Stone Monkey Soup

It is ironic that even as America demonstrated it's ability to "transcend race" and elect the first African American president, at the same time it has taken away rights for another group of people. Unfortunately, voters in California overturned gay marriage. Voters in Arkansas imposed a law that bans gay couples from adopting children. The latter, in particular, is absolutely deplorable. How many children are out there without a family? Who are we to say that one couple is less qualified to be loving parents, simply because of who they sleep with?

I can't help but wonder, what will happen to children in Arkansas who have already been adopted?

America has demonstrated again and again it's ability to grow. During my lifetime I have seen the Berlin Wall fall and a man named Barack Hussein Obama become President-Elect. I have no doubt that both of these laws will be overturned in time. (One positive that came out of the California's Proposition 8 was that the vote was split almost 50-50. The last time gay marriage went on the ballot, the margin was much wider, meaning that attitudes are changing.) But it may take another generation before America is able to transcend it's attitudes about sexual orientation the way it has race.

In the meantime, I hope that the individuals in Arkansas who must enforce these new laws will take the needs of the children into account.

Both Liam and Mysterious Creature have posted on this as well...