is what I have to say:
I'll be finishing my shift at magnet and going home to either celebrate the victory or defeat over our community's desperate struggle and march towards mediocrity and endless-pusuit of a single-issue political brand!
It's bitter and cynical, but I have to say that I'm just about at wit's end with the over-simplicity and genericism (is that a word?) of our newest "struggle".
