Isn’t Love Worthy of Supporting?
Posted by Michelle Moquin on November 11th, 2008
I feel bad because I didn’t put any time into Prop 8. I focused on prop 2 for the farm animals because, simply put, I really thought that Prop 8 would not pass…not here in liberal California. Boy was I wrong. Yeah we’re liberal here but only in the coastal cities – I forget how drastically life and attitudes change when you head inland; It’s like going to another state.
What is it with people out there who just have such an issue with other people being happy and being able to express their love and commitment, regardless of whether they understand that love, and whether they like it or not? Why would you want to prevent people from being able to marry and form a union of love? Isn’t love a good thing? Shouldn’t we support the act of love in any way we can? Isn’t there enough hate in this world that we should all be delighted to be proponents of love between people? Shouldn’t we cheer love in any way we can?
To all of those people out there who voted yes on prop 8: How would you feel if someone said to you:
‘Oh..sorry, you can’t marry the one that you are in love with. The law has changed. I know it’s not any of my business who or why you love someone, but I don’t think it’s right for you to marry someone of the opposite sex anymore. Nope, you’ve lost your privilege, you’ve lost your rights. I don’t think your love should be recognized and honored anymore, So sorry. I mean, divorce rates are over 50% for heterosexuals so what does it matter whether you have the right to marry anymore? – After all…you have a big chance of it not working out. Get over it. ‘
‘But let me go and live my life married to the person that I love. Same-sex marriages are the only marriages that are honored now. I get to have the chance to make marriage work; I get to honor my commitment to the one I love, even if you don’t. Even though I have the freedom to marry my partner in life, sorry, you don’t get the opportunity to be married, because you don’t have the right to get married anymore. Times have changed. See ya. Have a good life. ‘
This fight is a kick back to the late 60′s when racial marriage was illegal in 16 states- It was wrong then to prohibit those that wanted to get married and it is wrong now. To me marriage is a celebration of love and commitment. Sometimes it is just about mergers and acquisitions, but the point is….for whatever reason one is getting married, one should have the right to do so. And that includes everyone.
Out of all things to fight for in this world…things that really matter, things that effect us, we have people fighting over the rights of others to seal their commitment of love, something that has no affect on us whatsoever, but has a huge affect on those wanting to seal their commitment with marriage. How silly and even more so, how selfish. Can we just get past this? It is none of our business who the parties are that are involved. Love is love…and isn’t love worthy of supporting?
Keith Olbermann from MSNBC said more than a few words on this worthy of listening to.
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November 11th, 2008 at 10:31 am
There was a television show in the 70′s called “Love American Style”. What we have witnessed here, in one of the most liberal places to live on the entire planet, is a redefining of love American style.
There have been so many things this world has been changed by that have come from the state of California. So many things that we all have come to take for granted. So many things that we all seemingly could not live without at this point in our lives.
I, too, thought that this prop would fail. Ironically, it is that double negative. For success for those who love to be able to marry, it needed to fail. While there have been so many that loved, who have married, to which those marriages have failed…
The sanctity of marriage…an interesting concept really. Love is where the sanctimony resides not in the paperwork to which defines marriage. The power of the catholic church, lead by a group of men who cannot marry as a rule of the church, who brush under the rug their priests who molest children, who denounce others love in the name of their god due to what they read on Sundays as to what is their god’s word that was written and rewritten over a few thousand years on paper that has faded away yet which leads the blind followers to vote their conscience…
The church teaches love? It seems we have a long way to go. That is not a kind of love I wish to profess, possess, or follow.
This is a bump in the road. The gay and lesbian community will have their time. Perhaps when we have our first gay or lesbian President will this rule become passe’ and shown the ignorance that lies behind it. Just as Obama’s parents could not marry in 16 states only one generation ago…
This too shall pass…
November 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
A STEP CLOSER TO FINDING A NATURAL CANCER FIGHTER
Scientists around the world are working to find natural substances that have potential as anti-tumor agents in the hopes that they will be more available and less costly than synthetic drugs and would also deliver a less grueling form of treatment than chemotherapy. Already recognized as a cancer fighter, vitamin E is high on the list of possibilities, but while it may help, there is no evidence oral supplementation is potent enough to kill cancer cells. Researchers at Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in Columbus have taken an important step to solving that problem.
Study coauthor Ching-Shih Chen, PhD, professor of medicinal chemistry, internal medicine and urology, and other researchers used vitamin E succinate (alpha-tocopheryl succinate) to see what mechanisms were involved in killing tumor cells. Scientists knew already that vitamin E succinate nudges cancer cells toward self-programmed death (apoptosis), but they hadn’t figured out how. Dr. Chen not only discovered the answer but then went on to devise a way to add more power to its punch as well.
“E” FOR EFFECTIVE
To dodge the lethal apoptosis bullet, cancer cells require a protector protein called Bcl-xL, which exists naturally in the body. Dr. Chen discovered that vitamin E succinate keeps the protein from getting into cancer cells and thus makes the rogue cells vulnerable to apoptosis. Fortunately this process doesn’t seem to affect healthy cells. Dr. Chen’s next challenge was to figure out what could make succinate more effective. His team discovered that on one end, vitamin E succinate has a long, hairpin-like tail that prevented the substance from binding tightly to the Bcl-xL. Their solution: Simply to truncate the tail, which allowed the succinate end of the molecule to burrow in and become a better barrier between Bcl-xL and the destructive cancer cell. And thus the novel compound, derived from a common vitamin, was created.
I spoke with Dr. Chen about the potential of his findings. He has great hopes for them, he told me. Most exciting is the fact that since all types of cancers need Bcl-xL to survive, being able to inhibit it could be helpful in battling virtually all forms of the disease. It’s important to note, however, that this research is still in the preliminary stages. Dr. Chen and his team are also looking at other substances, including those found in cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli, to see if they can find an agent toxic enough to kill cancer cells, but gentler and easier for the patient. We’ll keep you posted.
Source(s): ??Ching-Shih Chen, PhD, professor of medicinal chemistry, internal medicine and urology, Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hi Mischa, I was stunned by this one. If people love each other enough to want to marry, then marry, why get in the way of love and I don’t care who the two people are. I think it’s an important and wanted commitment for most people, otherwise people would just stop celebrating their love in this traditional way. An excellent and loving marriage is a admirable thing…with the divorce rate so high, my only suggestion would be make sure your picking your partner very well. I can say no more on the subject…I’m no expert, obviously.
I think having random ‘yes, we’re still together’ parties might be a better idea, and not every 6 mos or 1 year that’s too much like an ‘anniversary’ – ah, but don’t go by me, today is a weird day for me to be commenting on the subject of marriage. I’ve been cooking up a storm all afternoon, a sure and covert sign that I’m under pressure, hahaha, it’s cool though, my friends probably like me better under pressure: good eats!
On a more optimistic note, I do believe in the power of love, that’s just as obvious, isn’t it? God, I certainly hope so : )
- Zen Lill
November 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Michelle
Thank you for your article.
Carl
November 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Why do people feel they have the right to determine the fate of others when it has no effect on their lives?
How does two people regardless of nationality, religion, race, or gender getting married effect someone else?
Heather